Rock industries hired virtually all of its employees from star high school, which was overwhelmingly white in its racial makeup. accordingly, there were virtually no nonwhite employees employed by rock industries. the work that these employees performed was work that any reasonably capable high school graduate could do. when organizations representing nonwhites questioned the policy, the personnel director indicated that star high school graduates were hired because they had worked successfully for the company and because the president of the company had graduated from that school. there was no evidence that there was any plan or intention to discriminate against nonwhites. is this a violation of title vii of the civil rights act?

a. no, the employer has a right to select the employees as they see fit.
b. no, the law was not intended to discriminate.
c. yes, hiring from star high school is a business necessity.
d. yes, this apparently neutral policy has a disparate impact on a protected group.