Black ... and blue at work?Have you ever faced these issues where you work? You continually get more responsibility but no authority; everyone leaves for lunch--with no offers for anyone to join them--and you're left sitting at your desk; or you're asked every summer if black people tan. Sound familiar? These are just some of the observations--wryly made--in the book 101 Ways to Know You're "Black" in Corporate America by Deborah A. Watts Watts, residential section of south central Los Angeles. Named after C. H. Watts, a Pasadena realtor, the section became part of Los Angeles in 1926. Artist Simon Rodia's celebrated Watts Towers are there. (Watts-Five Productions, $11.95). A sales and marketing executive who has spent more than 20 years in the telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. industry, Watts has put into words the feelings, frustrations, subtle slights and race-based barbs barbs the primary, delicate filaments that are given off the shaft of a bird's contour feather. They project from the rachis and bear the barbules. most African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. are bombarded with daily. While the digest-sized book is a fast read, its messages and truths will stick with you long after you're done. |
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