Uhh...one doesn't become a "protected class" as a favor.

Constitutionally:
1. The Government (not the person)
2. Must prove
3. An immutable characteristic 
4. For a class of people
5. With historical discrimination
6. That lacks sufficient political power to protect itself at the ballot box (political or market)

That's an incredibly narrow set of conditions. For those others outside this, who know not the level and depth of discrimination at issue, to "self-victim-ify" is disgusting as well as pathetic.