What could be potentially damning is the answer, not the question.
Getting clarity and avoiding potentially incorrect assumptions by asking questions is something professionals should do.
I would very much like to see the rest of the deck for context.
I was able to find that deck (make of it what you will): https://savecti.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Controller-Hi.... The phrase "adverse impact" means "results in racially disparate outcomes"
I spent a bit more time going down the rabbit hole of the article footnotes, but I need to take a step back, as my time management on this has been poor