Work and Culture

Greetings,
It is a good thing when young people take the responsibility to seek out employment for the summertime, generate their own source of income,gain some vital work experience and it is wonderful that corporations, such as Six Flags offer them to opportunity do so. For the youth it is an act of responsibility, for Six flags, it is an act of civil responsibility by being offering corporate leadership to society, thereby enriching us all. So it came as a distinct surprise when I was told that my daughter would not be hired because of her locks and because she refused to exercise the option of seeking religious accommodation. Several issues emerge here, the main kind of defense is that Six Flags claims, it does not discriminate because you can get the job if you have a religious exemption. Nice but my position, grounded in constitutional and International Human rights, that Six Flags is a Signatory to, is that this policy is a violation of the basic human rights to choice, that is nit a health and safety violation. That the real reason for the discrimination is strictly economic, a marketing posture that is driven by the perception that people with locks are not good for business. Six Flags has every right to do that, but it violates this right by talk about religious accommodation a mere fig leaf to deter people that they deem unattractive form equal opportunity. Here are a few exapmles of corporations that hire people with locs. It would also be nice if the millions of patrons, many with locks themselves were aware of this apartheid policy