Title VII forbids discrimination in employment based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, with some limited exceptions. Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin.Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a federal law that prohibits employment discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, sex. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids employers from discriminating based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Title VII prohibits sexbased harassment, including sexual harassment. The Supreme Court held 63 that the prohibition on sex discrimination in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 encompasses employment discrimination. As it is written, Title VII bans discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. Clayton County that sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against employees "because of . . . sex. For example, in EEOC v.