Posted on 04/19/2005 11:51:31 AM PDT by Born Conservative
""""But it would have been OK if he wore cut-off jeans and had facial piercings, as some whites do."""""
The last time I had a "white" /"black"/"other" professional salesperson call on me with cut off jeans and facial piercings was
This is NOT racial hostility in the least. The book is meant to help the worker be more successful in his job. That the book offers advice tailored to the needs of various (disadvantaged?) minority employees should be to its CREDIT, not detriment. In this case Infinity and Viacom are being penalized for trying to HELP their individual employees succeed rather than become an abrasive, balkanized, multicultural cesspool.
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