The Apprentice Forums: African American OR Caucasion Poll

I'm not trying to start a race war. I just think that the opinion on what Randall did is a matter of perspective. I'm sure that the perspectives can be divided down the race line. Because of my perspective as an African American and vast experience in corporate environments, I totally agree with Randall's decision. I'm sure a caucasian person would feel totally different. Perhaps I'm wrong but I feel like this is what it comes down to. Please respond with your race and why you feel the way you do.

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It's pretty simple... Randal blew his first business decision. He let superior talent slip through the organization's grasp. Doesn't matter what color he is, what color I am or what color Martians are... he blew an important business decision.

And, if you really had any corporate experience... it would be obvious to you that Randal blew it... there's nothing harder to find than extremely well-qualified talent. And to have extremely well-qualified talent ready and willing to work for your organization at almost any term... and then turn them down. Stupid. Arrogant. And, quite honestly an extreme show of either 1) incompetence, 2) pride getting in the way of making a business decision, or 3) a lack of confidence in his own abilities that he felt he had to denigrate another to make himself into something better.

obviously your caucasian

Randall absolutely did the right thing. Donald set him up because, in a country where race still matters, he was too cowardly to hire a black man over a white woman. The people on this forum who are choosing to side with Rebecca are most likely white and very upset about the outcome (when you're used to winning, you don't usually lose very graciously). The Randall supporters, on the other hand, are probably not necessarily black, but just people who are viewing this from a business standpoint. The best candidate for a business position is usually the one with the most experienc and education. That would be Randall in this case. Plus, he won all of this tasks - ALL of them.

Unfortunately, as bright as Randall is, he will probably not have much of a future at The Trump Organization since all the focus will be on his color, since that seems to be the only thing that is important here. We'll have to wait and see, but I view his appearance and win on The Apprentice as merely a stepping stone to more positive entrepreneurial ventures in the future.

I had no favourite between Randall and Rebecca and I would have been EQUALLY outraged if Rebecca became the apprentice and had told Trump not to hire Randall as well. It has nothing to do with race, and *everything* to do with character.

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People are making a huge stink about this and making it a race issue. I will start off by saying that I am a woman, and Hispanic to boot, and I am a businesswoman... I work in the IT field, to be specific. People, it has exactly *$&% to do with race. Randall and Rebecca were BOTH qualified, and my boyfriend and I, who have watched every season of The Apprenctice, EASILY predicted that they would be the final two and that Trump should hire both. What Randall did to Rebecca was not about race, it was about selfishness and greed. I had great respect for him up until that moment. And then... game over. His very first decision as an employee of Mr. Trump, was to deny the Trump organization the benefit of an awesome employee like Rebecca, and his reasons for doing so were simply because he didn't want to share the spotlight.

Race in America is always an issue and for you as a Hispanic woman to not see that is naive at best. Corporate America is not about being selfless nor charity. Just why should Randel offer Rebecca a chance? There are hundreds of people more qualified to run that condo project. Does a 23 year old financial writer who lost nearly every task have the skills to run such a huge project? I doubt it.
This was ultimately a contest, he won she didn't.

I'm a 28 year old black male, and also a VP for a $600M restaurant corporation. I have a BBA from Columbia, and a JD/MBA from Chicago, plus a 1 year Masters of Business from Oxford. I say that to illustrate that I have as much experience as a black man in corporate America - at the highest levels - as anyone else. And, because of my experiences, I can say with certainty that the comments made by some of the other black posters are both naive and ignorant. In no shape or form is race a factor in anything it has been implied to have been a factor in.

The fact of the matter is, Randall's actions last night were abhorrent. He had the opportunity to grant Rebecca the chance to work with Mr. Trump as well, but he wanted all the glory for himself. What was the ultimate prize for winning....the job with Trump, Inc. or the notoriety? The job, of course! He had that, so why not let Rebecca have the job he didn't want? Simply put, he was greedy; he wanted the stage to himself.

Notoriety - as it is - is for gluttons and and the insecure.

As a historically downtrodden group, Black people, for the most part, won't see the errors of Randall's ways; we only see another victory for OUR group. This is a sad trait that I've never fully adopted. If a white person (Rebecca) had done to a black person what Randall did to her, you'd better believe the nation would have heard about it on CNN, Fox News and in countless publications. If you win $100M in the lottery, and the lottery commission wants to give someone who only missed 1 # $50M, you wouldn't tell them "No. There can only be 1 lottery winner." Randall's actions conveyed on clear and dangerous message to America....there is no charity in competition.

I am African-American.

I think Randal is selfish and deceived us all along.

I think he is a despicable human being.

Randal was rightfullly slammed on the msnbc site.

But, I think his selfishness is going to do for more for Rebecca's career than anyone can imagine.