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...binder on Archaeology. Although I've never really thought much about digging, it sounds intriquing. Oh, and here's one on Wine Tasting in Tibet, on safaris to study the mating habits of Brazilian butterflies, on the endless opportunities with Xerox...
...Angeles. In school, he says, "kids like to feel my hair because it's fuzzy. They ask questions like do I get sunburned when I go to the beach. Dumb questions like that. Just because I'm black doesn't mean I'm different." Khalil's father Bernard, a Xerox executive, would like his son to someday attend Florida A&M, the mostly black school he and his wife attended. "It's important for a black kid to understand that there are lots of other smart, talented blacks in the world," says Kinsey...
...manager at the Xerox branch office in Syracuse, N.Y., Chester Howell supervises a staff of about 20, mainly repair technicians and clerical workers. All but two are white. Howell is black. A former copier-machine repairman who rose through an affirmative-action promotion plan, he ran into some resistance when he first assumed his higher job. There were fierce arguments with one of his white assistant managers. "He questioned every decision I made," says Howell. "He wanted to double-check everything...
...that prejudice? "Heck, no," insists his old antagonist, Vincent + Venditti. "If Chet wasn't a minority person, the relationship would have been the same. He wasn't the first black manager I worked for." Venditti says his run-ins with Howell were not the reason he transferred to a Xerox branch office in Manhattan. But he does believe "some black managers are too sensitive...
...vice president at Rockwell International in Anaheim, Calif., Earl S. Washington oversees a mostly white work force of 1,500. "I find myself under the magnifying glass every day, proving that I understand how to run this business," he says. "All bosses are second-guessed," explains Xerox vice president Gilbert H. Scott, who heads a staff of 800 in the Southwest and California, 75% of whom are white. "If you're a black boss, you're probably second-guessed more...