I love it when any white person expressing an opinion on racial matters is slapped down with the trump card of interracial discourse: "How do you know, you've never been discriminated against?"
Well, that might be true in Vermont, but not here in Charm City. Here's a story from the local fishwrap about how it pays to be in the majority.
It's a little tale about how the city government overpaid for lightbulbs by $40,000 in order to award a contract to a minority business. Isn't this city broke? Here's an entertaining (if you don't pay taxes here) nugget:
Last March, the Baltimore Convention Center bought 240 300-watt incandescent lamps from B&B at $7.45 per bulb, for a total of $1,788. Under the city contract, C.N. Robinson's price was 88 cents each - $211.20 for 240.Ah, the 65% minority. And why can't I get hired by the city?
Marc
Posted by thynkhard
at 12:11 PM EST
