You can still be guilty of discrimination even if you are treating two individuals the same. Should the results of your treatment be discriminatory, they will be deemed to be against the law. An example of this is an apartment that only rents to doctors and lawyers but does not have or has very few minority doctors or lawyers in the area. This may be a violation of fair housing laws.
Equal Treatment/Different Impact
You can still be guilty of discrimination even if you are treating two individuals the same. Should the results of your treatment be discriminatory, they will be deemed to be against the law. An example of this is an apartment that only rents to doctors and lawyers but does not have or has very few minority doctors or lawyers in the area. This may be a violation of fair housing laws.
