Last week, members of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission all but concluded that employers who use criminal background checks are racists. I’m sure EEOC commissioners quite don’t see it that way, but what else can the rest of us conclude from the following statement, issued in their own report?

“An employer’s use of an individual’s criminal history in making employment decisions may, in some instances, violate the prohibition against employment discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1965, as amended.”