Bain Sponsors Black and Latino Only Event On Campus?

Is Bain and Co. racist? It sure seems so from this email that went out to some Latino/Black students. Please see below.

From: Norris, Robin [mailto:Robin.Norris@Bain.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 1:11 PM
To: Kile, Charlene
Subject: Bain Diversity Info Session ~ Monday, August 30, 2010

Are you interested in . . .

- Starting a career in business and working with senior executives of Fortune 500 companies?

- Getting experience in a variety of industries such as Media & Entertainment, Private Equity,

Tech & Telecom, Consumer Products, or Healthcare?

- The option to work internationally?

- Financial and mentorship support to receive your MBA from a top graduate school?

- A job culture where your work associates become your best friends?

If so, Bain & Company is the perfect opportunity for you! Come to an information session

and learn about Bain and the Associate Consultant position, meet some of our professionals,

and participate in a case interview workshop.

Monday, August 30^th

6 – 7:30pm (Dinner will be served)

Bain’s Los Angeles office

1901 Avenue of the Stars, 19^th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90067

All majors are welcome. This event is geared towards Black and Latino undergrad students considering careers in business. For more information, check our website, www.bain.com.

For specific questions email ron.lewis@bain.com.

A September Preview

A friend writes in and let's me know of the forthcoming Athenaeum list.

Have a look for yourself here. I'm afraid that the list looks rather lackluster, but that's how things are nowadays.

In September, we have David Oliver Relin, of Three Cups of Tea authorship fame, but he's not Greg Mortenson, who is the book's real star, only a journalist who tells his story. I'm torn here about whether or not to actually read the book as I know, having gone to far too many of these presentations, that it'll just be a Reader's Digest version of the book.

Ken Mehlman was the campaign manager for George Bush's re-election and chairman of the RNC from 2005-2007. On that last job, he failed seriously. Melhman is now managing director and head of Global Public Affairs, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company (KKR), and his talk is "Global Corporations and the Environment: An Insider's View" -- how boring! I hope, though, for the sake of KKR, he's doing a better job with their firm, than he did with my party.

There is another boring feminist talk this semester, "Women in Science and Medicine: Can You Achieve Work/Family Satisfaction?" I'm sorry, but this is a bit silly. We want to hear about science, not social engineering. William Beezley, alas, is also coming. His talk on Mexican pop culture is at best an exercise in the trivial.

That out of the way, here are a few speakers I'm looking forward to this coming semester.

• Stephan Haggard's talk on North Korean power changes may be promising. The last North Korean speaker, Bruce Cumings, compared the treatment in the gulags to that of blacks in the South side of Chicago. I previewed Bruce Cumings's talk awhile ago and was not the least bit surprised.

• Matthew Crawford, author of Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work (2009), will also be coming. For those interested in a preview, have a look at one-time Claremont adjunct professor, Bill Voegeli's review of that book for The Claremont Review of Books.
  

• Also of interest is Maria Contreras-Sweet, former transportation secretary, is running Promerica, a minority-owned bank. I'll be curious to hear what she has to say in light of the scandals facing ShoreBank and OneUnited.