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'Mistresses of Atlanta' Reality Show May Be in the Works
Kunbi Tinuoye, The Grio
It seems as if hardly a week goes by without a new reality show popping up on our television screens. Well, according to several sources yet another "real" TV show full of drama, catfights and confrontations between women of color.
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NATIONAL HEADLINES
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No More Résumés, Say Some Firms
Rachel Emma Silverman , Wsj.com
What happens to a resume after it's submitted online? Job seekers who apply to positions online complain that they rarely even receive a confirmation, let alone a personal response. Lauren Weber has details on The News Hub.
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The Risks of Ignoring Race in the Workplace
Evan P. Apfelbaum , CNN.com
Larry, one of the employees you supervise, hasn't been performing his job up to expectations. But you've been reluctant to take him aside and speak with him candidly: Like most senior people in the company, you are white.
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TLC Launches 'First Ladies' Church Reality Show
EURweb.com
Move over "Real Housewives" and make room for the women of the cloth. TLC is capitalizing on the latest trend of reality shows and giving the world what it really wants to see with a new series, “First Ladies” of the Atlanta area churches.
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Paula Patton, Adepero Oduye make Vanity Fair's 'Hollywood Issue'
Donovan X. Ramsey, The Grio
Hollywood is getting blacker, or at least the cover of Vanity Fair is. The magazine, which produces a "Hollywood Issue" every March decided this time around to feature two black actresses: Paula Patton and newcomer Adepero Oduye (the star of Pariah).
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EDITORIALS
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Practicing the Politics of Racial Resentment
Leonard Pitts Jr., MiamiHerald.com
I got my first job when I was 12. The deacons at my church paid me $2 a week to keep it swept and mopped. So I do not need Newt Gingrich to lecture me about a good work ethic.
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Threatened Now, Jan? Just Wait 'til November
Deborah Mathis, BlackAmericaWeb.com
The Witch, with her plastic grin, bleached hair and Naugahyde tan, lies in wait as the door to the huge plane swings open. The Elegant Man appears in the doorway and bounds down the steps toward the small contingent of greeters aligned on the tarmac.
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