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Assignment:

In a May 11, 2011 article in the Post-Tribune (a Chicago Sun-Times publication),

"Discrimination against potential employees will cost Hobart Dots store," the retailer Dots was found to have discriminated against white women who applied for jobs at a Dots store. In a lawsuit filed by the EEOC, Dots was found to have denied at least 23 white women a job on the basis of race. The women were told that the store did not hire white people. In an agreement filed by the company at a Hammond, Indiana court, Dots agreed to pay $245,000 to compensate the victims of discrimination. Which of the following definitions of discrimination does the Dots case represent and why?

1. sexual harassment, because white women were subjected to a hostile environment

2. disparate treatment, because white males were not included in the lawsuit

3. BFOQ, because the store was located in an area in which few whites lived

4. disparate impact, because white job applicants were disproportionately affected by a hiring policy applied to all applicants

5. disparate treatment, because white and non-white job applicants were treated differently