Each day tattoo artist are tattooing more and more people. Tattoos have become a normal sight to see on anyone. In today’s society, many citizens think badly of people with ink. It is becoming harder to obtain jobs because the business industry tends to judge tattoos as unprofessional. Honestly, it is not any different than someone expressing themselves with a hairstyle, or clothing choice. Some of the best employees could be looked over due to the ink on their skin. A person’s skin does not define their working abilities, nor does it define their education. Many people categorize tattooed people as delinquents; However, having a tattoo does not define a person’s work ability.
Having ink does not make any individual a bad human being. Times have changed a lot since the period in which tattoos were categorized for bikers or thugs. Good people can have tattoos. Many people even get Bible verses or portraits tattooed onto them. Star-News Newspaper reports, “ When Curtis Vann…
She is interviewed regarding her own experience in which she was forbidden to show her tattoos and piercings while attending the university. In the article, Martin justifies, “ It’s something that is sort of hitting close to home for me. Personally speaking, I am a university student who is seeking a professional career and I do have piercings and tattoos. I have experienced workplace stigma. In a recent sample at a university has found that seventy percent of women and twenty percent of men had body piercings of some type and more that a quarter had tattoos.” (Bill) The information obtained from this article concludes many people with tattoos have goals and dreams just as big as everyone else. Ink does not mean that a law abiding citizen does not want to obtain a nice job or a education. Tattooed people should not be categorized as they are in today’s…
