Everyone in A-merry-ca is tripping over their president going on "The View." "He is the president." "It is beneath him." "He shouldn't demean the office by going on such a show." Stop it. Bubba was getting (hide the children) BJ's in the people's house, and my man JFK was getting his freak on with a certain blond. So enough already. This is 2010. And I understand that times are rough, but if his O ness wants to sit down with a bunch of ladies on national television it's all good as far as I am concerned. Hey A-merry-ca, I think the guy can walk and chew gum at the same time.
And, honestly A-merry-ca, you need to quit. You have a bunch of reality show freaks ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Is there a larger symbol of A-merry-can capitalism and might than Wall Street?
What else? Oh yeah, further proof that we are in a post-racial A-merry-ca. It seems that "Essence Magazine" now has a white editor h/t to Moufbreatha for the link. I will have to ask Mrs. Field what she thinks of that one.
"This is actually an interesting debate! Of course it's easy to simply ejaculate, "Hiring should be colorblind!" But should it be, in all cases? No, probably not! Do we not criticize various important magazines for having a dearth of, for example, black writers and editors, because that dearth leads to gaping holes in their coverage and a general cultural ignorance on staff? We do! In other words, we (meaning "liberals who talk about the media") generally feel that it is important to have diverse staffs at magazines, not only out of a basic sense of fairness in hiring, but also so that the magazines do not suck.
So, then, we allow that race is a legitimate factor to consider in hiring, generally. And more specifically, we must allow that race (or ethnicity, or national origin, or gender) may be more relevant in certain jobs. Might a magazine legitimately want its Mexico City correspondent to be Mexican? Indeed it might! Likewise, might a black women's magazine want its fashion editor, responsible for dictating coverage of black women's fashion, to be a black woman? Indeed it might, legitimately!"
And, honestly A-merry-ca, you need to quit. You have a bunch of reality show freaks ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Is there a larger symbol of A-merry-can capitalism and might than Wall Street?
What else? Oh yeah, further proof that we are in a post-racial A-merry-ca. It seems that "Essence Magazine" now has a white editor h/t to Moufbreatha for the link. I will have to ask Mrs. Field what she thinks of that one.
"This is actually an interesting debate! Of course it's easy to simply ejaculate, "Hiring should be colorblind!" But should it be, in all cases? No, probably not! Do we not criticize various important magazines for having a dearth of, for example, black writers and editors, because that dearth leads to gaping holes in their coverage and a general cultural ignorance on staff? We do! In other words, we (meaning "liberals who talk about the media") generally feel that it is important to have diverse staffs at magazines, not only out of a basic sense of fairness in hiring, but also so that the magazines do not suck.
So, then, we allow that race is a legitimate factor to consider in hiring, generally. And more specifically, we must allow that race (or ethnicity, or national origin, or gender) may be more relevant in certain jobs. Might a magazine legitimately want its Mexico City correspondent to be Mexican? Indeed it might! Likewise, might a black women's magazine want its fashion editor, responsible for dictating coverage of black women's fashion, to be a black woman? Indeed it might, legitimately!"
Hmmm, all I know is that when I go into my favorite Chinese restaurant I don't see no black folks working there. I am just sayin.
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