Select the best answer from among the alternatives below.

Management at a Chinese restaurant that serves authentic Chinese food and wants to provide its customers with a traditional overall dining experience are concerned that hiring Asian employees as hosts and servers may constitute racial discrimination. If you were the head of HR at this business, what would you say to management about this issue?

The restaurant can hire Asian employees for the restaurant given that being Asian is a BFOQ in relation to the restaurants business objectives and philosophy.

The restaurant can use race as a basis for hiring servers but not hosts.

The restaurant can use race as a basis for hiring hosts, but not servers.

The restaurant cannot use race as a basis for making any hiring decisions as this would constitute racial discrimination.