McDonalds - Is it sort of... racist?

[Sir Toose]

I always thought the commercials had a certain racial bent to them. I wrote it off to it just being my own over sensitive paranoia.

Then, today, my son sent me this link...

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

Tell me I'm not seeing something here. Am I?

[meatwadsprite]

:rotfl: ... wait a minute where's 365white ?

:mad:

[Sexy Celebrity]

I have just been made hungry.

I dunno about racist, but 365 Black sounds like an address in a ghetto, not a program to help black people.

The thing that annoys me the most is the part about the stupid African Baobob tree, which "nourishes its community". ONE, a heck of a lot people say McDonalds isn't all that nourishing (I believe them, but I still don't agree, because I need some McDonalds nourishment right now). TWO, if I was black, I wouldn't want my personal nutrition needs compared to an African tree. Especially if I wasn't from Africa!

I sure hope Burger King doesn't do anything for the gay community (like, say, starting something called Burger Queen).

"We proudly serve hot, all beef Whoppers. Just like you guys do!"

"We understand that you lesbians don't like meat... that's why there's the BK Veggie Burger!"

"Bisexual? Can't make up your mind? We understand. Sometimes it's hard to choose between beef and chicken. But guess what? WE HAVE BK APPLE FRIES FOR YOU WHILE YOU MAKE UP YOUR MIND!"

"Hey, leather daddy, go pick up a Whopper Jr. for junior!"

[Pawn]

I always thought the commercials had a certain racial bent to them. I wrote it off to it just being my own over sensitive paranoia.

Then, today, my son sent me this link...

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

Tell me I'm not seeing something here. Am I?

WTF?
Who's in charge over there?

[Harry Lime]

Who's in charge over there?

Some clown.

[meatwadsprite]

I can tell this is the start of an epic thread.

[jrs]

I wouldn't say McDonald's is racist but I was reading what the site was about and this made me laugh..

...meet real people whose lives have been touched by McDonald's

:rotfl:

[Caitlyn]

McDonalds has a history of discriminating again Native Americans so I never set foot near one of them unless I'm forced to because of my job...

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/Caitgee/627213485_s.jpg

[Harry Lime]

I just had McDonalds, probably thanks to this thread, got me thinking how long it was since my last le Big Mac.

[SoulInside]

"deeply rooted" ?

I prefer BK anyway.

[zedlen]

I stopped eating at McDonald's over a year ago because of how bad it is for your health but recently I came past this site that put me off even more.

www.mccruelty.com

[Harry Lime]

www.mccruelty.com (http://www.mccruelty.com)

PETA is lame. How do you think the chickens are raised and slaughtered that end up in the grocery store?

[n3wt]

Ive always said Burger King has better food and here is the proof!

http://www.pnaw10.com/graphics/110307-fastfoodrant1.jpg

I do think Ronald McDoanald would look better like this...

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq320/Caedos/Funny/jokerlol.jpg

[SammyJ88]

That's ridiculous, lol. When i opened up the "365Black" page i automatically thought of this and pissed myself laughing couldn't stop lol:rotfl:

(The best version i could find, nothing on youtube)

http://www.badtree.com/Chappelles_Show/wmv/WacArnolds.htm

[Caitlyn]

I just had McDonalds, probably thanks to this thread, got me thinking how long it was since my last le Big Mac.


Those things will kill you.... :yup:

[adidasss]

Not if you kill them first...ha!

[honeykid]

I've never had a Big Mac. Le or otherwise.

[Harry Lime]

Those things will kill you.... :yup:

A lot of things will. I don't want to grow old anyway.

[Powdered Water]

Just had some yummy cheap cheeseburgers last night. And I don't care what anyone says. Fresh, hot McDonald's french fries are the best there is. I think they put crack in them. That would explain a lot actually...

[Harry Lime]

Just had some yummy cheap cheeseburgers last night. And I don't care what anyone says. Fresh, hot McDonald's french fries are the best there is. I think they put crack in them. That would explain a lot actually...

Close, but it's actually a combination of crack, crystal meth and heroin.

HK, how come you've never had one? Are you allergic to sesame seeds or something?

[honeykid]

Nope. Just never had one, it's become one of those things I've never had, like Dr. Pepper or a KFC. I like quarter pounds with cheese or chicken legend.

[meatwadsprite]

I live about 100 feet from a McDonalds.

[n3wt]

Nope. Just never had one, it's become one of those things I've never had, like Dr. Pepper or a KFC. I like quarter pounds with cheese or chicken legend.
You must try a Big Mac, a can of Dr Pepper and a bargain bucket from KFC it is a must mate :yup:

[Sedai]

I abhor McDonalds, and fast food in general. Everything from the chemically engineered flavor chemicals to the poor economic responsibility comes into play.

I would indeed rather eat dirt...

[n3wt]

:rotfl: ^^^^

[Sexy Celebrity]

I live on the same street as a McDonalds so I have been there quite a lot, at least 200 days out of every year. If it turns out that McDonalds food is as bad as cigarettes, I AM SCREWED. I will be a dead Sexy McCelebrity.

I ate there last night, in fact. Two McDoubles (that's double cheeseburgers with only one slice of cheese instead of two slices... :confused:) and a small fry.

I LOVE their mushroom & swiss angus burgers and their chicken selects with buffalo sauce. I also love to eat their french fries with their sweet & sour sauce.

OMG, and I love their chipotle barbeque snack wraps!

And their McChickens! I love their McChickens! Although, sometimes, you can taste some sort of grossness to them (they are only $1), but I ignore it. I've learned to live with gross things in my mouth.

And I LOVE their ice cream! Their vanilla ice cream! OH, and I love their iced coffee!!!! It keeps me cool.

[king_of_movies_316]

I saw that site the other day and i couldn't beleve how blatently they were targeting black people.

I bet one of the CEOs down at McDonalds probaly realised that they were going to be caught out targetting black people indirectly so they probaly thought screw it and just went all out there.

[Sir Toose]

I abhor McDonalds, and fast food in general. Everything from the chemically engineered flavor chemicals to the poor economic responsibility comes into play.

I would indeed rather eat dirt...

What about the reports that in the suffering economy the fast food dollar menus are keeping people fed? Any port in a storm?

[Iroquois]

In spite of reading this thread and clicking the links, I've still eaten this crap at least twice this week...

[king_of_movies_316]

I love eating crap. I try to eat healthy, but in the end i realise healthy food tastes like crap, is more expensive and is harder to make.

[Iroquois]

I try and maintain a balanced diet - I tend to balance home-cooked meals and occasional healthy fast food e.g. sushi with stuff like McDonald's and sausage rolls.

[meatwadsprite]

First one to invent McDonalds food that is good for you is the world's richest man.

[Tacitus]

I try and maintain a balanced diet.

Two burgers in each hand? Arf! :D

[John McClane]

As much as I hate fast food...I can't beat the convenience of it. I suppose it's my own damned fault, but oh well. In regards to racism, I don't swear off a company because of intolerance. Not because I agree with it, but because I'd have to be investigating/keeping up with them all the time and, to be honest, I really wouldn't have many places to shop.

Nah, I'd rather just hold 'em responsible and keep buying their s***.

[adidasss]

Ok so, I'm a retard and live in a backward/racist country, but can someone (finally) explain to me how this webpage/program is supposed to be racist? Is it because they're dedicating special attention to a particular ethnic group? Is that now considered racist in America? Does that make "affirmative action" racist? Is all pandering to special interest groups considered discrimination? Halp me unnastand? http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc220/diezelpower/bigsadeyes.gif

[Sexy Celebrity]

In a perfect world, there would be no need to have a "365 Black" at McDonald's.

What's kinda silly about the whole thing isn't really a racist issue, it's imagining people at McDonalds Corp. going, "Hey, let's take advantage of the fact that black people only get to celebrate black history in February. Let's make them celebrate black history every day of the year... and get Big Macs in their stomachs."

Another not yet talked about issue that may make you think it's being racist is the fact that McDonalds sells very cheap food ~ food that's gotten a lot of flack in the past few years for being bad for your health. McDonalds may have good intentions with the 365 Black campaign, and it may attract a lot of praise and attention in the black community, but I'm sure that to many people, including black people, it will only further add to a stereotype that all black people are poor and don't make healthy choices when it comes to food. Black people already have the stereotype of only eating fried chicken and things like "soul food".

It can just seem like a bad mix with all of the negative connotations of McDonalds. It would probably be better to just leave things alone, but I kind of think that maybe a big reason why this whole 365 Black thing is happening now doesn't have much to do with wanting to help the black community as much as the popularity of black people and black issues that has become more widespread across America, thanks strongly to the election of President Barack Obama, our first black president.

[will.15]

:shrug:BK burgers taste better, Carl Jr.'s have more meat, Wendy's has better decor, and Jack in the Box has the better clown.

[Caitlyn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on6BSfHlK_w

[Sir Toose]

Ok so, I'm a retard and live in a backward/racist country, but can someone (finally) explain to me how this webpage/program is supposed to be racist?]
No one said it is... definitively. But it has exclusionary verbage.


Is it because they're dedicating special attention to a particular ethnic group?
Establishing programs that are preferential to certain ethnic groups would be considered racist... would it not?


Is that now considered racist in America? Does that make "affirmative action" racist?
yes

Is all pandering to special interest groups considered discrimination?
Possibly.

You'd really have to live here and experience all the bulls**t first hand. Basically, if you're white, middle class, educated and employed then you're a white devil who's had inside connections to get you there and it's all a conspiracy to keep the brown man down. You notice how I've adopted the devil as a symbol? There's a lot behind that.

[Pyro Tramp]

All i'm taking away from this thread at the moment is how much exciting your menus sound! We have Le Big Mac, Quarter Pounder, Fish and Chicken but then who wants chicken there when you got KFC or a baguette when you've got Subway. I do love the damn cheapness and ease of it, prefer Nando's chicken but can't go wrong with a Zinger Tower Box Meal from KFC :D

[KasperKristensen]

First one to invent McDonalds food that is good for you is the world's richest man.

Wait a second! Are you meaning to tell me McDonalds food isn't healthy?!

[Used Future]

Screw McDonalds...I'd rather have a Rusholme kebab any day

http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/yoshi1360/imgs/5/f/5f7149d6.JPG

[nebbit]

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/Caitgee/627213485_s.jpg
http://bestsmileys.com/signs1/17.gif

[jrs]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on6BSfHlK_w

So if McDonalds fries don't break down in your system, what happens to them? I'm afraid to find out. :laugh:

[Sexy Celebrity]

Caitlyn, that was the most disgusting video I ever saw, and since McDonalds food happens to keep me alive, I am now either gonna starve to death or become an anorexic supermodel.

But, ya know, I read that guy's book, Don't Eat This Book!, and there was a passage about how when they did an autopsy on a fat who ate McDonalds a lot, the gasses that came out of his body smelled like the inside of a McDonald's.

Even though I have all of this knowledge about McD's, I still consume a lot of their food.

Now, I have no idea if I have a bunch of french fries still swimming around in my stomach... I thought this stuff was supposed to turn into poop?!

[honeykid]

For those who haven't seen it, you really should watch Supersize Me. It's really entertaining.

[jrs]

For those who haven't seen it, you really should watch Supersize Me. It's really entertaining.

I plan on to this weekend

[meatwadsprite]

Supersize Me is obviously an advertisement from the ground up , funded by McDonalds themselves. I walked out the theatre and went "man I'm hungry for a big mac".

[zedlen]

PETA is lame. How do you think the chickens are raised and slaughtered that end up in the grocery store?

Does that make it alright ?