This is wack. Bring Affirmative Action Back
April 21st 2007 15:26
Okay everybody...I've taken advise from the masses, I am starting small and plan to work my way to the top. But have we forgotten, affirmative action in the state of Michigan is Dead!!! And that is real. Usually I do not allow rule for error due to racism, but i know now for sure that maybe I mae a little mistake. I trusted too much in the innate goodness of people. I allowed myself to think that maybe we do not need to depend on affirmative action, and being a black graduate from Michigan (GO BLUE) I actually was against its presences within the aplication process in public universities. I felt that affirmative action was a way for the establishment to acknowledge that without a legislative system in place diversity would be uncertain. And I was right, however I also felt that the conscience of people would overthrow any legislation that was meant to assist a minority. I believed that because there was no affirmative action the powering establishments would continue to employ and assist the minority, not because they have to but because they wanted to. But, man was I stupid.
So I get a job in a Detroit suburb and I was so excited...working for a mom and pop jewelry maker. The "mom' told me to come back the next day and she would introduce me to her husband (the other owner), well I did, he barely even looked at me when he called his 17-year old neighbor to come and help him out in the shop. His wife tried to explain to him that I was there to do that, and that I had a good history in retail. He brushed her off, took me in the back of the store where he told me that my main task was to organize the jewelry and take pictures to put on the stores website. I was alright with that until he tried to explain to me how to use a digital camera, carefully making sure that he mentioned every little thing he could concerning how to focus, zoom in and out, review the picture, turning it on and off...I didn't want to explain to him that in my purse alone I had a digital cam as well as one on my phone and on my pda. But I let the ignorance continue.
Safe to say, I will not be returning to this position, some may ask me why I am being so picky. All I have to say is that I did not just spend almost $50,000 to furnish myself with a proper education so that I can be disrespected and mistreated. I am sure if the tables were turned, POP wouldn't have taken the job.
I am going to start my own business.
So I get a job in a Detroit suburb and I was so excited...working for a mom and pop jewelry maker. The "mom' told me to come back the next day and she would introduce me to her husband (the other owner), well I did, he barely even looked at me when he called his 17-year old neighbor to come and help him out in the shop. His wife tried to explain to him that I was there to do that, and that I had a good history in retail. He brushed her off, took me in the back of the store where he told me that my main task was to organize the jewelry and take pictures to put on the stores website. I was alright with that until he tried to explain to me how to use a digital camera, carefully making sure that he mentioned every little thing he could concerning how to focus, zoom in and out, review the picture, turning it on and off...I didn't want to explain to him that in my purse alone I had a digital cam as well as one on my phone and on my pda. But I let the ignorance continue.
Safe to say, I will not be returning to this position, some may ask me why I am being so picky. All I have to say is that I did not just spend almost $50,000 to furnish myself with a proper education so that I can be disrespected and mistreated. I am sure if the tables were turned, POP wouldn't have taken the job.
I am going to start my own business.
| 33 |
| Vote |
Comments (1)
Add Comments
