Obama Administration Suing BMW and Dollar General For Racism

If I am a retailer I am not going to hire someone with a criminal background, especially in retail theft! Again Race does not matter. If its a felony that usually throws up  a flag. I don't see it as a race issue. If its on paper as a red flag with a blank face on it they probably won't get the job. Government needs to stay out of it!

Dollar General was doing their due diligence prior to hiring candidates -- they ran background checks. Apparently, the background checks were weeding out too many African Americans and that has the Obama administration (Equal Employment Opportunity Corp) crying foul. They think it is racist.

FOX News: (h/t Collapse.com)

The Obama administration is suing Dollar General and a BMW facility in South Carolina for the alleged unfair use of criminal background checks for job applicants, months after warning companies about how such screenings can discriminate against African Americas.
The suits were filed June 11 by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which last year issued new guidelines that cautioned against rejecting minority applicants who have committed a crime and recommended businesses eliminate policies that “exclude people from employment based on a criminal record.”
The suits have re-ignited concerns over such issues as potential federal overreach, the overlap of state and federal law and companieslosing their rights to protect customers, workers and assets while trying to adhere to fair hiring practices.

 http://www.reagancoalition.com/articles/2013/20130625004-dollar-general.html