When one walks into a local gym, he sees staff members who have perfectly toned muscles and buff bodies of which they only dream. When one walks into a �Hot Topic� he usually sees a salesperson that has a number of piercing and is dressed in a punk fashion. Just the same, when one walks into a �Big and Tall� they do not see five-foot men with a size seven shoe working there. In Abercrombie and Fitch it is expected to see young men and women who are dressed in a preppy fashion, but what is surprising is how they are all white. The gym, Hot Topic, and Big and Tall all have certain criteria that they want their employees to have, but it is different from Abercrombie because the race of their employees does not constitute their legibility to work.

Abercrombie and Fitch have recently been bombarded with a lawsuit this past June. According to the lawsuit, Abercrombie was accused of not hiring or even terminating an employee because of their race, color, or national origin even though they were qualified for the employment. This appearance policy is entirely unfair in every shape and form because innocent applicants are getting discriminated against. Hiring someone based on race is a modernized form of segregation.

When walking into one of the many stores of Abercrombie and Fitch which are scattered all over the country, it is safe to say that its marketing, store design and staff reinforce their position of their catering to young consumers. �A spokesperson
for Abercrombie and Fitch said that the company believes it's �sweet-spot� is the �18-22 year old crowd� and has no intention to �grow old with its customers.�" The arrow hits the bull�s eye when looking at the comparison between the people who work there and the type of clients they are trying to attract. The employees at Abercrombie and Fitch are like lions roaming around their cage in the Bronx Zoo. They are all the same, young, attractive, white students trying to make some extra cash. Just as you would not find a zebra in the lion pen you would not find a Spanish or Latino student working in Abercrombie.

A question then poses of why they only hire whites. Do young people ages 18 to 22 that are not white and of another race make their clothing look bad or cheap? Are they not affluent enough to afford the clothes? Abercrombie would declare no, but why then are they rejected when they apply for a job and fit the criteria perfectly? What else could it be besides the color of their skin or way their heritage is from.

One might object, and try to defend Abercrombie. How do the alleged plaintiffs know that they had the same criteria as other applicants if they did not have the same information as the manger who was hiring did? Well let it be stated that it is certainly not a coincidence that only white work there.

Abercrombie and Fitch is not simply doing what any other label does. �Phat Farm� an urban hip hop clothing line would never hire a model that models country clothing just the same, Gucci would not hire an employee who wears punk. This is true; a label will hire models and employees based on how they dress so they could blend it with their associates. However, unlike Abercrombie they do not discriminate against a person�s race or heritage. The people who work for them could be of white, Asian, Spanish or any other descent but they just have to wear a fashion that sticks to what they sell.

Abercrombie and Fitch hire their workers unfairly, they discriminate against nationalities other than white. The appearance policy is not as innocent as it looks, it discriminates and puts people down. No label either than Abercrombie has done this, a stop must be put to it.