. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which of the following occurs when a plaintiff establishes a prima facie case in an action alleging disparate-treatment discrimination in employment in the form of an illegal discharge?
A. The plaintiff wins.
B. The burden shifts to the defendant to articulate a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for the discharge.
C. The burden shifts to the defendant to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that discrimination did not occur.
D. The burden remains with the plaintiff to prove discrimination beyond a reasonable doubt, a special standard in disparate-treatment cases.
E. The burden remains with the plaintiff to establish damages to a reasonable certainty.