Hallmark Accused of Racism

[cosermann]

It's the media who should be ashamed for even airing this story. If they would start calling this stuff for what it is and refuse to give it air time, it would go away.

True enough!

And something tells me Morgan doesn't sit around listening to audio cards looking for something by which to be offended.

YouTube - Morgan Freeman on Racism

Thanksfully, some folks still make sense.

 

[indykid]

Oh no, does this mean the Hubble Space Telescope is racist for being used to search for "Black Holes" in space?!?!?!?!?!?!??

 

[TopDog]

Just when you thought it couldn't get any more ridiculous.

It does!

 

[Donnelly]

Hallmark says it's all just a misunderstanding. Hallmark should be saying, "Are you ****ing kidding me?"

 

[rich8483]

if i was hallmark or any of the stores, i would not be pulling that card.
that is just giving in and it is obviously not talking about black people.

edit: did anyone else notice how large that card is?

 

[rich8483]

one of the comments on the website.

the NAACP is also boycotting aspirin as it appears that their members are too proud to pick the cotton from the top of the bottle.

 

[snorko]

They should have gone with the version that talked about white dwarfs...

 

[Donnelly]

one of the comments on the website.

the NAACP is also boycotting aspirin as it appears that their members are too proud to pick the cotton from the top of the bottle.

Sorry if I am insensitive, but after the original story ,the cotton one would be believable and just as stupid.

 

[Panama]

Didn't somebody from West Virginia sue them years ago for discrimination?

Seems they stopped printing "HAPPY BERFDAY UNCLE/DADDY" cards!

 

[BSUrugger]

I'm calling for a ban on Nabisco and all their products with Cracker in the name. Who's with me!!??

 

[printcraft]

I'm calling for a ban on Nabisco and all their products with Cracker in the name. Who's with me!!??

You can't say cracker, that's our word.

 

[DHolder]

How about they quit using odd words for things? I mean a hoe is a tool to work in the garden with, not a woman. If your going to use slang for everything, then dont get your undies all bunched up if its used another, maybe even proper way. I agree with BSU, should the caucasians, have a tizzy because they use the word cracker? Who comes up with these words? Must be the guys in prison with too much time on their hands.

 

[UncleMike]

Anybody remember the Disney Studios movie from 1979 called,
"The Black Hole"??
I don't recall any uproar about that title at the time.
It seems that "some" people are making up "insults" as they go along.
If the movie had been subtitled "A Biography about Tina Turner", maybe they would have raised a stink, but the term Black Hole has NEVER been used as an insult to black women.
At least not by white people.
Mike

 

[slackerisme]

Wow, it was so obvious the card said "holes" even with the crappy recording. There was what, two people there besides the NAACP mouths. Yeah it's a national issue.

 

[Doug]

One used to be able to use this word: "Niggardly" (noun: "niggard") is an adjective meaning "stingy" or "miserly", perhaps related to the Old Norse verb nigla = "to fuss about small matters". It is cognate with "niggling", meaning "petty" or "unimportant", as in "the niggling details".

But using it to talk about stingy or miserly people will get you fired.
Controversies about the word "niggardly" - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Doug

I'm surprised no one else has done this.
I will point out that this is a niggling complaint.

Doug

 

[Benny]

Since no one quoted you the first time, you decided to quote yourself?

 

[BSUrugger]

How about they quit using odd words for things? I mean a hoe is a tool to work in the garden with, not a woman. If your going to use slang for everything, then dont get your undies all bunched up if its used another, maybe even proper way. I agree with BSU, should the caucasians, have a tizzy because they use the word cracker? Who comes up with these words? Must be the guys in prison with too much time on their hands.

Now lets get this straight. You can't say cracker, it's bad. However, cracka is ok. As long as you are both caucasian.

*edit* My 100th post!

 

[UncleMike]

Now lets get this straight. You can't say cracker, it's bad. However, cracka is ok. As long as you are both caucasian.

*edit* My 100th post!

"Cracker" allegedly refers to the Slave Owners who frequently used a whip to enforce their will on the Slaves.

"Cracka" is one of those square things that you get out of a Saltine box.
Mike

 

[A_Brit_In_Indy]

They obviously confused the word "holes" with Hoes like they pronounce the word "Axe" instead of "ASK"

 

[theweakerbrother]

Epic or tactical face palm here!