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Silas is the CEO of a company. Silas makes promotions to the junior vice president position every year during annual reviews. In 2013, Silas refused to promote Jonah to Vice President, telling him customers weren't ready for a black man in that role. In 2014, he refused to promote Jorge, saying that his accent was not "going to command respect" from those he supervised. Finally, in 2015, he refused to promote Yao because people like him were good at math and programming, but bad at interpersonal relationships. The three individuals sue and want to join their claims. True or false, there is a common question of law or fact?
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