Funny thing is that it goes both ways - I worked in a place where, if we were hring for a development position and the applicant wore a suit he was more looked down upon than the guy that showed up in clean khakis and a polo ****. (Course this could have something to do with the fact that one of our developers wore a(the same?) black suit and tie every day and was a ****-poor coder.
At my current job the saying goes "The salesmen wear the suits, the people that get stuff done don't" - the sales folks even say this.
kachi wrote:
Does it then become cultural or racial discrimination...
I think assuming people have to match up their race with the type of clothes they should wear like some sort of skin/cotton garanimals is more discriminatory than expecting someone to wear a suit.