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"
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