But then are you allowed to have a written policy that says "only white people can be board members" or "only men can be board members", because they aren't employees? I'm honestly asking, I'm curious how this works!
Yeah, I don't know how it works outside ADEA, which scope is limited to employees. It's interesting to dig into the case when board members are actually employees, so I just skimmed through the law and I found that ADEA does not protect bona fide executive or high policy-making role. Probably discrimination against other protected classes are prohibited by other laws.
You were already told why, seems you're not actually curious but want to make a weird point instead.
I thought the extension of their questioning was interesting, and I’m also curious…