{5) Question: Whitfield, who was black, worked for Ohio Edisoni Edison red him, but then later offered to rehire him. Another employee argued that Edison's original termination of Whiteld had been race discrimination. Edison rescinded its offer to rehire Whitfield. Whitfield sued Edison, claiming that the company pointed out that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act did not explicitly apply in such cases. Among other things, Title VII prohibits an employer from retaliating against an employee who has opposed illegal discrimination But it does not say anything about retaliation based on another employee's opposition to discrimination. Edison argued that the statute did not protect Whitfield