Is a statistical preference amongst small children a valid justification for offering less pay to equally qualified workers? I personally think the regulators

Is a statistical preference amongst small children a valid justification for offering less pay to equally qualified workers? I personally think the regulators may be overreaching here, but have no problem with the regulations themselves. They are necessary, as humans living in the united states have historically been unable to rise above their biases. Without active pressure for integration, we end up with segregation, for reasons which have nothing to do with biological determinism. Take access to schools and education. Education funding in the US is basically allocated through local property taxes. Thus, richer neighborhood have far better schools than poorer neighbourhoods. Meanwhile, red-lining and white flight have led to a society largely segregated on class and racial grounds. So certain racial groups have been systematically denied access to housing in areas with better education funding, leading to worse educational outcomes for their children, leading to less money for buying houses in nice neighbourhoods with good schools, and so on.