Hot news in a MultiCultClassics Monologue…
• Hey, dude, you got a flaming Dell. The computer company is recalling 4.1 million laptop batteries after determining there was a risk of overheating and catching fire. The Energizer Bunny vehemently denied any involvement.
• Census figures showed minority populations have grown in every state except West Virginia. “This is just an extraordinary explosion of diversity all across the United States,” said a demographer at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank. “It’s diversity and immigration going hand in hand.” The exception of West Virginia may be attributed to the state’s struggling economy. Although Minuteman Project Founder Jim Gilchrist might proclaim, “Mission Accomplished.”
• The minority population at PepsiCo received a major lift as Indra Nooyi (pictured below) was named to become CEO in October. Nooyi will be the first female CEO — plus the first female CEO of color — in the company’s history. Additionally, Nooyi becomes the second female of color currently heading a Fortune 100 company, joining Avon’s Andrea Jung. Wonder if Coca-Cola will respond in typical fashion by copying Pepsi’s innovations.
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