Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of.Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the main legal authority for the ADEQ's external nondiscrimination programs. Title VII prohibits employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Title VI of the Civil. No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shall -. , and Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000a et seq. 2d 32, 38 (4th Cir. 1971). In 1965, Arizona enacted the ACRA, mirroring Title VII.