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12981694, yeah..she smashed the whole watermelon in the workplace
Posted by rdhull, Wed Mar-02-16 11:20 PM
>MSNBC.
>
>MSNBC rating are down so they are making decisions to get
>better ratings like cutting underperforming shows and focusing
>on the election.
>
>She disagreed with that direction, which is cool. It bees like
>that (but you really going to war over a beyonce video?!?!)
>
>But it takes it to a whole nother level to air out that
>grievance in public with the letter she wrote. To me that's
>unprofessional but I won't ding her for that because it's her
>choice to decide whether she cares if she is perceived as
>professional (though it probably makes it just that much more
>harder for another PoC to get a show but whatever).
>
>But to bring in the whole thing about "being a mame" and to
>cast it in terms of a racial struggle frames it as an affront
>on all
>
>black people (and yet she won't come out and say it's
>motivated by her race). It feels like she is pulling us into
>something that is more akin to a contract dispute than a
>racial injustice.
>
>I was hoping she would land at BET or a black network or maybe
>even NPR but who is really going to touch her after such a
>public airing out?
>
>I guess I am just saying it could have paid to chillout and
>realize that shows get canceled all the time. Find a
>situation that works for you. No need to burn bridges.
>
>But again, that's the corporate drone in me.
>
>
>**********
>"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then
>they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
>
>"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"