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Mike Johnson: “Disparate impacts are not proof of discrimination.”

On the recordSeptember 23, 2019
Disparate impacts are not proof of discrimination.
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Mike Johnson argues that statistical disparities do not necessarily indicate discriminatory practices.

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