Looks Are The Last Bastion Of Discrimination
America's society is like an old friend from high school except it is more of a frenemy, a friend that secretly or even blatantly passes judgment and has its own bias when it comes to putting labels on people. More specifically, the people who are often subject to these labels are
African American men. America's society continues to do this type of labeling when it comes to racial stereotyping or even discrimination based on appearance, but that does not make any of society's behavior acceptable. Any form of discrimination regardless on the basis of appearance or race is not valid and is still an issue in the United States. Racial stereotyping and appearance discrimination is not valid because it can have a negative effect on recipient's lives whether it is …show more content…
losing job opportunities, being targeted as criminals, and being restricted.
To begin with, appearance discrimination is not valid because it can result in the loss of jobs or financial opportunities for some people. In the story "Why Looks Are the Last Bastion of
Discrimination" author Deborah L. Rhode points out, "Among the key findings of a
quartercentury's worth of research: Unattractive people are less likely to be hired and promoted, and they earn lower salaries, even in fields in which looks have no obvious relationship to professional duties" (246). Unfortunately people are quick to judge on someone's looks regardless of that individual's character and personality. Deborah L. Rhode writes that in today's
Randle 2 society the portrayal of what defines beauty is mostly images that include a slim body, fair skin, and long hair (245). But the reality is that not everyone is the same and cannot fit the same mold of "perfection" or what is described as society's beauty standards.
Furthermore, appearance discrimination or racial stereotyping is not valid and continues to be surrounded by much controversy in the United States, especially with the recent racial profiling of African American men by police targeting them as criminals. In the story "Just Walk on By: A Black
African American men. America's society continues to do this type of labeling when it comes to racial stereotyping or even discrimination based on appearance, but that does not make any of society's behavior acceptable. Any form of discrimination regardless on the basis of appearance or race is not valid and is still an issue in the United States. Racial stereotyping and appearance discrimination is not valid because it can have a negative effect on recipient's lives whether it is …show more content…
losing job opportunities, being targeted as criminals, and being restricted.
To begin with, appearance discrimination is not valid because it can result in the loss of jobs or financial opportunities for some people. In the story "Why Looks Are the Last Bastion of
Discrimination" author Deborah L. Rhode points out, "Among the key findings of a
quartercentury's worth of research: Unattractive people are less likely to be hired and promoted, and they earn lower salaries, even in fields in which looks have no obvious relationship to professional duties" (246). Unfortunately people are quick to judge on someone's looks regardless of that individual's character and personality. Deborah L. Rhode writes that in today's
Randle 2 society the portrayal of what defines beauty is mostly images that include a slim body, fair skin, and long hair (245). But the reality is that not everyone is the same and cannot fit the same mold of "perfection" or what is described as society's beauty standards.
Furthermore, appearance discrimination or racial stereotyping is not valid and continues to be surrounded by much controversy in the United States, especially with the recent racial profiling of African American men by police targeting them as criminals. In the story "Just Walk on By: A Black