Showing posts with label corporate america. Show all posts
Showing posts with label corporate america. Show all posts
April 14, 2012

You Know You're Black in Corporate America When...

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A coworker sees you and several Black colleagues at a casual lunch. Back at the office he/she later asks, "What was that meeting all ab...
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May 4, 2011

Corporate Board Census Shows Significant Decline in Seats Held by African Americans

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I have served on a number of nonprofit boards in my time. I have not had a chance to serve on a corporate board in my career. It appears t...
December 4, 2009

Taser Advisory to Cops: 'Our Guns May Cause Heart Attack'

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Taser International , the maker of taser guns is advising police officers to avoid shooting suspects in the chest with the 50,000-volt weapo...
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October 7, 2009

80 Companies Join Boycott of Fox's Glenn Beck Show

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Glenn Beck simply went too far. The Fox News host called President Obama a “ racist ” who “ has a deep-seated hatred for white people ” dur...
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August 20, 2009

Farmers Insurance Pulls Ads from Glenn Beck Show on Fox News

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Soulclap to the folks at POLITICO for reporting that Farmers Insurance is the 21st company to pull their ads from the Glenn Beck show on F...
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July 31, 2008

John McCain Sells Out to Big Oil

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I notice that John McCain is becoming a one-note candidate with his constant rants in support of the Big Oil companies. Standing before a ro...
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July 11, 2008

Letter from Olympic Corporate Sponsor * Microsoft

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I recently joined other villagers in sending messages to Olympic corporate sponsors asking them to use their influence over China to make t...
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July 3, 2008

Corporate America Tells BET, 'Enough is Enough'

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Procter & Gamble (P&G) spends more money on advertising than any other company in the world. General Motors (GM) is one of the best ...
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October 25, 2007

Day of Action for Darfur

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One of the most powerful statements that I've seen by any blogger on the genocide in Darfur is posted by Purple Zoe over on the Ultravi...
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July 24, 2007

Who Sponsors Hot Ghetto Mess?

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I watched the pilot show of Hot Ghetto Mess (by any other name) on BET. I t was funny to see the new logo and show name. Obviously, it was ...
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May 31, 2007

Diversity in the IT Workplace Sucks

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I have been active with BDPA for many years. BDPA is an association made up of IT professionals of African descent. As such I was disappo...
April 18, 2007

Top Companies for African Americans

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I do some consulting work for a growing number of BDPA chapters in Austin , Charlotte , Dallas and New York . BDPA is a national organizati...
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March 25, 2007

Bilingual Black Folks

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I have been visiting other blogs to learn how to improve the Electronic Village. I was amazed by the number of blogs that are written in Fre...
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March 1, 2007

Don't Mess with Procter and Gamble

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Procter & Gamble has been fighting some nasty rumors about satanism for over a decade. The company determined that one of their compe...
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February 26, 2007

6 Secrets to Deal w/ Racism

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Whether you are a business owner, a busy professional or a blue collar worker, if you are African American, racism will affect your personal...