While he would indeed look good in a suit, his polo shirt is a "thug look"? I see his kind eyes and modest, private expression. The article says "he was a laid off as a vocational trainer for the mentally disabled." I don't think business suits are appropriate or required for such work.
Not trying to single you out, however. But one of the reasons I posted this article is due to the abundance of "Holder's people" comments on FR. This guy has risen above appearances and may have had some pretty good parenting himself.
I am glad you posted this. I know there are a lot of decent very good blacks, but it is easy to loose site of this with story after story of the dysfunctional masses in that community and the socially disproportionate 95% support for a horrible president. It is frustrating and it builds anger in all of us... probably even more amongst the decent blacks who don’t want to be associated with “the culture.”
I search out good stories like this and good role models like Thomas Sowell, Condi Rice, Herman Cain and locals to help me stay balanced and fair.
We must treat all we meet as individuals and figure out who they are on the actions we see. It has to be frustrating to be a conservative black person.
As someone who has to interview candidates, if someone came into my office to interview, the baseball cap would be a negative.
Appearance and grooming count, to me at least. If there were plugs, rings, posts and visible tattos, that would be a negative to me. However, if I see that someone has made an effort to remove those devices, that would count as a positive.
If this guy was going to visit a friend, I wouldn’t think twice about his hat or much else, I would probably be more focused on his face and posture. And to give the guy the benefit of the doubt, perhaps he was going to take his hat off for the interview.
But to me, I wouldn’t hire someone for any position if they don’t present themselves well. Without the hat, the guy looks like a reasonable candidate to me.
I sort of doubt he was wearing a three-piece suit (does ANYONE anymore!?) for a warehouse job, but these may not have been the clothes he was wearing for the interview - which was at 12:45 pm. It seems to be nighttime in the photo.
I was just telling my kids that while one can’t judge a book by its cover - people are ALWAYS doing that. Even if you are clean and neat but have tattoos on your face/neck, a bunch of piercings, and orange and blue hair - you will probably not be a candidate for numerous jobs. (None of which Delroy has BTW).
Yes - I imagine he won’t be long without a job.