In a recent letter to The Wall Street Journal, EEOC Chair Jacqueline Berrien took exception to their characterization (Banning Background Checks) that the commission believed that criminal background checks were racist.
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Commissioner Berrien: “Your editorial Banning Background Checks‘(June 15) suggests that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) believes that criminal background checks are ‘racist.’ This claim is wrong.” (more…)