Hey all:
I hope this is okay to post here, a story that outrages me...
www.metroactive.com/papers/m...0449.html
I'm in touch with Josh Schmidt, the guy whose outrageous experience of job discrimination is described here. If anyone has any comments, support, ideas, resources, I'd love to pass them along.
Cheers! - Marilyn Wann, FAT!SO? chick (marilyn@fatso.com)
I hope this is okay to post here, a story that outrages me...
www.metroactive.com/papers/m...0449.html
I'm in touch with Josh Schmidt, the guy whose outrageous experience of job discrimination is described here. If anyone has any comments, support, ideas, resources, I'd love to pass them along.
Cheers! - Marilyn Wann, FAT!SO? chick (marilyn@fatso.com)
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Re: weight discrimination story in SF/Bay Area...
Tue, December 7, 2004 - 12:21 AMWhat bullshit!
Because the guy's BMI is too high, they rescinded his job offer?! What crap! As the article so accurately states, BMI is not an accurate appraisal of anything. Going by BMI, many people would be considered obese, including those we hold up to be athletes and physical fitness buffs. This guy deserves the job he was offered and fat people don't deserve to be discriminated against. If we can't perform adequately, that is a problem. However, fat does not equal poor performance, and to link the two is a fallacy.
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Re: weight discrimination story in SF/Bay Area...
Tue, December 28, 2004 - 3:57 PMSounds like it's time to find a fat attorney* to represent him in a fat lawsuit against BNSF! (And, yes, make a big fat hairy deal of it until they cave!....)
Good luck to Josh & all who help him.
*Who helped to draft the anti-size discrimination legislation for San Francisco? -
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Re: weight discrimination story in SF/Bay Area...
Wed, June 21, 2006 - 1:12 AMI hope that he gets a big fat settlement, too! :)
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