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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 05:10 PM
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Trump Condering pitting blacks vs. whites for the Apprentice
http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2005-07-14/#tv6

A Race Race for the Next 'Apprentice'?

In what appears to be a trial balloon asking to be shot down, MSNBC.com's Gossip columnist Jeannette Walls reported Wednesday that Donald Trump is considering pitting a team of African-American contestants against a team of all-white players for a forthcoming edition of The Apprentice. Walls quoted Trump as saying, "Whether people like that idea or not, it is somewhat reflective of our very vicious world." He conceded, however, "Not everybody thinks it's a good idea."
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 05:11 PM
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1. Sounds like a discrimination and enforced segregation lawsuit...
waiting to happen.

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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 05:11 PM
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2. I just think the whole show is stupid
I want "American Dreams" back.
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ClintonTyree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 05:30 PM
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3. Yet another reason to think "The Donald's" brains fell out.....
with his hair. This moran would fit right in over at freeperville. He's probably a member anyway, "great minds think alike". :eyes:
This idiots ego got the best of him a long time ago. Money isn't everything, but it's all "The Donald" has. I really do pity this piece of work.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 05:32 PM
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4. Yes, cause that will really help
race relations in this country.:eyes:
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 05:49 PM
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5. Just as long as he doesn't say, "Bro, you be fired!"
Not sure I'd put it past him, either.
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Tallison Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 06:25 PM
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6. And maybe Hutus v. Tutsis for next season, winner take on the Kurds?
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ALago1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 06:34 PM
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7. I'll play devil's advocate here
I don't watch this show, don't know much about it, but when I heard Donald pitch this idea on the radio, he said he wanted to structure the show this way to make people see the inherent racism that still exists to an extent in the corporate/business environment.

Whether or not he was sincere or not, who knows? But that was his reasoning and it may not be such a half-baked idea if executed correctly.
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