Title VII makes it illegal for employers to discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, or gender when making any employment-related decisions. On the one hand, this law is necessary to reduce discrimination in the workplace. Without it, fewer women, racial minorities, and religious minorities would be landing good jobs. On the other hand, a business owner who has worked hard to build a business, personally shouldering all the financial risk, might feel that he or she should have the legal right to hire whomever most appeals to them.

If a company feels that hiring only tall, or left-handed, red-headed, or African-American will allow the company to make more money, do you think doing so should be illegal?

Would you favor a law such as Title VII, which is intended to eliminate discrimination in the workplace, or do you think that employers should be free to hire whomever they choose?