Discrimination or Stereotyping? (Scenario)

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Discrimination or Stereotyping? (Scenario)
Jeremy, Amanda, Taylor, and Omar work in the design department at Casuarina which makes casual and fitness related clothing for the local market. The company has been up and running for over five years and is making profit. Now they are in the process of expanding to the Japanese market where Canadian brands and quality are highly valued. The company has from the beginning embraced diversity as the founders were from Ireland and Turkey. As the company expanded, more diverse and multicultural employees were brought in. There are one or two pockets of the company where talented Caucasian employees at times seem standoffish and keep themselves apart from the rest of the employees during breaks or social occasions.
-Jeremy has been with the company since the beginning.He was one of the original investors having retired from his 20 year career in banking and wanting a new challenge.He has risen to be the head of the design department because his original degree was in fine arts and he still has an itch to do something creative.Jeremy looks his age and feels a bit out of place among the mostly very young workforce,but he has the knowledge and even the technical skills to compete with most.Jeremy's coworkers view him with mixed feelings.Some of them see his contribution positively and ________.

A) view him as being too old to be working in design
B) ignore his serious personality that is out of place in this hip company
C) don't understand why he is hanging on to any job at his age
D) appreciate his experience and strong work ethic