Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. Title VI Discrimination Complaint Forms.Title VI case law has traditionally borrowed jurisprudence from other civil rights laws with a similar structure and purpose. Title VI prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin (including language). Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Sexual harassment claims generally fall under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which applies only to employers with 15 or more employees. 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. "'Race' and 'sex' are general terms that, in everyday usage, require modi-. Filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Equal Employment. Opportunity Act), Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing.