If a Light-Skinned Member of a Race Refuses to Hire

question 120

True/False

If a light-skinned member of a race refuses to hire a dark-skinned member of the same race,this constitutes discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Definitions:

Price Floor

A government or regulatory imposed minimum price for goods or services, intended to prevent prices from falling too low.

Surplus

An excess of income or assets over expenditure or liabilities in a given period, typically referring to profit or a budgetary surplus.

Shortage

A market condition in which the demand for a product exceeds its supply at a particular price.

Market Price

The actual selling price of a good or service in the marketplace, determined by the forces of supply and demand.