Essay 1879

Working the news with a MultiCultClassics Monologue…

• Naomi Campbell stirred minor controversy by having a police officer act as her valet on Tuesday. When the supermodel arrived for her second day of community service work, her bodyguard handed a bag of personal stuff to a cop, who wound up carrying it for Campbell. “There was a state of confusion this morning. Naomi forgot her bag. There were personal items she needed, like her ID and clothes,” said a department spokesman. “It’s not our policy, but as a courtesy today, he carried it for her.” Just be careful if she asks for her cell phone.

• Mickey D’s is launching a campaign to change the definition of “McJob.” Dictionaries in the UK list the term as “an unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects, esp. one created by the expansion of the service sector.” The fast feeder thinks the definition is wrong and too negative, and the company hopes dictionary officials will amend the entry. It would help if Mickey D’s stopped making its employees feel like they’re in “an unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects, esp. one created by the expansion of the service sector.”

• A survey of New York City public schools showed White students are more likely to be targeted as buyers by drug pushers versus Black, Hispanic and Asian students. White kids are also more likely to be binge drinkers. “It’s often a matter of money and availability,” said the executive director of Camelot Counseling Services of Staten Island, a drug-prevention organization serving youth. “White families tend to have more money. Where there’s more discretionary money, it attracts drugs.” Guess White kids are making the most of their McJob wages.