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Originally Posted by zteccc
I'm not saying this is a good thing, but it is reality. We all live in this reality, and whether we like it or not, denying that it exists leads to unrest and to situations like the one that France is facing.
Societal norms (including dress) is indeed ethnocentric. That isn't the same as racist. French society is what it is. Perhaps one might disagree with it, but if one wants to live in France, it is unreasonable to expect French society to change, it is more reasonable for that one to change to adapt to the society.
-- Jeff
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I knew you brought up the ID card issue, I was just agreeing w/ Skandalouz in that the examples seemed incomparable.
Clothing is superficial. Nothing but woven fiber of whatever material. They contain no inherent meaning. To assume that a particular style of clothing conveys financial or moral stability is an illusion (if not out-right B.S.)
If that customer is less likely to feel comfortable depositing their funds in that bank due to an employee's apperance then that is blatant lookism (which isn't much different than racism) due to a fostered notion that what one wears is direct reflection of thier financial status in society and thus relative trustworthiness. Isn't ones resume or credentials merit enough of a job? Why must employeers cater the predjudices of the consumer? Don't they see that in doing so they are perpetuating the predjudices themselves and are then solely responsible for thier continuance?
On the otherhand people have attached personal and/or religious meaning to their attire and is exactly this reason that certain societies wish to remove any such sentimentality from the workplace. It's literally dehumanizing to be "businesslike." And this is apperently the goal of civilization.
Amorality is immoral, same w/ apathy. Discrimination based upon appearance, esp. in the workplace is unethical. Why would any "moral" person EVER willingly join a business that openly doesn't care about right or wrong?! Why would any ethically inclined person associate themselves w/ such an unabashed amoral institution? If the reality of business is admittedly predjudiced then shouldn't the focus here be upon changing it for the better or do you feel that, atleast, predjudice w/in business places of conduct is unchangable?
I get the feeling that the expression "When in rome, do as the romans do" carries the connotation of "when in rome, do as the romans do... or else they'll kill you." Or is it just me?