Sandy
07-11-2019, 10:15 PM
Kerion Washington, 17, went in for an interview at Six Flags Over Texas back in March, where he was told that he would have to cut his dreadlocks in order to pursue a summer job opportunity. However, after the discriminatory incident made headlines, an executive at a modeling agency took notice of the teen.
Corrie Caster, head of development at IMG Models and scout for IMG Worldwide, contacted a Texas-based model management group in order to get Washington started in the industry. That led Leslie and Briley Jones of Jones Model Management to get connected with the teen.
“My wife and I are two white women — I’ve never been made to feel less than for the color of my skin or my hair type — but when we started this business, we really wanted to make sure that diversity was not a trend, that it was a necessity, because it needs to be, and it’s so important to us,” Leslie explains. “Hair is something that as a white woman, I don’t think about for myself. And I couldn’t even believe that it was a thing that people were discriminating against this teenage kid because of his hair and calling it extravagant or an over-the-top hairstyle.”
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/teen-denied-six-flags-job-extreme-hairstyle-scouted-modeling-agency-192237938.html
I'd bet it was a lot more than just its hair that made it not get the park job. The only pictures this groid are suitable for are mugshots.
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Corrie Caster, head of development at IMG Models and scout for IMG Worldwide, contacted a Texas-based model management group in order to get Washington started in the industry. That led Leslie and Briley Jones of Jones Model Management to get connected with the teen.
“My wife and I are two white women — I’ve never been made to feel less than for the color of my skin or my hair type — but when we started this business, we really wanted to make sure that diversity was not a trend, that it was a necessity, because it needs to be, and it’s so important to us,” Leslie explains. “Hair is something that as a white woman, I don’t think about for myself. And I couldn’t even believe that it was a thing that people were discriminating against this teenage kid because of his hair and calling it extravagant or an over-the-top hairstyle.”
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/teen-denied-six-flags-job-extreme-hairstyle-scouted-modeling-agency-192237938.html
I'd bet it was a lot more than just its hair that made it not get the park job. The only pictures this groid are suitable for are mugshots.
7503