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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (20006)	1/7/2003 9:16:26 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (2) of 57110

Google says you're right, although the quote appears to have been reworked some. There was also a CEO who had the cajones to stand up to Jesse's attempted shakedown of his company, Cypress Semiconductor: "I discovered that the threat of being called a racist-assuming that you're not and that your actions speak for themselves-is not that bad. You don't have to fear Jesse Jackson," [T.J.] Rodgers says. He challenged Jackson to a public debate in California but never received a response. "He turned me down four times," Rodgers recalls. "Jackson's argument was that T.J. Rodgers, with 35 percent minority employment, is prejudiced because he should be employing 43 percent minorities. If I were prejudiced, why would I have 35 percent to begin with? It was absurd on the face of it." Rodgers has since appeared on several TV talk shows, and likes to talk about facing down Jesse Jackson. "My advice to other CEOs? Why don't you grow a pair of balls? Or if you're female, whatever is the female equivalent. I don't think Jesse Jackson is making a lot of money out here[Silicon Valley]. We pay for value. He provides no value at all. users.americanisp.net

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