Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. The purposes of this Act are-- (1) to provide appropriate remedies for intentional discrimination and unlawful harassment in the workplace;Title VII forbids discrimination in employment based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, with some limited exceptions. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protects employees and job applicants from discriminatory practices. Question: The 1991 amendments to the Civil Rights Act added what important tool for a plaintiff in a Title VII claim? The purposes of this Act are- (1) to provide appropriate remedies for intentional discriminationand unlawful harassment in the workplace; EPA Office of Civil Rights, Investigative Report for Title VI Admin. City of Chicago,3 the Supreme Court held that the later application of a policy with a disparate impact constituted a discriminatory "use" of the policy. This law was enacted because of several unpopular U.S. Supreme Court decisions and overturned them. , are credited for struc- turing the final 1991 bill in a manner acceptable to sponsors of the 1990 CRA and the Bush Admin-.