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When Obama faced the Rev. Jeremiah Wright scandal, instead of denying or attacking, he led a serious discussion about race--something that has never worked after the first semester of sophomore year. Mitt Romney made a similarly brave gambit when posing with some black children on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and opening the dialogue by saying, "Who let the dogs out? Who! Who!" The nation's fastest-rising politician, Joe the Plumber, got his start with the gutsy decision to ask for a tax break that he didn't remotely qualify for. Even crazier, opponents of gay marriage...
...you’re comfortably out, the employer could see it as being able to help with their recruiting and mentoring efforts, a commitment to diversity in general, and being active about the type of culture you set in your company,” Wright says...
...other advantage that Wright notes is that being comfortably out often demonstrates overcoming a challenge...
...Every person who applies to companies wants to demonstrate ways they’ve overcome challenges,” Wright says. “Unless you grew up in New York’s West Village or [San Francisco’s] Castro, being out tends to imply overcoming of a challenge...
...While Wright says that being out may provide advantages during the hiring process, Alexander questions whether simply attending the LGBT-targeted events will provide additional benefits...