Yes, I would like to apply for the childcare postion.
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.
Folks may not like to hear that, but Mrs. Bush is right. If I were an employer, and I had my choice of two prospects, I can guarantee you that, all other things being equal, the one without his or her face 'painted' would likely get the job, if that job had anything to do with relating to the public. If the job were one where the employer would only be working out of sight of my customers, it may not matter.
Not the exact same tatoo, but it was close, the skull was facing outward, and there was some other stuff on and around it.
Yes, I would like to apply for the childcare postion.
The pool is open now for Jesse Jackson's speech about Mrs Bush's racism.
I say tonight at 7:00.
Its fine, but some folks may not understand or get it, and think its a gang tatoo.
I've seen some of the jail tatoos, they are easily recognisable, and most of them are also repetitive.
One funny story involved a guy I know who is a tatoo artist and was doing tatoo work on a guy, the customer had erred in the spelling of someones name, so it came.....well, not to good.
lol.
Depends on the tattoos. If one says "Semper Fi" and the other "Kill a Commie for Mommie", I'll hire that guy, or gal.
Former members of one of the two big Green Gangs along with the three blue ones, will get the nod every time.
A guy? I'm not even sure if it's a Human!
Except in Toledo.
don't understand what's wrong in what she said...
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