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Title: Roberts Vs. Texaco: : A True Story Of Race And Corporate America by Bari-Ellen Roberts, Jack E. White ISBN: 0-380-79639-2 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (20 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Ignorance is Still Bliss when it comes to corporate America
Comment: I read this book and I am MORE encouraged in my own fight against a large corporation that I felt discriminated against me. Needless to say Ms. Roberts felt she had to tell her story and IN HER OWN WORDS she did so. That included recalling the trials and tribulations of her own life growing up to the present (as all these mentally damaging things were going on.) For other reviewers to say "too much about Roberts and too little about Texaco" just shows the ignorance that still exists. Her personal account reveals that racial discrimination is still happening today in THIS DAY AND AGE. If one wants to hear more about Texaco then let them read Texaco's account of what happened. Oh that's right, acccording to Texaco, they still believe that they did nothing wrong... I rather hear from the personal accounts of those involved- to see the REAL toll of what racism does to people rather than hear a bunch of corporate and legal BS.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful account of race and corporate America
Comment: I enjoyed this book tremendously. It was a little slow toward the end, but overall it was very well-written. It's a shame that this type of blatant racism still exists today, not that I'm surprised, but it's truly a shame. It took a lot of courage and stamina on Roberts' part to force Texaco to acknowlegde their archaeic and ignorant business practices relative to race. I applaud Bari Ellen Roberts even when there are those who still believe in Texaco's innocence...much like the reviewer who chooses to perpetuate one of America's largest problems...the belief that other races are inferior and should bow down to this almighty, superior race. "Forgive him, for he knows not what he does." I enjoyed reading about her life and what she went through that made her into what she is today. This is definitely a book worth reading for all.
Rating: 4
Summary: One Admirable Woman's Story; One Company's Shame
Comment: I regret that this story is written "with Jack E. White" and not told by Roberts herself. The value of this book is primarily as a personal memoir. As told by White, it is a rather superficial, though intimate, personal outline of Roberts' life--the difficult time she had growing up, her ill-fated marriage, her strength and ambition in the face of adversity. I came away from the book admiring Roberts for her courage and determination, and appalled at Texaco's corporate culture, its hierarchy and unforgiveable prejudice. Were it not for anti-discrimination law, Texaco's sins would have remained hidden and unrectified. Until further notice, I'll certainly be buying my gasoline anywhere else!
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Title: Job Discrimination II: How to Fight, How to Win by Jeffrey M. Bernbach ISBN: 0965375315 Publisher: Voir Dire Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: I Am Woman: A Native Perspective on Sociology and Feminism by Lee Maracle ISBN: 0889740593 Publisher: Press Gang Publishers Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Managing Business Ethics : Straight Talk About How To Do It Right by Linda K. Treviño, Katherine A. Nelson ISBN: 0471230545 Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 11 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $56.95 |
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Title: Straight, No Chaser: How I Became a Grown-Up Black Woman by Jill Nelson ISBN: 0140277242 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: She's Not There : A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan ISBN: 076791404X Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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