Question

Regarding the affair of the “discrimination” against Ethiopians at Barkan Wineries, I wanted to ask your opinion..
On the one hand, it seems to me that they are permitted, as a rabbinical court, not to recognize the Jewish status of the Ethiopians, and as a result not to allow them near the wine. The ruling of the Chief Rabbinate or of other leading rabbis does not obligate them. This is not racism, just as preventing non-Jews or secular Jews from coming near the wine is not racism..
On the other hand, one could say that there was racism here. Racism stems from generalization, since stereotypes are generally correct in a broad sense, and our aversion to them is because they are used sweepingly, without giving respect to the individual. In this case, it seems to me that there was such a generalization, since the Badatz refrained from considering each Ethiopian individually, and issued a general instruction not to employ Ethiopians at all in anything connected to wine..
Am I right?