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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Stan Getz Library | E185.625.P56 B53 2011 | 37684001103285 | Africana Studies Collection | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available | - |
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- ISBN: 9780814416808
- ISBN: 0814416802
- Physical Description: xx, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : American Management Association, ©2011.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages ... Read More |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Learning the game. Strategy 1 : ... Read More |
| Summary, etc.: | If the name Randal Pinkett sounds familiar, it may ... Read More |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-260) and index. If the name Randal Pinkett sounds familiar, it may be because Pinkett was the first African-American winner on The Apprentice. When he won, this black man also became the only contestant to be asked to share his victory with a white woman. The request (and Pinkett's subsequent refusal) set off a firestorm of controversy that inevitably focused on the issue of race in the American workplace and in society. For generations, African-Americans have been told that to succeed, they need to work twice as hard as everyone else. But as millions of black Americans were reminded by Pinkett's experience, sometimes hard work is not enough. Black Faces in White Places is about "the game" that is, the competitive world in which we all live and work. The book of fers 10 revolutionary strategies for playing, mastering, and chang ing the game for the current generation, while under taking a whole sale redefinition of the rules for those who will follow. It. |