A few highlights from the court:
“There’s a big difference between prohibiting racial discrimination and endorsing disparate impact theory. It’s the difference between securing equality of opportunity regardless of race and guaranteeing equality of outcome based on race. It’s the difference between color blindness and Critical Race Theory.”
“Prohibiting racial discrimination means we must be blind to race. Disparate impact theory forces the opposite: it requires us to look at race - to check for racial imbalance and then decide what steps must be taken to advance some people at the expense of others based upon their race.”
Rev. Martin Luther King and laws crafted upon his vision were also compared to Ibram X. Kendi’s vision and the stance of CRT.
I worked in HR years ago...I hated when “disparate impact” would come up. I refused to understand it, use it, etc...I would basically, figuratively put my fingers in my ears and yell nananana when I heard it. Luckily, at the time, even tho I had to write Affirmative action plans never truly dealt with DI...