One of
the best lines heard lately was from Izzy Kapp, a
now retired shop foreman from the old Republic Steel
Plant in Cleveland . At 17 Izzy immigrated to the
USA from England after his family escaped from
Poland when he was 12. A more proud American can not
be imagined. He often said, "I am overwhelmed by the
opportunities my county offers me!"
All five
of his children graduated from college. One got an
MS, another got a JD, and the third an MD degree. It
took Izzy 13 years of night school to get a college
degree.
When a young Black kid was being laid off at the end of his 90 day Evaluation period...the young black man confronted Izzy in the huge Republic Steel Plant break room at lunch and tried to intimidate him with all sorts of NAACP / ACLU / threats.
"I want this on-the-record in front of everybody." the young man said.
When a young Black kid was being laid off at the end of his 90 day Evaluation period...the young black man confronted Izzy in the huge Republic Steel Plant break room at lunch and tried to intimidate him with all sorts of NAACP / ACLU / threats.
"I want this on-the-record in front of everybody." the young man said.
"You' firin' me 'cause I'm
Black!"
Without even looking up from his sandwich the foreman said, "No. We hired you because you're Black. We're firing you because you're useless."
Without even looking up from his sandwich the foreman said, "No. We hired you because you're Black. We're firing you because you're useless."
'Great slogan for the 2012 election:
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