gamesockson:

littleorphanammo:

I mean…what are they looking for?  For people to be attractive or stylish or…i mean…good christ, that could be used to discriminate based on gender, age, race, ability, religion and probably fucking IS used for that. I just.  What on EARTH is the justification for that?  How could they possibly rationalize what amounts to blatant workplace discrimination?

Not that you would know, I guess but…how DO they explain it?  Or do they not even bother?  They just do this blatantly illegal thing and just…eh whatever.  they don’t care, they’re totally just gonna keep doin it even though it violates all kinds of anti-discrimination laws?

I mean.  Oh. My. God.

Ok, im trying to get over this.

Absolutely, and I sometimes wonder whether I should avoid those places just on principle. To be honest, another reason I often don’t bother is I assume— depending on the neighborhood— that they aren’t going to hire a black woman who looks like me anyway, or anyone who looks “too ethnic” in any direction. In fact, if I wasn’t wearing my Lady Gaga wig, I don’t know if these people would’ve responded to me, either. And it’s not in one of the areas I usually apply to work in where I know my ‘fro and my hippie clothes would blend right in, but I’m also wearing a leather jacket, a thermal shirt and a tie-dyed skirt in that pic so I’m sure they don’t expect a sleek sophisticate to walk in the door.

As for justification? The ones who list one usually say they’re trying to attract a certain kind of clientele. As for whether that is upscale, trendy or what have you, it depends on the neighbhorhood. Which is why I don’t apply for jobs requiring pics in certain areas— because I’ll give you a damn photo but I’m not going to totally misrepresent myself. Sooner or later, you’ll find out I’m a hippie. I will wear my best hippie attire and I’ll bathe, but I’ll still be a hippie.

Sadly, your answer makes ME EVEN MORE ANGRY.

The fact that you sort of take it for granted that your blackness is just not going to go over well in ‘certain’ neighborhoods with ‘certain’ clientele makes me want to burn the world down.

i mean…PARDON ME?  That should just…am I really this naive?  Is that what it is that I expect that a stupid little overwrought, pretentious cafe, that basically serves people coffee probably should hire whoever is wiling to work at their minimum wage, no benefit shithole and stop claiming that they cater to a certain ‘clientele’.

They’re telling people, in not so uncertain terms as I’ve discovered by your response, that they might as well not even apply because chances are regardless of whether they are totes qualified for the position and deserve it…their ethnic heritage,  or their lack of perfectly symetrical facial features, or their class that prevents them from spending a ton of money on the hippest clothes or their genetic predisposition to a disease or their understanding of the organizing principle of the universe precludes them from the job.

I mean.  WHAT?!  WHAT?!?

Oh I’m sorry pal, I think my watch must be broken because the last time I looked I could have sworn this was the TWENTY FIRST GODDAM CENTURY.

I’m never going to get over this.  I’m going to have to move to NYC and stealthily apply to these stupid ass places and then report them to the ACLU and every single other zine, website or media outlet that will listen.

I can’t get past this and it makes me so fucking irate that this is how things ‘work’ and what people are ‘used’ to.  Fuck that.

Oh my god.

BTW, I’m sorry for hijacking your good news and turning into this crazyness.  I really am happy for your new job.  I just.

Goddamit.