In her own mind she's a victim?!?!
When an organization makes specific moves to relegate people of color to certain positions and whites to others, that's racism, plain and simple. She may be making honest pay for doing honest work, but that doesn't change the fact that she's being put in the position of servant while whites are free from such duties. Somebody's gotta do it, yes, but why aren't those duties distributed fairly amongst all emplyees?
Having known people who've worked at A&F I've long been aware of the particular image they try to create. And while that's fine in the case of hair, makeup, piercings and other forms of personal expression, once you begin making decisions about your "image" on the basis of skin color there's no talking you way out of it. It's racism, end of story.
Maybe it doesn't bother you because you share A&F's POV, but if there's ever to be any real progress, this kind of nonsense has to stop.
More than likely... she is fat, ugly (and just happens to be black...) I have noticed that hot looking, CUTE black girls get to work the floor and deal with customers, while UGLY fat girls (who happen to be WHITE) also get the bucket and mop jobs.
Image is everything in retail.
People who stink can't work with customers. People with running sores and constanty erupting acne, don't do well in jobs where attracting the public is key. WHO wants to do diet and weight training with some 'fat albert' who can't even reach, let alone scratch, his own butt?
Call it whatever you want, ugly people work the office, or the field. Good lookers get the 'face jobs'.
Abercrombie has an image. Sexy, fit, young, energetic, preppie, young adult, perfect abs and a tiny waist. You fit that image, you can get the job. If not, I guess you can blame it on racism... if you also happen to be... black.