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 arent gang related and shouldnt be an issue. Hes 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 didnt get called back for a first interview.
She said, No, the only reason were not hiring you is because of your tattoos,' said Roach. I dont know what to do. I feel like I was bullied. I feel like I was treated unfairly and misled, and I dont know why.
Eyewitness News isnt naming the company, because it didnt break any laws. But, we did reach out to the company officials. They said they cant comment because its 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 its a problem employees have all the time, but theres a difference between legal and illegal discrimination.
There are certain areas that you cannot discriminate based on, said Culhane. So, were talking about race, color, religion, sex, national origin, as example of those.
Thats 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 thats exactly what he did and was told by a manager that it wouldnt 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, dont worry about it.
He said hes never had a problem with his tattoos before and is well qualified and deserves a shot. He said he wouldnt 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 thats sick or dying, I dont care if the persons (working in the medical job) got tattoos, he said. If theyre there to help my family member and here to save their life, I think the last thing going through someones mind when theyre going through an emergency is that I have tattoos. Im sure theyre 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
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Neither do I, and the owner can’t afford the loss of customers.
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.
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.
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.
did you tell the manager about that?
“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.
He was prolly stoned on marijuana when he got them. Getting tattoos up your neck all makes sense when you get high (I suppose)
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?
I found out a few years ago that those pornographic tattoos on the forearm are masturbatory aids.
TMI I know.
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.
even the military has clamped down on their tattoo policies for new incoming.
She said, No, the only reason were not hiring you is because of your tattoos,’ said Roach. I dont know what to do. I feel like I was bullied. I feel like I was treated unfairly and misled, and I dont know why.
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He’s stupid too.
Of course the tattoos shout it.
that guy is a checkerhead. also something that rhymes with checkerhead.
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?
and who you have a moderate chance of getting hepatitis from.
Black&Deckerhead?
LOL!
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.
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