{"id":286,"date":"2004-08-27T12:02:57","date_gmt":"2004-08-27T17:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=286"},"modified":"2005-05-28T14:04:20","modified_gmt":"2005-05-28T19:04:20","slug":"a_brown_apprent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2004\/08\/27\/a_brown_apprent\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brown Apprentice??"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If anyone has the juice on this guy, then hit me up. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/newsArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&#038;storyID=6091496\" target=\"_blank\">From Reuters<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>\nWho will be this year&#8217;s Omarosa, everyone&#8217;s favorite reality TV villain? Who will be the apprentice to rise to the top of the business world? And importantly, who will hear the ominous utterance of real estate mogul Donald Trump, &#8220;You&#8217;re fired?&#8221; \n<br>\n<br>\nFans will know soon, as broadcaster NBC on Friday named the 18 candidates who will compete in the second season of &#8220;The Apprentice,&#8221; premiering on Sept. 9.\n<br>\n<br>\nThe men are: Kevin, 29, a law student from Chicago; <b>Raj, 28, a real estate developer in the tiny ski resort of Vail <\/b>; Bradford, 33, a lawyer and real estate investor from Florida; Rob, 32, a corporate products salesman from Texas; Andy, 23, a new Harvard graduate from Florida; Wes, 28, a financial planner for the wealthy from Atlanta; Chris, 30, a stockbroker from Long Island with only a high school degree; and John, 24, a marketer from San Francisco. \n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miami.com\/mld\/miamiherald\/entertainment\/9513671.htm\" target=\"_blank\">another source<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>\nRaj, 28, a bow-tie wearing real estate developer who doesn&#8217;t really watch television\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Now we will really see if a brown man can make it through the glass ceiling maintained by &#8220;the Man&#8221; (a.k.a. Trump).<\/p>\n\n<p><i>Update:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/nbc\/The_Apprentice_2\/candidates\/raj.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Take a look<\/a>.  Is this guy South Asian?  Maybe a mix, or just an Indian sounding name?<\/i><\/p>\n\n<p><i>Update #2:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20040827\/AE\/108270006\" target=\"_blank\">Here is the Full Scoop<\/a> on Raj Bhakta of Vail Colorado.<\/i><!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If anyone has the juice on this guy, then hit me up. From Reuters: Who will be this year&#8217;s Omarosa, everyone&#8217;s favorite reality TV villain? Who will be the apprentice to rise to the top of the business world? And &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2004\/08\/27\/a_brown_apprent\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}