When hiring clerks for the mail room,Acme Global required applicants to take a sorting ability test.The test screened out many more Caucasian job candidates than it did African American job candidates.The test appears to cause ______.

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Disparate impact occurs when a seemingly neutral practice or policy has a disproportionate impact on a protected group. In this case, the sorting ability test is having a greater impact on Caucasian job candidates than African American ones, indicating a possible disparate impact. Disparate treatment refers to intentional discrimination, which is not necessarily the case here since the test itself is not discriminatory, but the impact it has may be. Illegal discrimination would refer to any form of discrimination that violates federal or state laws, which is not clear from the given scenario. Divergent impact is not a valid legal term.

When Hiring Clerks for the Mail Room,Acme Global Required Applicants