I am white. I do not profess to be anything but. Lately, however, I have been being discriminated against for the color of my skin. You see, I have tattoos, and lots of them. Clearly, that makes me unfit to work in the public eye, and a delinquent for sure.
My employer hired me with my tattoos. I believe at that point I was hired for my knowledge and ability to perform specific job duties. Somewhere in there, though, things changed. Essentia health bought SMDC a while back, and since then, there have been some policy changes. One such change is that tattoos will no longer be allowed to be exposed.
I now have to wear long sleeves at work, which is fine 9 months out of the year, but in August, it really sucks. It also poses a moral issue. Is Essentia health telling me I have to cover up the color of my skin? That is the only way I see it. They want to exude a certain image, and the color of my skin doesn't jive with that. Hmmmm....that seems closely aligned with the KKK.
So I may or may not wear long sleeves to work. I'm still debating whether or not this is worth pissing folks off who can ultimately take away my paycheck. But, if that were to happen, would that not be a glorious lawsuit?
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