In the article ''Going for the look, but Risking Discrimination'' by Steven Greenhouse he uses the phrase, ''Skirting the edges of anti-discrimination laws'' which means that businesses are not breaking the law by hiring based on looks that projects the company image, but are on the borderline of doing so.This is what we call a loophole. For example, stores like Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister skirt this law by only choosing to hire blue eyed, blond, and fit people to work in their stores. On one hand this can be very beneficial for the company but on the other hand this can be considered discriminatory. Greenhouse states that a former manager of Abercrombie & Fitch was told that it was policy only to hire people who project the company image. So in conclusion, many companies ''Skirt the edges of anti-discrimination'' but, there is still a debate whether this is discrimination or not.
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