Who’s idea was this? From the AJC: MARTA officials were warned by an employee before the name change last October that Atlanta’s burgeoning Asian community would find the term for the line to Doraville offensive. While I’m sure there was no malice intended with this name change (Actually, I’m not really sure of that) this [...]
Entries from February 9th, 2010
MARTA Names Train Line Going Into Predominantly Asian Area Yellow Line. What?
February 9th, 2010 · No Comments · News, Racism
The Tea Party Convention Part II: Birthers, Homophobia, And Black Sharpies
February 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments · 2012 Presidential Election, Elections, News, Politics, Racism, Republicans, america
The National Tea Party Convention concluded this past weekend, and If you’ve already read part one, then you know that the tone of the convention was set very early on. Racial paranoia wafted heavily in the air over the weekend, dampening the intended message of anti-tax, and anti-government intervention the movement was trying to focus [...]
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