"I AM Tatu!!!"
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…..
Yup. This guy has a random collection of trendy things. Stars, SRH logos. It’s all about image. The flatbill and BBall shirt prove it. Both a 5 year old fashion statement so he’s not even current.
amen!!! I wouldn’t want to go to a resturant and have a tatooed guy/girl wait on me!!!
"I AM Tatu!!!"
This explains it. Offspring: Pretty Fly for a white guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzY2Qcu5i2A
This is 12 or so years ago pretty much
Give it to me baby uh huh uh huh
Give it to me baby uh huh uh huh
Give it to me baby uh huh uh huh
And all the girlies say I’m pretty fly for a white guy
Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, cinco, seís
You know it’s kinda hard just to get along today
Our subject isn’t cool but he fakes it anyway
He may not have a clue and he may not have style
But everything he lacks well he makes up in denial
So don’t debate, a player straight
You know he really doesn’t get it anyway
Gonna play the field, and keep it real
For you no way, for you no way
So if you don’t rate, just overcompensate
At least you’ll know you can always go on Ricki Lake
The world needs wannabes
Hey, hey, do that brand new thing!
Give it to me baby, uh huh, uh huh
Give it to me baby, uh huh, uh huh
Give it to me baby, uh huh, uh huh
And all the girlies say I’m pretty fly for a white guy
He needs some cool tunes, not just any will suffice
But they didn’t have Ice Cube so he bought Vanilla Ice
Now cruising in his Pinto, he sees homies as he pass
But if he looks twice, they’re gonna kick his lily ass!
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So don’t debate, a player straight
You know he really doesn’t get it anyway
Gonna play the field, and keep it real
For you no way, for you no way
So if you don’t rate, just overcompensate
At least you’ll know you can always go on Ricki Lake
The world loves wannabes
Hey, hey, do that brand new thing!
Now he’s getting a tattoo yeah, he’s getting ink done
He asked for a 13, but they drew a 31
Friends say he’s trying too hard and he’s not quite hip
But in his own mind he’s the, he’s the dopest trip
Give it to me baby, uh huh, uh huh
Give it to me baby, uh huh, uh huh
Give it to me baby, uh huh, uh huh
Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, cinco, seís
So don’t debate, a player straight
You know he really doesn’t get it anyway
Gonna play the field, and keep it real
For you no way, for you no way
So if you don’t rate, just overcompensate
At least you’ll know you can always go on Ricki Lake
The world needs wannabes
The world loves wannabes
Let’s get some more wannabes
Hey, hey, do that brand new thing!
I saw him play a few times back in the day.
Where did you get that pic of Tim Lincecum?
GO ROYALS!!
I lived in the South, so long sleeve shirts in the summer were the exception. I was young, but even I thought it kind of strange.
One day, I went over to meet my girl friend and her father was cutting the gas. On one forearm was a tattoo of a naked woman and the other forearm was an American Eagle (complete with an American shield). Without me saying a word, he said, "Hong Kong- 1937."
Agreed, but the issue of workplace acceptability was not what I was addressing. I needed to get deeper into the implications of body art as a compensation for people who feel as though they are not taken seriously enough and as a ritual of defiance that warrior clans go through before battle.
The men and women who brought you the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution, were essentially defiant humans. They were not cowed by the awe and splendor of royalty and its manifold pageantries. They had a knowledge of perfection that transcended birthright or tradition; a knowledge brought about by a Biblical sense of right and wrong and justice as a matter of principle.
This country was built by outcasts and misfits and their attendant geniuses regardless of their economic station in life. The last political demonstration by conservatives we saw were thousands of Harleys roaring through DC to counter the Million Muslim March. This is not the Republican Party USA upper crust. It’s anyone’s guess what the tattoo count was, but I’ll guarantee you it wasn’t zero.
I thought indoor soccer must have been a big deal back then because it was always on TV, but I guess it wasn’t.
Thanks! I have been looking for that tread for a long time.
It’s hard to spell!
I'm shocked they told him it was his tattoos...usually you're not hired because "we had more qualified applicants" and you leave it at that.
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He tried to get a job in “the medical industry”. What kind of idiot wrote this? Could they be less specific?
And he puts song lyrics on an arm? What song could possibly be so great you’d need the lyrics on your body?
>>Spare me the Millennialist mumbo-jumbo. If you look like a freak, expect to be treated like a freak. Vote however you want. Look however you want. And be man enough to accept the consequences.
I knew my comments would p*ss off a variety of “face conservative”. I’d rather call the CEO of Shearson Lehman or the other banking oligarchs who brought us this financial armageddon as a result of their own selfish elitist pocket stuffing...freaks. Men and women who will fight against the financial tyranny of a manipulating clot of industrial age neo-aristocrats and their flying monkeys will share my foxhole. Elitism is a fetish that is destroying the GOP and has been the achilles heel of conservatism since Teddy Roosevelt became a loan shark leg breaker for the Bank of England.
I have a number of tattoos, most you never see, but my half sleeves show if i wear short sleeved shirts.
For me, it’s actually helpful in my job, as I deal with people looking to receive welfare. It helps in dealing with the vast majority of people as they seem to feel more like I can identify with them. The “bros” I work with seem to get lots of attitude.
But Winston Churchill & Barry Goldwater didn't see their tattoos as a hindrance.
Yeah, I bookmarked it for that very reason.
I’d like to see the Giants use up five pitchers in a single inning again.
I think you missed your Occupy meeting. It’s down the hall, right past the ladies’ room. Look for the “anarchy” pamphlets.
Down with the capitalists, comrade!
that’s not why you discount what i say. i’m on a tablet and it’s just easier. i don’t really care if you don’t like it. just don’t give a lame-ass excuse that that’s why you can’t respomd back to me with anything other than insults.
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