• Poppy Noor is a freelance journalist
There was an eruption of anger this week when a Shoreditch jazz bar posted a job advert looking for “extremely attractive” staff. The responses broadly divided in to two categories: the “so whats” and the “oh gods”.
The first group says: “So what? We all know this practice happens anyway. It’s bar work, not working at Nasa. At least they’re being honest about it.” This isn’t driven by any kind of bigotry, but the overwhelming feeling that this is just the way the world is, however unfortunate it might be. The words “extremely attractive” can be seen as vague enough that it’s easy to believe that everyone – of all races, religions and creeds – is in the firing line, and therefore no one in particular. And to some extent this is true – but some people will always be at the front of that queue, singled out for exclusion first. And this is where the “oh god” brigade come in.
Is it a sinister signal that this place is only for the new, paler trendy elite in the area?
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