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Atlanta's Yellow Line Has Some Asians Seeing Red [The Color of Yellow]
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| February 10, 2010
| Joshua Rhett Miller
Posted on 02/10/2010 2:27:39 PM PST by Steelfish
Atlanta's Yellow Line Has Some Asians Seeing Red February 10, 2010 Joshua Rhett Miller
MARTA officials plan to meet with Asian-Americans on Friday to discuss concerns regarding the color-coded system. There are seven colors in a rainbow and 64 in a box of crayons. So why, some people in Atlanta are asking, did the Transit Authority have to pick yellow?
"Hotlanta" is living up to its name this winter as Asian-Americans and the city's transit officials debate the decision to rename a train route into the heart of the city's Asian community. It used to be called "Doraville," now it's the "yellow line."
Activists say the name shows a lack of sensitivity by the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), which changed the line's name on Oct. 1. MARTA officials plan to meet on Friday with a group of Asian-Americans to discuss their concerns about the color-coded system.
Some advocates say the city should spend an as yet undetermined amount of taxpayer money to change the color to ... wait for it ... gold.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: atlantaasians; yellow
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posted on
02/10/2010 2:27:39 PM PST
by
Steelfish
To: Steelfish
Maybe they should of just called it the Kowloon ferry.
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posted on
02/10/2010 2:29:01 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Steelfish
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posted on
02/10/2010 2:30:27 PM PST
by
LifePath
To: Steelfish
sick and tired of people being insulted over stupid things
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posted on
02/10/2010 2:32:16 PM PST
by
manc
(WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
To: Steelfish
They don’t really mean ‘Asian’ as if Japanese, Chinese, etc. what we’re really talking about here is Vietnamese, etc....
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posted on
02/10/2010 2:32:57 PM PST
by
Gaffer
("Profling: The only profile I need is a chalk outline around their dead ass!")
To: Steelfish
"Ah geez. Not this crap again."
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posted on
02/10/2010 2:33:01 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(:: The government will do for health care what it did for real estate. ::)
To: Steelfish
How many colors are there? How stupid are government bureaucrats that they could not think of anything but yellow? This is a problem that could have easily been anticipated and avoided. I sure feel great knowing these are the kind of people who want to be in charge of my healthcare.
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posted on
02/10/2010 2:33:08 PM PST
by
goldfinch
To: Steelfish
Rename all the lines to ‘Rainbow’ then all their PC bases will be covered. Rainbow Line 1, Rainbow line 2, etc.....
Everyline is Rainbow colores. How psychodelic nirvanish!
Can you believe this lunacy?
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posted on
02/10/2010 2:33:17 PM PST
by
tflabo
(Restore the Republic)
To: Bigot Asians
Round eyes says: "Shut up!"
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To: Steelfish
The funny/sad thing is: Chinese or Asians actually from Asia could not care less about such a name or controversy.
It’s only those few American Asians with lefty bents who have been trained up here in the USA with good-old racial-grievance politics who are making a stink.
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posted on
02/10/2010 2:35:12 PM PST
by
PGR88
To: Steelfish
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posted on
02/10/2010 2:35:38 PM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(The liberals are asking us to give Obama more time. Is 25 to life enough?)
To: PGR88
To: Steelfish
How about Line 1, Line 2, Line 3. . . and we could paint everything gray.
To: Steelfish
Whether you like it or not ,many in Atlanta use an acronym for MARTA as “ Moving Africans Rapidly Through Atlanta “
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posted on
02/10/2010 2:42:14 PM PST
by
Renegade
("Bring it on while I still don't need glasses to shoot your eye out ")
To: tet68
When it opened, MARTA, Metropolita Atlanta Transit Authority, was insensitively referred to by some as Moving African-Americans Rapidly Through Atlanta.
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posted on
02/10/2010 2:42:56 PM PST
by
mono
To: Steelfish
It used to be called “Doraville,” now it’s the “yellow line.”
I guess that explains the Atlanta Rhythm Section song. I’ll have to pay attention to the lyrics next time.
My dog peed in the snow in Atlanta once, the racist. Does it even snow in Atlanta?
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posted on
02/10/2010 2:49:13 PM PST
by
Rastus
To: Steelfish
My Asian-American family finds this laughably pathetic.
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posted on
02/10/2010 2:53:19 PM PST
by
DTogo
(High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
To: Steelfish
"MARTA officials plan to meet with Asian-Americans on Friday to discuss concerns regarding the color-coded system. There are seven colors in a rainbow and 64 in a box of crayons. So why, some people in Atlanta are asking, did the Transit Authority have to pick yellow? "
I just cannot believe what I am reading here...this uproar over a COLOR?
Are these people having Ritalin flashbacks from childhood?
Will the last ADULT to leave Atlanta, please close the gate?
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posted on
02/10/2010 2:59:25 PM PST
by
FrankR
(Those of us who love AMERICA far outnumber those who love obama - your choice.)
To: Steelfish
Dee Cee must have a few million Marxists, and AFAIK, none of them have complained to Metro about the Red Line.
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posted on
02/10/2010 3:08:26 PM PST
by
freespirited
(Congratulations Senator Brown. One down, 59 to go.)
To: Steelfish
There’s a bus line near me called the Orange Line. As someone who’s half Irish, I am deeply offended.
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posted on
02/10/2010 3:22:57 PM PST
by
Nea Wood
(Silly liberal . . . paychecks are for workers!)
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