Appearance-Based Discrimination is Wrong

        

Avantika M., 11, Island School

         Recently in South Korea, a survey showed that 42.4% of job-seekers have not been hired because of their looks, making them discriminated based on appearance. This is a problem; for example, if two people apply for a job, and one is smart but not so good looking and the other one is beautiful but not very smart, the job would go to the superficial airhead princess instead of the smart hardworking deserving person. Looks-based discrimination should be illegal all around the world. Nobody should have to suffer this and face poverty because someone prettier got the job.

        This is completely wrong because say a person gives a resume to a bank and he is a straight A+ student, has lots of credits, and overall is a good human being but then a prettier person comes and this person is an average D student, has no credits but is gorgeous. Is it fair to give the prettier one the job? No, it is totally stupid and rubbish. There are a few things that make up a good businessperson: intelligence, the ability to use teamwork, diligence, and a hardworking attitude. A person’s looks should not be depriving them from getting a good job.

        On the other hand, lots of people do business face to face; in fact, job interviews are face to face, so if the person were ugly it would be disturbing to work with him. Imagine constantly having to work with someone ugly compared to someone pretty. The person will try to avoid working if his or her partner is ugly and will actually want to work with a prettier person.

        However, if companies only hired people according to their looks, then the work would not be getting done and it would just pile up. “Studies indicate that, in general, beautiful people are paid more than their plainer-looking counterparts.” This means that pretty people are getting paid more than the actual people doing all the work. And looks should not affect anything if they have good ideas and are a benefit to a company.

        Going back many years when there was discrimination against black people, it has taken people a very long time to get over that. Now people have moved on and accepted everyone for who they are, not depending on their looks. But why has the world taken a step back when people should be walking forward? Again, we are discriminating against people according to their looks. This has gone too far if it is being compared to racial discrimination. This is very antediluvian, it has been stopped n the past, and it can be stopped again.

        42.4% of people have not been hired due to their looks in South Korea. The problem is that the prettier person gets the job and not the smarter person with the correct values on how to work. This needs to stop immediately or at least as soon as possible because smart people should not have to suffer from poverty due to their looks.