Comments on: Subway: The $5 Racists? http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/10/09/subway-the-5-racists/ The premier destination for African-American’s in Technology and New Media Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:57:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: free slots http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/10/09/subway-the-5-racists/comment-page-2/#comment-29751 free slots Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:16:03 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=773#comment-29751 It's just a stereotype. You hear people of all colors use that gangsta slang, and it sounds ridiculous no matter who says it. It's just a stereotype. You hear people of all colors use that gangsta slang, and it sounds ridiculous no matter who says it.

]]> By: Jabba http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/10/09/subway-the-5-racists/comment-page-2/#comment-23639 Jabba Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:39:43 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=773#comment-23639 Racist? Don't be ridiculous, and please remember that there are many other people in this world who speak like that, regardless of race. It's a stereotypical thing, and part of our modern world. As many people have already pointed out, if it had been a characitured chinaman offering you a Sub with an amusing accent, do you think China would be up in arms about it all? No. Get over yourself. This is inclusion. We all get little jokes thrown at us by popular media, and you have to be prepared to accept it in good spirits. Subway are clearly not embarking on a campaign of racial hate.. it's a JOKE. This is exactly the reason that racism and discrimination still happen across the world. Non-black people are afraid to come into contact with a black person (or even mention the colour black around them) for fear of being branded a racist. I'm going to have to stop reading this blog before I give myself a hernia. Racist? Don’t be ridiculous, and please remember that there are many other people in this world who speak like that, regardless of race. It’s a stereotypical thing, and part of our modern world.

As many people have already pointed out, if it had been a characitured chinaman offering you a Sub with an amusing accent, do you think China would be up in arms about it all? No.

Get over yourself. This is inclusion. We all get little jokes thrown at us by popular media, and you have to be prepared to accept it in good spirits. Subway are clearly not embarking on a campaign of racial hate.. it’s a JOKE.

This is exactly the reason that racism and discrimination still happen across the world. Non-black people are afraid to come into contact with a black person (or even mention the colour black around them) for fear of being branded a racist.

I’m going to have to stop reading this blog before I give myself a hernia.

]]> By: Stella http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/10/09/subway-the-5-racists/comment-page-2/#comment-21150 Stella Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:46:01 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=773#comment-21150 Subway must have removed the Abe Lincoln e-mail ad. I could not find it after following your link and going through their site. If they have removed it, it would indicate that they knew it could touch a nerve but just wanted to see how far they could push the envelope. Subway must have removed the Abe Lincoln e-mail ad. I could not find it after following your link and going through their site.

If they have removed it, it would indicate that they knew it could touch a nerve but just wanted to see how far they could push the envelope.

]]> By: Raulito http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/10/09/subway-the-5-racists/comment-page-2/#comment-20795 Raulito Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:02:59 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=773#comment-20795 You folks need to stop being so sensitive. It was funny because it is making fun of how ridiculous and artificial the hip hop culture is and how commercialized it has become. You really have to try and speak like that, like a total moron that learned English on the corner next to a 7-eleven. You folks need to stop being so sensitive. It was funny because it is making fun of how ridiculous and artificial the hip hop culture is and how commercialized it has become. You really have to try and speak like that, like a total moron that learned English on the corner next to a 7-eleven.

]]> By: D. http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/10/09/subway-the-5-racists/comment-page-2/#comment-20311 D. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:58:57 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=773#comment-20311 The one with the asian laundrymat worker was racist as well. The one with the asian laundrymat worker was racist as well.

]]> By: Crazy Old Cracker http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/10/09/subway-the-5-racists/comment-page-2/#comment-20261 Crazy Old Cracker Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:45:34 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=773#comment-20261 I had never seen this ad before. It has nothing to do with race, and is all about hip-hop subculture. There are tons of white kids who dress and talk like this; there have been for years, even in places where there are hardly any black kids, like Idaho. Thanks to the internet and cable, hip-hop culture is ubiquitous. Don't believe me? Visit Spokane, Boise, or Salt Lake, and see for yourself! Hip-hop isn't "black" anymore, it's mainstream and is replacing country/redneck as the subculture of choice for a new generation of white trash. Check out www.grimyglendale.com all about the 623, or www.flatbillers.com all about the 909. Those are the folks Subway is targeting with these ads. Yee-haw! Holla Back! I had never seen this ad before. It has nothing to do with race, and is all about hip-hop subculture. There are tons of white kids who dress and talk like this; there have been for years, even in places where there are hardly any black kids, like Idaho. Thanks to the internet and cable, hip-hop culture is ubiquitous. Don’t believe me? Visit Spokane, Boise, or Salt Lake, and see for yourself! Hip-hop isn’t “black” anymore, it’s mainstream and is replacing country/redneck as the subculture of choice for a new generation of white trash. Check out http://www.grimyglendale.com all about the 623, or http://www.flatbillers.com all about the 909. Those are the folks Subway is targeting with these ads. Yee-haw! Holla Back!

]]> By: christy http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/10/09/subway-the-5-racists/comment-page-1/#comment-20206 christy Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:32:02 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=773#comment-20206 Thank you Lynne D. Johnson! You hit the nail on the head...."we" can talk like that to one another but as soon as someone wants to market the "lingo" and sell subs then its racist? I don't think so. Thank you Lynne D. Johnson!
You hit the nail on the head….”we” can talk like that to one another but as soon as someone wants to market the “lingo” and sell subs then its racist? I don’t think so.

]]> By: Tony Barnes http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/10/09/subway-the-5-racists/comment-page-1/#comment-20168 Tony Barnes Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:49:38 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=773#comment-20168 I agree with Lynne Johnson's apt comment that the widespread teenage (black and white alike) addiction to rap and associated behavior (falling down pants etc) has created a stereotype in the minds of many white people that causes them to avoid contact with African-Americans, and thus lose opportunities to reach across the racial divide. As to solutions, I have no idea. I am confident, however, that our new President will be the standing tall icon that so many of us who voted for him expect him to be, and our chidren may even take notice. I agree with Lynne Johnson’s apt comment that the widespread teenage (black and white alike) addiction to rap and associated behavior (falling down pants etc) has created a stereotype in the minds of many white people that causes them to avoid contact with African-Americans, and thus lose opportunities to reach across the racial divide. As to solutions, I have no idea. I am confident, however, that our new President will be the standing tall icon that so many of us who voted for him expect him to be, and our chidren may even take notice.

]]> By: Gregg http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/10/09/subway-the-5-racists/comment-page-1/#comment-20151 Gregg Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:05:00 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=773#comment-20151 It's not racist. It's just what they think is hip hop. Take a chill pill! It’s not racist. It’s just what they think is hip hop. Take a chill pill!

]]> By: Miles Ellison http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/10/09/subway-the-5-racists/comment-page-1/#comment-20144 Miles Ellison Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:42:19 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=773#comment-20144 There are a lot of black people watching the minstelsy on VH-1 and BET, and there are black people producing it as well. Before black people get up in arms about this kind of thing, they need to reassess what they consider entertainment. If you support offensive cooning in the multiplex and on TV, you have no right to complain. There are a lot of black people watching the minstelsy on VH-1 and BET, and there are black people producing it as well. Before black people get up in arms about this kind of thing, they need to reassess what they consider entertainment. If you support offensive cooning in the multiplex and on TV, you have no right to complain.

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