> Is "race" (and its manifestations) is a protected class? I'm not sure what the law says. It's listed explicitly in the Civil Rights act of 1964, except I don

> Is "race" (and its manifestations) is a protected class? I'm not sure what the law says. It's listed explicitly in the Civil Rights act of 1964, except I don't think it mentions something that applies to this situation - the phrase "affirmative action" was created just to get around it. I guess this will be about whether it applies/should apply here in addition to the rest.