Unlike the Fourteenth Amendment, for an employment practice to be potentially illegal under the Civil Rights Act, the discrimination does not have to:
A) be continuous
B) be intentional
C) effect large groups
D) show past discrimination

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The Civil Rights Act prohibits both intentional discrimination (disparate treatment) and practices that have a disproportionately adverse impact (disparate impact) on a protected group. Therefore, the discrimination does not have to be intentional to be potentially illegal under the act. However, the Fourteenth Amendment only applies to intentional discrimination by the government, not private employers.

Unlike the Fourteenth Amendment, for an Employment Practice to Be