Hair Today Gone Tomorrow

One thing that we firmly believe in at the University of Social Realities, is everything that affects "African-Americans" is not racist. You just don't need to be a phi beta kappa to understand that unless you own the company, you don't dictate policy. Dreads and "things" sticking randomly out of your head may be your vehicle of self-expression. When you get a job, however, you are not representin' da hood, 0r, da homies; you are representing the company that employs you. The social reality is that the company has an image that drives its marketability and its bottom line. If you show up for an interview with the above mentioned hair styles and do not get hired, is it really racist hiring practices, or, is it your ignorance of social realities? That is not to say that racist hiring practices do not exist. But it is like paying your bills on a real short paycheck. You put all the bills in a hat and draw how many you can afford to pay. If you are hounded by a bill collector, the next pay period, you don't put that bill in the hat. So even if not all qualified "African-American" candidates are hired, interviewed even, the social reality is to get into the hat.