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Height Discrimination In Employment, Isaac B. Rosenberg
Height Discrimination In Employment, Isaac B. Rosenberg
W&M Law Student Publications
This Article looks critically at heightism, i.e., prejudice or discrimination against a person on the basis of his or her height. Although much scholarship has focused on other forms of trait-based discrimination—most notably weight and appearance discrimination, both of which indirectly involve height as a component—little has focused on “pure” height discrimination. Nevertheless, within the past five years courts, scholars, and legislatures have increasingly tackled these non-traditional forms of discrimination. As such, this Article endeavors to fill the gap in the existing scholarship.
This Article specifically focuses on heightism in the workplace, with an emphasis on prejudice against short people …