Several weeks ago the article, How criminal background checks lead to discrimination against millions of Americans,’ by Sarah Lageson was published in Washington Post and it caused a bit of an uproar in the background screening community. Several prominent members of the industry posted comments very critical of the article choosing to focus on the aspects of the article which they felt misrepresented the background industry. I totally get where they are coming from, however, in my humble opinion, they missed the point of the article.
