Exactly. People seem to forget that tattoos and blue hair make me a bad person as much as going to church makes one a good person. In the end, I feel sorry for people that make snap judgements based on ignorant stereotypes that have been disproved time and again. But I’m still gonna laugh at them, too.
Well employers don’t have the luxury to spend a few hours to learn about each candidate, all they have is a few minutes at best, and they use the proxies of personal appearance to make those judgements, fairly or unfairly.
It’s a maddeningly grey area. There is so much FEAR in the world today. Don’t stoke the FEAR and you will be better off. That is just wise advice.