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I'm pretty much with Jack in that in principle, I would avoid discriminating on group affiliation / ideology, except when it could be expected to directly affect job performance; I wouldn't hire a member of an anti-vaccination group as a doctor, or a racist as a human resource manager.
Also, someone who brings up "... and as I was saying at the Klu Klux Klan meeting the other day ..." at a job interview probably isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer. More generally, mentioning member of a controversial group at a job interview is a sign of lack of social skills (especially the social skill known as "lying"), which would probably impact job performance (again, it depends of the job. Crazy opinions for say graphic artists are not very surprising or very problematic).
Nearly all jobs involve interacting with other people, who may be of the race that the racist would have a problem with. Would you be willing to hire a racist for any such job?
What classifies jobs into this group where crazy opinions aren't a big deal?