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Obama Administration taking disparate impact theory to a new level

May 08, 2012 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON

On this blog we have often talked about the perils of disparate impact theory. Disparate impact forces employers to use a race-first mentality to hiring, firing, and promotion decisions.  As I wrote in this op-ed in the Washington Times, “instead of focusing on concrete examples of bias by identifiable bureaucracies or individuals, disparat ...