Annals of disparate impact

From EEOC sues BMW and Dollar General for doing criminal background checks . . . from Ann Althouse

The issue is that African Americans commit a disproportionate (to their population numbers) number of crimes and therefore have a disproportionately high representation among convicted criminals and therefore are disproportionately affected by background check policies.

All complex systems generate inconsistencies and logical nightmares but this is a doozy. Kind of Kafkaesque. The bizarre nature of the issue is captured by one of Althouse's commenters.

So the government convicts minorities at a disproportionate rate.

Then the government sues companies that checks the records of the people they've convicted.

Nice racket.