Joanna
Brian Charles Dauth wrote:
>Dear List:
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>Yoshie wrote:
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>>Given the frequency with which the Anybody But Bush
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>and Nader sentiments are aired on LBO-talk, I thought
>that more LBO-talkers must have given money to at
>least one Democratic candidate -- most likely Howard
>Dean or John Kerry, as Dennis Kucinich seems to be
>even less respected than Nader here -- but that doesn't
>seem to be the case. Why is that?
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>Well, in the case of my husband and me, we have been living
>for the last year on one salary as he has been unempolyed since
>March of last year -- just one of the 50% of black men who
>cannot find work in New York City.
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>Complicating his search is that though he is intelligent and capable,
>he does not have a college degree. It seems that a college degree
>is now the minimum expected to get even an interview, never mind
>actual employment. Companies even want their receptionists to have
>a degree. (Being an openly gay black man with dreads may also work
>against him.)
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>I guess those that those who jump through the hoops of academia are
>loath to give chances to someone who takes a different path. And what
>a few weeks on lbo-talk can prove to anyone, having a degree (or even
>degrees) doesn't mean that someone knows shit.
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>Brian Dauth
>Queer Buddhist Resister
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