Classify Ugly People As Disabled And Entitle Them to All Rights of the Disabled
Daniel Hamermes, Author, A Little Ugly, Will He Qualify?
On August 27, 2011, Daniel S. Hamermesh, a professor of economics at the University of Texas, Austin, author of “Beauty Pays,” published this month, wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times about the need for affirmative action rules for ugly people. It is an implausible theory he can use to make money and get published in the NY Times.
His article spans the usual platitudes about good looking people landing the better jobs, leaving the ugly out in the cold. I guess if he worked in some of the jobs I have, he’d have to re-write his article. There were plenty of ugly, nice, talented people who performed well in their jobs.