[QUOTE="corwinn01"]

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.

l4dak47

err... because every other month of the year is white history month? Dear God. The purpose of black history month is to bring attention to important figures in history who were neglected and ignored because they were black.

Its just a business scheme to appeal to minorities so McDonalds can make a good image.

dominer

Definitely.

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]

[QUOTE="Unassigned"]The fact they are promoting a "race" via their "black success stories" can be taken as racist since they are not including other races. They are not stating the race is "better" but they still separate and prmote them from others, that is a racist slant. People who claim that "they celebarate blacks so that means they're not racist" are very misguided, the fact that they celebrate ANY person just because of their color is a racist act in itself.Unassigned

oh my god the hypocrisy! You just posted this in the thread regarding microsoft editing a black guy out of a photo and replacing it with a white guy.

It's not racist, it's an advertisement targeted to a specific audience. I would have done the same.Unassigned

dear god.

And by posting a website you are accusing them of discrimination?LJS9502_basic

ahem. Thread title:

Racist or not?

[QUOTE="Unassigned"]Now THAT is racist.LJS9502_basic

Not exactly, discrimination or prejudice based on race also constitues racism.

My opinion: this was probably done with good intentions but was horribly misguided and ultimately comes across as incredibly patronising. Also, celebrating African-American culture was probably not McDonalds real goal, they obviously had some other incentive.

http://www.365black.com/365black/index.jsp

so... what are your opinions on this new website by McDonalds?

:lol:

as for whether it's racist or not... it depends on whether the guy was shooped due to him being black or due to him looking hilarious in the original pic. Could be either to be honest.

Hehe, I take umbrage with your "don't suck" comment.

Just because something is "mainstream popular" doesn't mean it sucks, and just because something is "enjoyed by a select few" doesn't mean it's avant garde or cutting edge.

Err, but no, I'm not into graphic novels at all. Sorry for posting here :(

Schwah

haha, that comment was said kinda tongue in cheek. DC is responsible for some great graphic novels (Marvel... maybe not so much).

As for you stating that just because something is "mainstream" doesn't mean it sucks, I agree. I'm not quite sure where I said that in my post.:? There are plenty of great popular comics, Watchmen, the Dark Knight Returns, The Sandman series to name a few. However, I will say that the vast majority of mainstream comics published by Marvel and DC are garbage, in my opinion. No thought or heart or soul put into them and are published for the sole intention of making money. Obviously not all are though. Similarly, not all indpendent comics are "cutting edge". There's a lot of garbage out there too.

by the way, have you checked out From Hell, chessmaster? It's Alan Moore's greatest work after Watchmen, in my opinion. Kinda pricey due to the sheer scale of it but definitely worth the investment.

I'm essentially using the term "alternative" to refer to comics that aren't published by DC or Marvel and/or don't invovle superheroes *cough*i.e. comics that don't suck*cough* :P I'm talking about stuff by the likes of Chris Ware, Will Eisner, Seth, Jason, Afrian Tomine, Joe Sacco, Daniel Clowes, Craig Thompson, Harvey Pekar... etc.

So, anyone in OT a fan of these kind of comics? Post your favourites and discuss!

meh, Arkham Asylum seems kinda dated to me. It's still a good Batman story... just kinda overrated.