Bastion Of Discrimination

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Many people are stereotyped and discriminated by their appearances. According to Deborah L. Rhodes, in her essay "Why Looks Are the Last Bastion of Discrimination," she stated that "irrelevant physical characteristics reinforces invidious stereotypes and undermines equal-opportunity principles based on merit and performance." Such discrimination is evident in the Hispanic community.
In addition, discrimination by appearance is really unfair to job-seekers, who do not get hired. My brother, who is Hispanic, has many visible tattoos all over his body. Each and every one of his tattoos mean something very special to him. If someone saw my brother and his tattoos, immediately, they would think he is rebellious. He is a genuine, intelligent person, …show more content…

One stereotype is "people who are Hispanic, must be an illegal immigrant in the U.S." I had an experience with that stereotype. On a Sunday afternoon, I went to Kroger to buy shrimps. I searched around and I could not find the kind my mother wanted. So I asked for help and a nice, white lady came to help me. As she helped me, she started talking to me in Spanish out of no where, it was basic though. She spoke, "Spanish is a hard language to learn." "I guess it can be," I responded. She then asked, "Was English hard for you to learn?" I stared at her in a confused way. She added, "You came here, to the U.S., when you were little, huh?" I still stared at her in a confused way, inside my head, I considered that to be absolutely rude of her to say that. "Just considering that I'm Hispanic does not mean I was born over in Mexico. I was born here, in the U.S. So please don't stereotype me, ma'am," I replied. She was embarrassed. I walked away from her, not wanting any of her help any longer. My body started to heat up on how angry I was inside of me.
In conclusion, discrimination by appearances and stereotyping is applied everywhere. People judge of what is outside and not what is inside of the person. Many people would be astonished, if they saw what was inside the human beings, they discriminated. No matter what, people will always

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