I am not a lawyer, but I am directly quoting the US Government Agency that is responsible for enforcing these laws. US employment law prohibits a large number

I am not a lawyer, but I am directly quoting the US Government Agency that is responsible for enforcing these laws. US employment law prohibits a large number of normally OK employment practices when they have a disparate impact on protected classes. > For example, an employer's reliance on word-of-mouth recruitment by its mostly Hispanic work force may violate the law if the result is that almost all new hires are Hispanic. [0] [0] https://www.eeoc.gov//laws/practices/ https://www.eeoc.gov//laws/practices/