Essay 154

MultiCultClassics Minutes Minis…

• Lil’ Kim was scheduled to report to jail on Monday. If she underwent the standard procedures, she was examined by the prison doctor before submitting to a strip search that included squatting and coughing to prove there was nothing hidden in her body. In short, a typical day for Lil’ Kim.

• Approximately 116,000 former and current Wal-Mart employees are suing the retailer for “systematically and illegally” denying them lunch breaks. The lawyer representing the hungry workers declared, “I will prove the reason [Wal-Mart] did this was for the God Almighty dollar.” Or maybe the company was just trying to address America’s obesity epidemic. After all, think about the typical Wal-Mart employee.

• How allegedly bad was the racial discrimination at a Whirlpool factory? Even White folks have joined a lawsuit against the appliance manufacturer. The case initially involved 15 Black employees. Now 10 White employees have been added to attest the work environment was loaded “with racial hatred, slurs, epithets and stereotypes.” The lawsuit is seeking $50 million in damages. Which makes you wonder if the added employees were inspired to do the right thing…or the White thing.

• Mr. T will launch his own reality TV series, titled “I Pity The Fool.” Pity the viewers.