> opportunistically turn a profit Would you have felt the same way when companies started hiring former slaves, chinese, irish, italians, women, etc.? What yo

> opportunistically turn a profit Would you have felt the same way when companies started hiring former slaves, chinese, irish, italians, women, etc.? What you're identifying is a market advantage that companies can gain by being non-discriminatory. You've zeroed in on a major strength of free market economics. Bigotry costs companies money.