Part 2 Tattoos 15 Jan. 2013

Part 2

Amberlin Rudnicki

       This case is about a woman 25 years of age and her name is Rebecca Holdcroft. She has 2 “sleeve” tattoos that cover up her arms, a chest tattoo of a pair of wings and a heart, and an upper back tattoo of Japanese cherry blossoms. When she went to the interview for her new job she had some tattoos covered and some showing, her second day at work she was told they were “unprofessional” and was told to cover them up. Before she had that job she had another one that where they made her wear a cardigan even though it was blazing hot. She passed out from heat exhaustion and”cracked” her head against the toilet bowl. That same job didn’t let her take off the cardigan but gave her a desk fan instead, but in a couple of days the fan was taken away for health and safety reasons so they allowed her to not wear the cardigan. The job she now has allows her to show her tattoos when she is seated but they must be covered when she is walking around even though she doesn’t see the customers. Her new works is planning on looking over their dress code policy and are going to keep her story in mind when they do. She is happy they are doing this but is still upset that no matter how hard a person works or how well they are at their job, companies will still discriminate against people.

What Will My Employer Think Of My Tattoo? 14 Jan. 2013

What Will Employers Think Of My Tattoo?

Amberlin Rudnicki

       This article explains that job hunters hide their body art to do interviews with employers because they don’t want the employers to change their mind about the job hunter because of what is on their body. This tells us that many people pretend to be someone else when being interviewed. I myself do not agree with employers changing their minds on how they think a person will work due to the fact that they have body art. When I get older I know I am going to get a tattoo and I will most likely try to get it in a place that wouldn’t affect my business and the way people think of me unless my employment allows for tattoos. This article tells about how a teacher hides her tattoos so that she can stay in the job she loves.

       I believe this is not ok because the job hunter with a tattoo may be more qualified than a person without a tattoo. This is similar to sexism or thinking a woman can’t do the same job as a man when she very well may be more qualified or can work harder and longer and will love to do it. Business owners Do have a right to who they want but if that means not hiring someone that is the best at what they do because of body art then that shouldn’t be allowed. If I owned the business I would let anyone join my business as long as they had the education and the qualifications. The standards now are very different than from 15 years ago. 15 years ago we wouldn’t have been able to get hired for any job if our tattoos were showing unless you were a tattoo artist or the job was specifically allowing it. In my opinion employers shouldn’t discriminate against job hunters because of the art they have on their bodies. Business owners should have the right to an opinion but to an extent.

       In conclusion, job hunters hide who they are during interviews so they won’t lose the chance of that job. I think it is wrong for companies to do that to people even though they are the most qualified. I think this is similar to thinking women can’t do the same as men. And finally 15 years ago we wouldn’t have the strictness of not being able to have a tattoo in certain jobs.

Dog Town 8 jan. 2013

Dog Town South

Amberlin Rudnicki

       In this article it tells about a Brazilian skate boarder named Lincoln Ueda skating in the slums that made it to the top by winning competition after competition. At an extreme-sports exhibition that Tony Hawk was producing the event Lincoln flew 10 ft into the air off a towering ramp and spun 540 degrees before landing gracefully on his skateboard. Lincoln is only five feet and five inches and he had made it four feet higher than the average pro skater. In the article it explains that skateboarding was a pastime for most Brazilians while others used it to get out of Brazil. After that he article says that an immigration lawyer named Carl Shusterman “fostered” the growth by taking on the Brazilian immigration cases. Lincoln was one of Carl’s clients. Lincoln started off doing skateboarding as a teen with two of his friends. Lincoln started of sports with soccer but couldn’t excel because of asthma and then moved on to bicycling. His father bought him a skateboard after he destroyed his bicycle from doing stunts and figured it would be less dangerous.

       Skateboarding is popular in Brazil because it, at first, got them out of the country but it was also an interesting and fun sport. It is important for businesses to know what’s popular in other countries because it would be a great business opportunity to earn money from other countries as well as in America. Lincoln’s first sponsor was a Guarulhos surfing shop and that is important because without that sponsor he probably wouldn’t have made it as far as he did in the sport. In general I think skating is popular because it is a stress releaser that isn’t very dangerous. In my opinion I think Lincoln will make it far in the skateboarding world.

       In conclusion a man named Lincoln Ueda got away from Brazil by doing a sport he loved since he was young. Carl Shusterman, an immigration lawyer, had a business boom because of how many Brazilians wanted to leave the country with skateboarding.