What exactly is discrimination?
in Philosophy ·
Michael Castillo said:.. so .. if I went to sign up for a Juilliard dance program today .. and they turned me away ..
.. would that count as discrimination ..?
...give me a break...
...clearly you aren't a "real" vegetarian since you haven't stumbled upon the whole spiritual side of opting out of steak...
Michael Castillo said:.. so .. if I went to sign up for a Juilliard dance program today .. and they turned me away ..
.. would that count as discrimination ..?
...look, there are certain unwritten rules that most reasonable people just accept—things that have nothing to do with discrimination and everything to do with what the profession, the audience, or the customers actually need...
...let’s say you're 45, totally bald, walking with a limp, hunched over like a cooked shrimp, weighing maybe 220 pounds, with teeth as yellow as a corn cob left out in the sun...
...you walk into a dance academy and expect them to teach you how to gracefully glide through Swan Lake or capture the delicate fragility of Bambi or the lightness of a hummingbird...
...everyone can see that nobody would even want to imagine that image, let alone pay money to watch it...
...but if you were young, slim, dark-haired, fit, looked great in tights, and could hold your pinky up while sipping your morning tea (basically, checking all the boxes), but then—say—you were of some minority background and because of that, instead of chasing your dream, you ended up scavenging copper wire and old car batteries—now *that* would be discrimination...
...the same goes for modeling...
...so yeah, that whole high-glamour vibe just isn't for you, buddy...
...stay happy being such a macho man...