SUPERFICIAL SOCIETY

SUPERFICIAL SOCIETY

I am going to talk about  superficial society inspired by a talk by world-famous model Cameron Russell.  There are a lot of prejudices in our society. There are many  reasons why I believe this. Firstly, people accept good looking people better. In addition, if you are good looking you have more benefits. Finally, one of the worst prejudices that our superficial society has is racism.

At first, people accept good looking people better. For example, if you go to a new school and you are skinny , tall ,etc., people are going to accept you better than if you are fat or ugly. In  jobs you have more opportunities to have a better job if you are good looking  than if you are not.

Moreover , one of the things that Cameron Russell told in a TV program was that if you are  a model like her  or you are beautiful,  you have more benefits than  normal people. For example, when she was with her grandmother and the police stopped them , the police looked at her and said “oh it is ok,  it is ok“;  or when she  went to shop without money , the shop assistants gave her the clothes for free.

Lastly, the most visible case of prejudice is racism. Cameron Russell mentioned that in New York , last year, of the 140.000 teenagers that were stopped and checked by the police,86 percent of them were black or latin. She also said that the fashion industry prefers white people. For example, last year of the  677 model girls only 27 were not white. In addition, in some continents like Asia there are products that makes your skin look whiter. In my opinion, this is one of the worst things that there are in the word.

In conclusion , we live in  a superficial society , where a prettier, thinner girl has more opportunities , benefits and maybe a better life than a uglier, fatter girl.

Here is a link to watch the tv program  where Cameron Russell speaks about this topic . .http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/es/cameron_russell_looks_aren_t_everything_believe_me_i_m_a_model.html