Essay 337

Maybe it’s time for a MultiCultClassics Monologue…

• Religious fanatic Pat Robertson apologized to the family of Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for suggesting the leader’s stroke was divine punishment from God. “I ask your forgiveness and the forgiveness of the people of Israel,” Robertson begged. Maybe it’s time for Robertson to rename his television program “The 666 Club.”

• Oppenheimer & Co. picked up its fourth sexual discrimination lawsuit in the past three years. The current case involves a female job seeker who was told a position was filled, only to have the company agree to interview the woman’s brother for the same job minutes later. “The Right Way to Invest” is the company’s slogan. Maybe it’s time for the place to rewrite its line as “The Right Way to Show Bias.”

• Insensitive remark or over-sensitive response? University of Richmond President William E. Cooper announced his intention to leave the school after allegedly upsetting students and alumni with an offensive comment. “The entering quality of our student body needs to be much higher if we are going to transform bright minds into great achievers instead of transforming mush into mush, and I mean it,” he said. Maybe it’s time someone apologized to sled dogs too.