in the white, male, dominated business environment. Still others have developed means of ensuring the "upward mobility" of women and minorities on an executive level. Many of these organizations also celebrate the different cultural holidays. This serves a dual function in thatit not only makes minorities fell welcome, it also serves as a way of exposing white America, and specifically the white, male mangers, to part of what this person is. It introduces to them something that they more than likely would not have gone out and discovered on their own. It shows them that different doesn't mean bad and that there is nothing to fear. With this exposure, managers and their minority employees can at least begin to share some common knowledge and stand on common ground.America has always been called a great "meltingpot", but it is only true in one sense. What no oneseems to realize is that this phrase only held true forthe European immigrant experience, not those fromAfrica, not those from Asia, nor those from SouthAmerica. Although people of European decent stillhold the "majority" position, it clear and quitefrightening to some, that the same people that wereexcluded from the "melting pot" are becoming the"majorities" in major cities all across the country. It is estimated that by the year 2020, the "minorities"of today will be the majorities of "tomorrow". Americacan no longer "ignore the demographic trends in oursociety; we hire society into our workplace . . . we are society".(7) The laws, as some believe, will nottake care of it; the law can barely take care of itself. "We, the people of these United States . . ." have totake care of it by ourselves. According to theconstitution, "[w]e, the people of these United States. . ." are the true leaders of this country. It is inthe hand of these people to shape what the outcome ofthis issue, and others like it, will be for theirchildren and their children's children. "We, the peop...
