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VIDEO: Man says it’s discrimination that people won’t hire him because he’s covered with tattoos
Right Wing News ^ | 10/24/14 | Jennifer Lawrence

Posted on 10/24/2014 10:49:00 AM PDT by Impala64ssa

Is this a violation of the first amendment? A man is left confused and frustrated after he feels he was denied a job based on his tattoos.

A man is left confused and frustrated after he feels he was denied a job based on his tattoos.

Bill Roach reached out to Eyewitness News because he thinks he was a victim of discrimination and was treated unfairly.

He said the tattoos aren’t gang related and shouldn’t be an issue. He’s proud of them, and they all mean something to him.

“My right arm is nothing but music,” he said. “You know, songs.”

Some mean more than others. He has the lip prints of his wife on his neck, plus a tribute to his first-born son, Ryker.

“So, my neck is the footprint from when he was born, his name, and his birth date,” said Roach.

Now those tattoos mean something else entirely – difficulty in finding a job.

He recently applied for a position in the medical industry, and even though he passed a test, he didn’t get called back for a first interview.

“She said, ‘No, the only reason we’re not hiring you is because of your tattoos,'” said Roach. “I don’t know what to do. I feel like I was bullied. I feel like I was treated unfairly and misled, and I don’t know why.”

Eyewitness News isn’t naming the company, because it didn’t break any laws. But, we did reach out to the company officials. They said they can’t comment because it’s “a personnel matter.”

“We know that every action or choice has a consequence,” said Holly Culhane of PAS Associates, a human resources consulting company.

She said it’s a problem employees have all the time, but there’s a difference between legal and illegal discrimination.

“There are certain areas that you cannot discriminate based on,” said Culhane. “So, we’re talking about race, color, religion, sex, national origin, as example of those.”

That’s why she said employers should make their practices clear.

“So, they might want to ask the question up front or they might want to just ask for the policy,” she said.

But, Roach said that’s exactly what he did and was told by a manager that it wouldn’t be a problem.

“I pulled my stuff up, and I showed them I had tattoos,” said Roach, “and I wanted to be up front, because to avoid wasting my time as well as theirs … and he encouraged me to take the test and said, you know, don’t worry about it.”

He said he’s never had a problem with his tattoos before and is well qualified and deserves a shot. He said he wouldn’t have been upset if they told him up front. Instead he had to take a day off work and now feels like his time and money were wasted.

"If I have a family member that’s sick or dying, I don’t care if the person’s (working in the medical job) got tattoos,” he said. “If they’re there to help my family member and here to save their life, I think the last thing going through someone’s mind when they’re going through an emergency is that I have tattoos. I’m sure they’re more concerned about, ‘Help my loved one.’”

Roach said he is writing a letter to Congress, seeking to make tattoo discrimination illegal unless they are hateful or gang related.

As tattoos become more and more prevalent in society, we need to decide if this issue is covered under a 1st amendment or should it be left up to the employer. You decide…..


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: jobdiscrimination; stupidpeople; tattoos
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To: SMARTY

Neither do I, and the owner can’t afford the loss of customers.


61 posted on 10/24/2014 11:06:58 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens. KILL THE BILL!)
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To: Impala64ssa
It IS discrimination. You say it like it's a bad thing. It shows you're an impulsive idiot who doesn't plan for the future. You also look like a jackass in a flat billed cap.


62 posted on 10/24/2014 11:07:34 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Impala64ssa

He’s right, it is discrimination.

It’s discrimination when I pass Macy’s to go to Nordstrom.

It’s discrimination when I choose to eat food instead of poison.

It’s discrimination when I choose who will be my wife and who my friends are.

Discrimination is your freedom to choose.

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH DISCRIMINATION. It is your God-given right of freedom of choice.

Popular culture has their head up their bossa nova.


63 posted on 10/24/2014 11:08:48 AM PDT by PapaNew (The grace of God & freedom always win the debate in the forum of ideas over unjust law & government)
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To: Impala64ssa

I remember when discrimination was a positive, educated attribute. But like so many other fine words, it was somehow hijacked by the PC and now connotes a negative.


64 posted on 10/24/2014 11:08:53 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Yollopoliuhqui

Kind of BS what you wrote, but I get some it and agree.

No problems with “some tats” but the over the top, I have to cover my whole body/neck tats junk is for untrustworthy losers.


65 posted on 10/24/2014 11:09:37 AM PDT by roofgoat
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To: Dr. Thorne

did you tell the manager about that?


66 posted on 10/24/2014 11:10:03 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Impala64ssa

“I this guy asked me for a job I’d turn him down just for wearing a 49ers jersey ;)”

You can laugh, but if I saw a guy wearing multiple pieces of clothing form the same team, I would think he’s involved in a gang that has the same colors as that team. And all black tattoos like this guy has make me think they are prison tattoos. If this guy asked me for a job I would assume he’s a gang banger.


67 posted on 10/24/2014 11:10:03 AM PDT by thorvaldr
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To: Impala64ssa

He was prolly stoned on marijuana when he got them. Getting tattoos up your neck all makes sense when you get high (I suppose)


68 posted on 10/24/2014 11:11:45 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Let me guess. You flunked every English course you ever took, huh?

I think there some some sembalnce of a thought in that verbal garbage you posted, but who knows?


69 posted on 10/24/2014 11:12:09 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Dr. Thorne

I found out a few years ago that those pornographic tattoos on the forearm are masturbatory aids.

TMI I know.


70 posted on 10/24/2014 11:12:44 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: Impala64ssa
Tattoos make people look smart.


71 posted on 10/24/2014 11:14:39 AM PDT by South40 (Hillary Clinton was a "great secretary of state". - Texas Governor Rick Perry)
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To: all the best

discrimination isn’t inherently unfair. we make discriminating choices all the time based on factors and reasons all the time.

one might not even care about how the tattoos look, they may decide not to hire because they don’t want to hire someone who believes and chooses to cover their body with tattoos is a great thing to do. it reveals something about decision-making about that person that may not be the kind of person needed for that job or company.


72 posted on 10/24/2014 11:15:02 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: DCBryan1

even the military has clamped down on their tattoo policies for new incoming.


73 posted on 10/24/2014 11:16:14 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Impala64ssa

“She said, ‘No, the only reason we’re not hiring you is because of your tattoos,’” said Roach. “I don’t know what to do. I feel like I was bullied. I feel like I was treated unfairly and misled, and I don’t know why.”

__________________

He’s stupid too.

Of course the tattoos shout it.


74 posted on 10/24/2014 11:16:48 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: a fool in paradise

that guy is a checkerhead. also something that rhymes with checkerhead.


75 posted on 10/24/2014 11:17:08 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Impala64ssa
As tattoos become more and more prevalent in society, we need to decide if this issue is covered under a 1st amendment or should it be left up to the employer

First Amendment?? WTH.

If that's all the understanding the ignorant morons in this country have of the Bill of Rights, no wonder we are losing the culture war and the damn takers are overrunning the country.

Why do we even bother to vote?

76 posted on 10/24/2014 11:17:22 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: Raycpa

and who you have a moderate chance of getting hepatitis from.


77 posted on 10/24/2014 11:18:44 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Black&Deckerhead?


78 posted on 10/24/2014 11:18:55 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: South40

LOL!


79 posted on 10/24/2014 11:20:22 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens. KILL THE BILL!)
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To: Impala64ssa

IMHO, We’re all lucky if we can get through our young and foolish years without getting killed on a motorcycle, marrying the wrong woman, or getting a single tattoo, but getting a whole body full of tattoos has nothing to do with luck; it’s got to be a mental illness.


80 posted on 10/24/2014 11:21:36 AM PDT by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war,and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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