Scenario 2.1 Tia's Tamale Factory Employs 50 Workers to Make and Ship

question 24

Multiple Choice

Scenario 2.1
Tia's Tamale Factory employs 50 workers to make and ship food products all over the United States. Tia's factory is located in Southern California, in a community where 60 percent of the residents have Spanish surnames or identify themselves as Hispanic. Tia must hire a new cook and despite her best efforts, she gets only three applicants. Conchita is a 35-year-old Hispanic female, Sancho is a 17-year-old Hispanic male, and Maureen is a 48-year-old white woman who uses a wheelchair.
-Refer to Scenario 2.1. Tia's workers are mostly Hispanic women. If Tia believes that only a Hispanic women could fit in at her workplace and hires Conchita for this reason, it will likely be

• A) discrimination on the basis of national origin in violation of Title VII.
• B) discrimination on the basis of age in violation of the ADEA.
• C) permissible discrimination because national origin would be a bona fide occupational qualification in this case.
• D) permissible because most of the local residents are Hispanics.
• E) permissible because Tia is a private employer.

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