Blue Business Racism on Pluto (A Science Fiction Story, close to Home)
The planet Pluto has been plagued by “same-race business racism”. Local established Blue business owners are not being used for soft services, with comments that their prices are too high, or I can do this better myself – as we all know, that’s never the case. The facts are local Blue residents are the poorest group of aliens on the planet and some of them own restaurants, spaceship repair shops and tech stands across the universe but their own race of people (Blue people) don’t consider them for work unless they have Purple bosses. The Purple business population does not have to qualify themselves when they do business with the Blue people in the community that hold positions like executive directors and presidents of local space companies and organizations, the Blue “muck-mucks” feel comfortable with the Purple’s simply because they are Purple.
Recently, a group of Blue financial services professionals came to Pluto and paid no attention to the local Blue community going as far as to exclude them from the big party, this is an ongoing issue that falls under the saying “all inclusive with exclusions.” There was an effort to address raising “space dock” crime in Blue youth ages 18-34, so the local Purple government started the “Blue Boys Better Battalion” to address issues and start work programs that will help create education, wealth and independence. What happened with the BBBB is they became a glorified referral service and did nothing but send Blue youth to some other planet where they were put in jail or sent to the Universal Ring of Nothingness (URN), to live out life with no chances of developing the greatness in them, dying or being used as batteries by the Borg.
Before I close there was one more example of Blue Racism. The Healthiest Man in the Universe came to Pluto to talk about space travel and the effects of worm holes on the human body. The local SMF (Space Medical Facility) decided that they were not going to give this person a day to talk to the Blue people, because he was more interesting then the folks at the SMF.
All fun aside some of our people need a wakeup call.
Marnita’s Table May and June Events…Join Us!
Greetings!
Below are the dates for Marnita’s Table May and June Events. We’d love to know if you are planning to attend one of our evenings or send some of your people to our table. If you know someone who should join us, please forward the May/June schedule on our behalf.
Thursday, May 1, 6-9 p.m.: Marnita’s Table goes on the road to the home of Margie and Phil Soran in Eden Prairie–Please e-mail for address/directions
Enough Already: Dialogue on Poverty
Poverty is the topic. Working with our strategic partner the Citizens League in order to identify and make specific recommendations on poverty alleviation and self-sufficiency, we will explore: Are we really okay with the idea that some of us are always going to be poor? Who are the poor? What does it mean to be poor? What can we do personally and as a community to reduce poverty? Participants from different spots on the socio-economic continuum will share insights on their personal intersection with poverty. As always, we’ll have the goal of finding actionable answers.
Sunday, May 18; 12-3 p.m.
I, Citizen:
We’ll put aside the policy wonks and ignore the talking heads. Instead we’ll dial down to a highly personal perspective on a variety of public policy issues, ranging from affordable housing to grassroots democracy to immigration and preserving the environment. What is my responsibility as a citizen? What can I do? Am I doing enough? What role should the government play in our every day lives?
Thursday, May 22; 6-9 p.m.
What’s the Difference/Dialogue on Diversity:
How do we learn to celebrate our differences and learn from the richness of other people’s cultures? What can I do to include more people from different backgrounds or cultures in my social circles? What can I learn from people who are not the majority in our community? What is the difference between diversity and cross-cultural competency?
Friday, June 13; 4-11:30 p.m.
I Have a Dream Graduation Party
A Party in the Garden. Price of entrance, you must share the dream you hold for yourself for the future.
I Have a Dream: Teen Leadership: Amply- and under-resourced young people share their dreams for the future and talk about strategies for achieving their goals and identify a peer-to-peer mentor met at the Table to keep them on track.
Marnita’s Table isn’t just a great dinner party, it’s an opportunity to intentionally expand your personal, professional and philanthropic network and to revel in peer-to-peer exchange. If you can’t come (or even if you can), but know someone fabulous across cultures you think would love the table . . . extend an invitation from us!
Please do reply to this e-mail and let us know if you are sending out this invitation to your circle or planning to attend an event. We are learning that some of our personal invites are ending up in junk-mail filters so we hope you won’t mind just letting us know that you received this missive. It also helps us to know how many people are coming! As the popularity and success of the table grows, we are working very hard to ensure that everyone who wants a seat at the table is afforded one!
Thanks so much!
All the best to you and yours as we leap into spring!
Marnita & Carl and the Board of Marnita’s Table
Marnita Schroedl
Catalyst
Marnita’s Table
2136 Penn Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55405
612.928.7744 direct dial
612.578.7744 cell
612.928.7788 fax
www.marnitastable.org
“Igniting enduring Cross Cultural connections through intentional social interaction”.
Directions to:
Marnita’s Table
(home of Carl Goldstein & Marnita Schroedl)
2136 Penn Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55405
612.928.7744 (home office phone)
612.377.4352 (home phone)
612.578.7744 (cell phone)
We are in the Kenwood Neighborhood in Minneapolis. Situated at the north end of Lake of the Isles, it is a short ¼ block north of Lake of the Isles Parkway on the west side of Penn Avenue. This portion of Penn Avenue cannot be reached via Penn Avenue off the 394.
From downtown Mpls: Hennepin S to Right on Franklin Ave W, go about 9 blocks till you see Kenwood School/Rec Ctr on left, Kenwood Park on right, then Left on Penn Ave S to just before end of second block; house is on right side.
From Western Suburbs: 94 E to Dunwoody/Hennepin exit; Right on Hennepin/Lyndale, stay on Henn when H/L split (Walker Art Museum is on right); Right on Franklin Ave W, go about 9 blocks till you see Kenwood School/Rec Ctr on left, Kenwood Park on right, then Left on Penn Ave S to just before end of second block; house is on right side.
From St. Paul: 94W to Hennepin Lyndale exit, follow sign for Hennepin South to first traffic light, turn Right on Franklin Ave W, go about 9 blocks till you see Kenwood School/Rec Ctr on left, Kenwood Park on right, then Left on Penn Ave S to just before end of second block; house is on right side.
From the North: 94E to Hennepin-Lyndale exit; follow Hennepin South past the Walker Art Museum to Right on Franklin Ave W, go about 9 blocks till you see Kenwood School/Rec Ctr on left, Kenwood Park on right, then Left on Penn Ave S to just before end of second block; house is on right side.
From the South: 35W North to 94 W to Hennepin Lyndale exit, follow sign for Hennepin South to first traffic light, turn Right on Franklin Ave W, go about 9 blocks till you see Kenwood School/Rec Ctr on left, Kenwood Park on right, then Left on Penn Ave S to just before end of second block; house is on right side.
