Racist or not? [2]

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]McDonald's is not dedicated to a specific race.:|

LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]Did I say they were? I said they have a site dedicated to them.

Pirate700

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]And McDonald's has more than one site.....

LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]Dude wtf are you talking about? We aren't talking about their other sites. We are talking about THIS specific site. :|

Pirate700

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]Ah so the fact that they have a site or two with predominately white people....let's say for arguments sake...still means they are racist against white people?:|

LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]Their ads on TV have tons of black families and individual people. This thread is discussing a site dedicated SOLELY to blacks. Stop changing the subject. Nobody is trying to say McDs is racist. They are saying that specific site is.

Pirate700

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]According to racism and discrimination....it would ONLY apply if they ONLY used the black race. They don't. They hire all races. They build in neighborhoods for all races. They serve all races. Not racist.

LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]Are you even reading what I'm writing? I said that ONE SPECIFIC SITE. Not all their sites or their main site. Not McDonalds or their ads on TV. THIS ONE SITE.

Pirate700

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What the hell is the point of this?

365Black? I mean, come on.

It reminds me of this

This should be taken down. If the inverse was done people would be up in arms.

:|

What the hell is the point of this?

365Black? I mean, come on.

It reminds me of this

This should be taken down. If the inverse was done people would be up in arms.

clayron

Is this all people think about nowadays? I mean do you really think we can use that to decide if something is racist or not?

[QUOTE="clayron"]

:|

What the hell is the point of this?

365Black? I mean, come on.

It reminds me of this

This should be taken down. If the inverse was done people would be up in arms.

ownage_denied

Is this all people think about nowadays? I mean do you really think we can use that to decide if something is racist or not?

[QUOTE="ownage_denied"]

[QUOTE="clayron"]

:|

What the hell is the point of this?

365Black? I mean, come on.

It reminds me of this

This should be taken down. If the inverse was done people would be up in arms.

Pirate700

Is this all people think about nowadays? I mean do you really think we can use that to decide if something is racist or not?

I believe it became racist when they used this statement.

At McDonald's®, we believe that African-American culture and achievement should be celebrated 365 days a year — not just during Black History Month.

I believe it became racist when they used this statement.

At McDonald's®, we believe that African-American culture and achievement should be celebrated 365 days a year - not just during Black History Month.

corwinn01

[QUOTE="ownage_denied"]

[QUOTE="clayron"]

:|

What the hell is the point of this?

365Black? I mean, come on.

It reminds me of this

This should be taken down. If the inverse was done people would be up in arms.

Pirate700

Is this all people think about nowadays? I mean do you really think we can use that to decide if something is racist or not?

I dont get the purpose of this.

(yes I read the "What is bla bla" page)

McDonalds has a white founder...

why would they even consider this?

Demographics; good!

Substance; good!

Backbone; disgusting.

So somehow, whether McDonalds was being racist is dependant on the hypothetical reactions of the general public to a nonexistant white equivalent of the website. Yes, that makes perfect sense. >_>Funky_Llama

[QUOTE="clayron"]

:|

What the hell is the point of this?

365Black? I mean, come on.

It reminds me of this

This should be taken down. If the inverse was done people would be up in arms.

ownage_denied

Is this all people think about nowadays? I mean do you really think we can use that to decide if something is racist or not?

lol

I wish I was black. :(

I wish I was black. :(

pvtdonut54

I wish I was black. :(

pvtdonut54

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="ownage_denied"]

Is this all people think about nowadays? I mean do you really think we can use that to decide if something is racist or not?

Funky_Llama

Thank you. Couldn't have said it better myself.

I dont get the purpose of this.

(yes I read the "What is bla bla" page)

Teenaged

Racist or not, you guys know that you'll still gonna buy cheeseburger there the next day

Racist or not, you guys know that you'll still gonna buy cheeseburger there the next day

Guyper

McDonalds is horrible food. The only thing that saves it are the good prices.

[QUOTE="Guyper"]

Racist or not, you guys know that you'll still gonna buy cheeseburger there the next day

Teenaged

McDonalds is horrible food. The only things that saves it are the good prices.

I don't know if it's racist, but I can imagine black people finding it condescending or unnecessarily divisive.jimmyjammer69

Thats all I thought... also I don't eat fast food.

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

[QUOTE="Guyper"]

Racist or not, you guys know that you'll still gonna buy cheeseburger there the next day

HereticGamer911

McDonalds is horrible food. The only things that saves it are the good prices.

Well, comparing McDonald's to a much higher quality burger place in my town, the prices only seem to be about a dollar or two less at McDs.HereticGamer911

At McDonalds a cheeseburger costs 1 euro.

At the other fast food chain I am talking about it costs 2 euros (it used to cost 1,45 a year or two ago but yeah....).

But I'd choose the 2 euro cheeseburger easily.

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]Yes I'm reading what you are saying and having ONE SPECIFIC SITE does not make a company racist. It's the overall record that does. And there is NO evidence that they are.;)

Unassigned

i want a 365white :cry: XD4NTESINF3RNOX

Thank you. Couldn't have said it better myself.

ownage_denied

Why?

McDonalds is looking to appeal to a select demographic. Inherently, there is nothing wrong with it. However, if this type of website were catered to solely whites it would cause a major uproar among ethnic communities, particularly the Black community. History has proven this over and over again.

examples:

Boston Scholarship

Pool Incident

There are ass loads more.

Explain to me: Why is it Ok for McDonalds to advertise solely to blacks, and ignore other demographics? But the inverse would be unacceptable?

[QUOTE="ownage_denied"]

Thank you. Couldn't have said it better myself.

clayron

Why?

McDonalds is looking to appeal to a select demographic. Inherently, there is nothing wrong with it. However, if this type of website were catered to solely whites it would cause a major uproar among ethnic communities, particularly the Black community. History has proven this over and over again.

examples:

Racist? Ehhh it's more affirmative action-like garbage, which I'm reluctant to say is "racist" since I hate that word and it should only be used for genuine hate against another race (none of these stupid words).

Stupid, not racist...

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As long as none of it is being funded by the government A.K.A my tax dollars, I'm okay with it. People should be able to rent, sell or whatever with any race they choose.

[QUOTE="Guyper"]

Racist or not, you guys know that you'll still gonna buy cheeseburger there the next day

Teenaged

McDonalds is horrible food. The only thing that saves it are the good prices.

Mcdonalds taste like garbage, even though it has pretty good prices which i admit that still wont let me fork over money towards em

i wonder how they can become so popular with such crappy food :?

That was interesting...

[QUOTE="ownage_denied"]

Thank you. Couldn't have said it better myself.

clayron

Why?

McDonalds is looking to appeal to a select demographic. Inherently, there is nothing wrong with it. However, if this type of website were catered to solely whites it would cause a major uproar among ethnic communities, particularly the Black community. History has proven this over and over again.

examples:

Boston Scholarship

Pool Incident

There are ass loads more.

Explain to me: Why is it Ok for McDonalds to advertise solely to blacks, and ignore other demographics? But the inverse would be unacceptable?

You're really contradicting yourself. Did you forget agreeing with Pirate700 that it is racist? Gamespot won't let me put that quote here for some reason but it's not hard to find.

You have no idea what would happen if this website was catered solely towards whites. The links you gave do not relate to this topic.

Also, as I said earlier do you really think we can use that to decide if something is racist or not?

"Explain to me: Why is it Ok for McDonalds to advertise solely to blacks, and ignore other demographics? But the inverse would be unacceptable?"

Explain to me how this is relevant to this discussion about the website being racist or not?

It's a bit patronising and just plain sad, but at least it's trying to at least be respectful of "black culture".

This isn't nearly as bad as a lot of other ads I've seen, such as the commercials where a stereotypically "Aunt Jemima-esque" character tries to sell Popeye's Chicken to the community.

[QUOTE="pvtdonut54"]

I wish I was black. :(

samuraiguns