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Gang tattoos hinder job prospects? (Laura Bush on American Urban Radio Network)
Reuters ^
| 10-26-2005
Posted on 10/26/2005 11:14:13 AM PDT by Cagey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - First lady Laura Bush said on Tuesday that young people are more likely to get jobs if they avoid tattoos, as well as drugs and alcohol.
"We know that people who do avoid drugs and alcohol are more likely to be able to get a job," she said in an interview with American Urban Radio Network.
"We want young people to avoid gangs. And we know that if they're not tattooed with gang tattoos, they're more likely to be employable," Bush said.
Bush has been active in youth issues and promotes helping young people overcome disadvantaged environments to get an education and jobs.
"Well, if you're tattooed on your face or your arms ... where people can see it ... most employers probably would not hire you," Bush said, according to a transcript released by the White House.
She cited a program in Los Angeles aimed at stopping gang violence, Homeboy Industries, where she met young people who had dealt drugs, been in prison, were tattooed on their foreheads and on their necks, and trying to turn their lives around.
Father Gregory Boyle who runs the program has two laser machines and doctors give their time without charge to remove tattoos, she said in another interview with USA Radio Network.
"So that after people have worked at Homeboy Industries they can go out and find a job with a silk-screening business, with a graphic business, with restaurants, with bakeries," Bush said.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: commonsense; gangbangers; selfabuse; tatoos
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posted on
10/26/2005 11:14:14 AM PDT
by
Cagey
To: Cagey
Back to baking cookies for her...
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posted on
10/26/2005 11:15:46 AM PDT
by
dakine
To: Cagey
"So that after people have worked at Homeboy Industries they can go out and find a job with a silk-screening business, with a graphic business, with restaurants, with bakeries," Bush said. I'd pay good money to hear Laura say the word "homeboy".
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posted on
10/26/2005 11:16:57 AM PDT
by
jmc813
(I'd rather be an elitist conservative than a DeWine Republican)
To: Cagey
so now the left will call her racially and culturally insensitive.
To: Cagey
Much needed common sense.
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posted on
10/26/2005 11:18:26 AM PDT
by
Killborn
(Pres. Bush isn't Pres. Reagan. Then again, Pres. Regan isn't Pres. Washington. God bless them all.)
To: Cagey
"Yo, Homeboy Industries. How may I direct your call, biatch?"
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posted on
10/26/2005 11:18:34 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
To: Cagey
First lady Laura Bush said on Tuesday that young people are more likely to get jobs if they avoid tattoos, as well as drugs and alcohol.Well, DUHHHHH!
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posted on
10/26/2005 11:20:10 AM PDT
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: Cagey
The job you have open has come down to 2 candiates one has several tatoos visible and other has none. All other things being equal who gets the job?
To: jmc813
It's an actual business...
www.homeboy-industries.org/
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posted on
10/26/2005 11:21:17 AM PDT
by
tje
To: wideawake; Larry Lucido; MotleyGirl70
The Van Buren Boys gang have ditched their tattoos after visiting VanDelay Industries. This could work.
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posted on
10/26/2005 11:22:13 AM PDT
by
Cagey
(Conservatism is a movement, not a political party.)
To: Cagey
The surest sign that someone is a complete and total moron is a tattoo on their neck.
I'm tattooed, but clothes covers.
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posted on
10/26/2005 11:22:14 AM PDT
by
Phantom Lord
(Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
To: Cagey
Once you emblazon "Prison Bi**h" on your forehead, it's pretty hard to get a job in the retail banking industry.
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posted on
10/26/2005 11:22:40 AM PDT
by
angkor
To: Semper Paratus
The job you have open has come down to 2 candiates one has several tatoos visible and other has none. All other things being equal who gets the job? Depends on the job.
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posted on
10/26/2005 11:22:45 AM PDT
by
Phantom Lord
(Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
To: Semper Paratus
If the person is going to be interacting with my customers, the untattoed every time.
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posted on
10/26/2005 11:22:50 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
To: Cagey
This is one of those "DUUUH!" things that shouldn't require Laura Bush to tell to anyone. Unfortunately, many people just aren't that bright.
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posted on
10/26/2005 11:23:11 AM PDT
by
coydog
(My bathroom djinn can beat up your bathroom djinn!)
To: Cagey
Common sense - but I'm sure it will be spun differently.
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posted on
10/26/2005 11:25:34 AM PDT
by
mlc9852
To: Cagey
It is affiliated with The Human Fund..
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posted on
10/26/2005 11:26:18 AM PDT
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: mlc9852
but I'm sure it will be spun differently.Actually, it already was when Reuters put a question mark in the headline.
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posted on
10/26/2005 11:26:23 AM PDT
by
Cagey
(Conservatism is a movement, not a political party.)
To: Cagey
You know what? She's right.
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posted on
10/26/2005 11:26:23 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Suicidal Blond Twin Kills Sister By Mistake!)
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posted on
10/26/2005 11:26:29 AM PDT
by
evets
(God bless president Bush!)
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