Thread by @ProfMJCleveland

I've often said that the most discrimination that occurs in employment is against "ugly people."* Ask yourself: Why are all the pharma reps so gorgeous? Recruiters? Yup. nypost.com/2021/07/09/job… *ugly is shorthand for not beautiful. And I can say this because 1/

2/ In second grade, Tom Cashman stole a detection slip of Miss Morrissey's desk and gave me a detention for "being ugly." I actually didn't remember this AT ALL until 20 years later, by happenstance, when I worked in a law firm in Chicago, guess who joins as a "summer associate."

3/ Yup, Tom Cashman. And over pratice lunch one day, Tom told my good friend at the firm that story. David would later repeat it to me, adding that apparently Tom's mom made him call me up to apologize. It all sounded vaguely familiar then....Oh & then there was time 8th grade

4/ basketball team made a song up about me w/ refrain, how are you, how are you, very very ugly, very very ugly....

5/ So, yup, employers discriminate against people based on how "cute" they are, but that's not a protected class & thus not illegal. And for the record, that girl was likely lovely.

6/6 There also was a 60 minutes episode or 20/20 that did a hidden camera in kindergarten showing teachers focusing on the "cute kids." I'll save you the first grade Sister Clarentine stories! ha.