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Studies have shown that ugly people are discriminated against when it comes to hiring and promotion. How about affirmative action for ugly people. If someone has a complaint, it goes before a board/court to be adjudicated.
gattmott, Dec 12 2006
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What studies???
Ugly is only skin deep. Some of the richest people in the world are not what I'd consider good looking. Think about the entertainment or computer industries. Certainly there are exceptions but overall there are very few job descriptions that require physical perfection as a prerequisite.
People get succeed based on their talents, intelligence, and ambitions. Not some arbitrary value of beauty.
The only place I've seen "ugly people" discriminated against is in jobs where beauty is a job requirement.
And that's like saying you're not going to hire someone to be a rocket scientist because they're retarded. Sometimes, people aren't cut out for certain jobs that have requirements completely beyond their own control.
I am familiar with the studies you are referring to. Yes, ugly people are discriminated against. But it would be hard to use affirmative action for these cases. Unlike race or sex, ugliness is a matter of opinion. A black person is black to every one, a woman is a woman to every one, but ugly is in the eye of the beholder. How could you decide who qualifies as "ugly"?
Frankly, I not too fond of affirmative action anyway. It seems too much like reverse discrimination.
I've seen the studies as well. Affirmative action isn't about giving people what they need to succeeed, it's about giving people opportunities who haven't earned it to balance the demographics. Affirmative action is crap. It forces equality in a way that undermines the foundations of hard work and achievment. If 90% of a minority don't apply for college, why should that neccessitate allowing the other 10% at the cost of turning away better applicants? Maybe we should spend more money educating minorities before they get to college? Hmmm... I don't want a Harrison Bergeron society, but that's exactly what affirmative action does.
I'm ugly. GIVE ME A M****F***ING JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Affirmative action is already misunderstood. The farther we stay away from any embodiment of affirmative action, the better.