Enough Already!

Dear sir/madam:

I strongly protest the blatant racism and sexism of the Job Market segment aired today, June 11, 2009. I watched the segment with great interest, since I am out of work now.

The first subject in the segment was Tico, a young Latino, apparently. We were told his name, his area of interest, and his geographical location. Clips of his resume' were shown on the screen. The cougars conducting the session spent over two minutes regaling us with Tico's accomplishments, limited though they were. They generally fawned over him.

Next came an apparent Anglo female. We learned she resides near Atlanta. We heard of her extensive experience. We saw clips of her resume' and she received constructive criticism. Again, the time allotted to her was over two minutes.

Then we met James. Unlike Tico, James had obviously taken the time to dress for the session with a suit or sports coat and tie. We heard briefly that James was a transportation engineer and we must assume he has extensive experience. Sadly, we must assume that because James was quickly cut off. We never saw his resume'. We heard no advice given to James as to how he could enhance his chances for success. We were not even told where James lives! James got less than a minute of air time on the five minute, fifteen second segment. If anything, James was made to look less employable by this dismissive interview.

James deserves an apology on the air and another chance to display his abilities. NBC needs to apologize for its racist and sexist programming and pledge to do better.

I have to date dismissed the argument that the media is some vast liberal conspiracy. I still discount the conspiracy idea because conspiracy connotes organization, which is sorely lacking in the media. I do think if you lean any more to the left, you may well fall flat on your face.

Racism and sexism are wrong, no matter who engages in the practice.

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PS: My wife, a high school guidance counselor for over twenty years, wants to interject she is really sick of all the women "personalities" sitting on stools displaying their legs. She has always taught her students there is another definition of dressing for success.