Monday, March 13, 2006  Bookstore Prerequisites?  I shit you
not...  The following is an e-mail I received last week -
although the store contacted me over a month ago requesting and
scheduling the appearance. I've omitted the identifiers.
Referral: From a Friend  Subject: Your Race  Message: Greetings,
my name is [--] and I'm the director of [--], you are slated to
do a book signing with us on the 18th of March. I want to know
if you are a black/ African American person.   OK. Now. I have
two questions for my blog audience. 1) Do you think this is an
appropriate e-mail? 2) Author or not, if you receive this type
of an inquiry, what's your response to it?  My Take? 1) Heck no.
I don't think it's appropriate by any stretch of the
imagination. Just what exactly happens if they get the "wrong"
answer?  2) I'd cancel the appearance.  Share/Save/Bookmark
Subscribe   Cynthia E. Bagley said...  Nope... it is not an
appropriate email. Work... any type... an employer should not
discriminate due to race, gender, disab