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What’s In A Name And Address?
f you are expecting a baby, you may want to read this be- fore naming your child. If you have been searching for a job for a long time and you are having trouble finding
one, you may want to consider changing your name and ad- dress. Believe it or not, your name, address, and zip code, or- ganizational memberships, and graduating from an HBCU are some of the issues that could be impacting your ability to secure a job or maybe, even secure your dream home.
Several studies have found some interesting ways in which Black applicants have been discriminated against based on their resumes and applications. Even companies that profess to be pro-diversity are just as likely as non as non-pro-diversity companies to discriminate against Blacks, Asians, and Latinos.
Among Blacks applying for jobs, applicants with Black- sounding names were fifty percent more likely to not receive a call-back. The experiment involved sending out resumes with identical qualifications under both Black and white sounding names.
Blacks and Asians who “whitened” their resumes (re- moved any ethnic identifiers) were twenty-five percent more likely to get call-backs, while Asians were twenty-one percent more likely to get positive call-backs. Other studies showed that the address and zip code of minority applicants have also been found to interfere with their job interviews.
Both employers and banks considering loans have been known to use a minority’s address and zip code to deny in- terviews and loans. Discrimination against Blacks, Latinos, and Asians who live in ethnically identified communities all receive fewer call-backs than do white applicants. Black ap- plicants and Asian applicants whose applications were “whitened” received more call-backs and interviews than those who did not alter their resumes.
We can’t tell you what to do, but whitening your resume may increase your ability to get a job. Studies have found that applicants with first names, such as Lakeisha, Dashawn, and Hamid; last names, such as Jacksons, Jefferson, John- son; and Latino sounding names receive fewer call-backs and interviews as well. It is difficult to change your name, and if you have a white-sounding middle name, you may want to use that name on your application.
If you live in an ethnically identifiable community, you may want to change your zip code by using a post office box in a downtown area or in a predominantly white area. The use of your name and address, to screen you out of a position is a tactic that you will find difficult to prove. This discrimi- natory behavior needs to be addressed and stopped.
Another One Bites The Dust
H arvey Weinstein is a convicted rapist. After two years of being pub- lic enemy number one of the #MeToo movement, a jury finally found him guilty on two of the five counts of sex- ual assault and rape he was charged with during his
highly publicized trial.
For those who may have thought that his political connections, wealth and power would get him off, Weinstein's conviction stands as undeniable proof that, when it comes to "grab- bing them by the p----" there's only one man capable of getting away with such boorish behavior on women. And his name is Donald J. Trump. Anyone else who even attempts such a gross violation is going directly to
jail.
Following the reading of
the jury's decision by the judge, Weinstein's attor- ney told the media that his client was stunned by the verdict. He claimed that We- instein maintained his in- nocence and asked, "how could something like this happen in America?"
Ironically, it's a question I'm sure thousands of Black men probably asked them- selves 100 years ago, prior to being hung, after also being falsely accused of raping white women. The difference between those men and We- instein, though, is that they were never given a chance to plead their cases before hav- ing their bodies turned into strange fruit.
With him now officially declared guilty, Weinstein becomes the second most popular sex offender in the country behind Bill Cosby. And, as his story slowly comes to an end, it's hard not to wonder what's going through the mind of another alleged predator who could be joining them?... R. Kelly.
After watching Wein- stein go down in flames, you have to believe that Kelly is thinking to himself, "I'm
done." I mean, as horrible as the allegations leveled against Weinstein were, at least he wasn't captured on video declaring how much he was enjoying having sex with a 14-year-old as Kells is ac- cused of doing.
With Kelly's well-docu- mented history of question- able behavior with juveniles going back 30 years, the re- lease of an explosive docu- mentary detailing his lechery and a long line of victims ready to testify, it's not a stretch to assume that Kelly's court proceedings could be the most spectacu-
lar of them all.
And I can only imagine
that the explicit information revealed during the process will make Weinstein and Cosby look like mere trench coat-wearing-perverts by comparison.
Hopefully, what hap- pened to these three men will become a cautionary tale that teaches the rest of us that unconsciousness is not consent, "no" really does mean "no" and that there exist serious consequences when you give in to your darkest desires.
Unfortunately, Cosby, Weinstein and Kelly were forced to learn these things the hard way. I think I speak for every man reading this when I say, we would be fools to do the same.
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Florida Lottery Boasts Two Tampa Millionaires In Two Days
If you are not playing the Florida Lottery here in the Tampa Bay Area, then you are missing out on your chance at millions of dollars!
Sunday, a woman became Tampa’s newest lottery millionaire. Then, Tuesday, another new Tampa millionaire has been announced by Florida Lottery officials.
Sunday, a 26-year-old Tampa woman won $1 million from playing a $20 scratch-off game.
Kaitlyn Metzmeier played the $5,000,000 LUCK Scratch-Off game she bought for $20 at the Linebaugh Food Mart in Tampa.
Metzmeier chose to take a lump-sum payment of $760,000. The food mart will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket.
According to the Florida Lottery, 24 year old Cesar Arteaga Roque won $1 million from a $5 scratch-off ticket that he bought at a Bay Area 7-Eleven.
Roque was playing the $5 scratcher game, $1,000,000 GOLD RUSH CLASSIC which he purchased from the 7-Eleven at 824 West Waters Avenue in Tampa.
Mr. Roque chose to receive his winnings in cash, a one-time lump- sum payment of $705,000. The 7-Eleven store where he bought the ticket also receives a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket.
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