Prejudice

I think prejudice in general is looked down upon, but like all prejudices, it's hard to prevent.

This is a really goofy assumption given that UGLY is an extremely subjective quality and literally unquantifiable when trying to prove as deciding factor/weapon used against an individual in a dispute against someone with a supposed ugly bias.

When I was opening our satellite office here in the late 90s, I hired the best office manager I could find. The guys in the office loved her. It wasn't until later that I discovered the president of the outfit was furious with me for hiring a larger woman in her 40s. Did he want some pretty face or someone competent? Pissed me off. What a dick.

Possibly, but it is true. For both men and women, people who are classically attractive do better, plenty of studies backing that up.

Gross oversimplification and misguided analogy. Being a mass murderer, serial abuser, a child rapist, thief or a 100 other attributes are far worse.

Why compare a bias against blacks to a bias against ugly people? Black is beautiful.

Ragman-

My point is that bias against African Americans is wrongful and should be addressed.

I think that bias against other groups (e.g., the ugly, women, the obese, the short) is also wrongful.

I conclude that our society gives a huge amount of attention to bias against African Americans and little attention to bias against other groups. I suggest a change in emphasis.

So, you feel your prejudice gets more attention than it should? African Americans have been lynched because of prejudice like yours. I don't know of any instances of people being lynched because of their ugliness.

I concede. The other prejudices do not result in lynching and African American have been lynched.

What about obese men? And besides, what’s wrong with unattractive people? They have feelings too.

I agree.

When has someone been enslaved or lynched because they were ugly. When was someone denied housing because they were ugly. Making a senseless, empty analogy doesn’t help with credibility.