Here’s another question that puzzles me. Does Abercrombie & Fitch risk discrimination? How do you feel about being judged by your looks alone? What if you were hired on that basis alone.

That's the way A & F works. As someone said earlier, good looks sell. It's just like any other business. You don't expect to get hired at an accounting firm if you failed grade school math three times. You wouldn't get hired as a customer service representative if you mumble and avoid eye contact. Sure, you might be a pro at other things, but if you don't fit the bill, you don't get hired.

It's not pretty, yes, but A & F isn't the only place to work. There are, so to speak, plenty of fish in the sea.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by affanculo:
A & F is a Privately owned business....they can hire anyone they want.

still, that doesn't give them the right to discriminate people just because they aren't very good looking.

A & F is a Privately owned business....they can hire anyone they want. Besides the fact, As it has already been pointed out, their are many other stores that discriminate....

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Originally posted by aprildiamonds:

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Is Sean John or South Pole any different?

what do you mean by that?

They all advertise to the demographic they target.

Personally, I see nothing wrong with discriminatorily hiring good-looking people. They're out there to get people to open up their wallets, and the fact is people are more willing to open their wallet to a pretty face. It's harsh, but if you were to reject it, wouldn't you basically be taking a stand against good-looking models in magazines? After all, just about anyone could pose wearing the clothes the magazines are trying to sell.

It's obviously not that simple, though. I think there's a lot of jobs where discriminating based on looks simply makes no sense. But of course, the good-looking are always going to have advantages in nearly every facet of life, even when those advantages aren't easily explained or readily obvious.

As for discriminating based on race, well...I'm hoping that's not even a debatable issue in 21st century America.

They do favor good looking people...i know someone who used to work at one and he told me everything that goes on...from putting certain people on during slow shopping times...etc...

its just wrong...not that I want to work there or anything

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Is Sean John or South Pole any different?

what do you mean by that?

Is Sean John or South Pole any different?

I don't know about the race factor for sure, but it is true that most of their store employees are white and almost all of them are goodlooking. So maybe they're discriminating against average looking people?

My AP English class has debated this issue. I have recently read that they are constantly accused of favoring good-looking young white people in their hiring. Some Hispanic, Asian, and black job applicants said in interviews that when they applied for jobs, store managers steered them to the stockroom, not to the sales floor. However isn’t the Abercrombie & Fitch line the “classic American” look? The company says it doesn’t discriminate, what do you think?