An amusement park in florida is developed with an international theme section with restaurants, shops and attractions, each based on a different country. each specific country section plans to hire "culturally authentic" employees that are natives of each nation. before opening the park, the company's market researchers surveyed customer preferences related to the various nations that would be represented there. for the germany section, market survey respondents believed that all germans have blond hair and blue eyes. when hiring begins for the park, sebastian, a german national overseeing the staffing of the germany segment, employs many individuals of german origin that have the blond hair-blue eyes combination. max, an afro-german gentleman from berlin, applies for a position in the park's "germany." sebastian decides not to hire max, even though he qualifies for the job, because his race does not fit the customer preference and expectation for the germany segment. has the park discriminated against max?
a. no, because the park is supporting a customer preference.
b. no, because the park can use the bona fide occupational qualification exception.
c. yes, because max was from germany.
d. yes, because a customer preference will not support a bona fide occupational qualification exception.