Posted on 04/10/2015 8:54:11 PM PDT by massmike
The Franklin County Speedway in Callaway is known for mud bogging and even more so for its summer-time racing. Though the stands are empty now, this Sunday the owner hopes for a big crowd.
Whitey Taylor, the track owner, is trying a new marketing strategy: African-Americans will get in free of charge.
“Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m., all African-Americans; black people, we're going to invite them to come down,” said Taylor.
He's doing this in hopes of attracting more African-Americans to the race track.
“We have families that come here; they love the place. But I want to open this up. Mostly, it's mostly white people that come and they enjoy but I want to bring in a whole segment of people,” said Taylor.
WDBJ7 asked Taylor what would happen if people of other races question why they aren't getting in for free.
“We'll offer at different times of the year, we'll offer all the people free admission,” said Taylor.
Michael Via owns a car lot in Franklin County and says he goes to races at the speedway with his son and doesn't think that letting African-Americans in for free is a bad idea to introduce them to the sport. He'll be racing this weekend.
“I think it would be a great idea if they come out and get their experience of racing. I'll be up there this week, driving my car. And I would like for my people to come out and support me,” said Via.
The President of the Bedford chapter of the NAACP, Robert Carson, says he thinks Taylor has good intentions, just not a good execution plan.
“He's going to create more problems for himself. I think he's going by it the wrong way. I think that if he wanted (people) to patronize his track he should have went through the community leaders or talk to some of the African-Americans that do go to his track," said Carson.
Carson says this will be problematic for people who've supported the track in the past.
“You're going to have people in opposition to whatever you have. I say we can do this and do it successfully,” said Carson.
Taylor says he will hold a news conference Thursday afternoon to promote his free admission plan.
crips and bluds next battlefield
Blacks gettin more free stuff cuz ther’re black.
Boy, is he going to learn what blowback means.
This will not end well.
And if his plan was whites only? We have allowed too many double standards that always work one way.
“Affirmative Admission”
Brilliant strategy. Lets further divide people by race.
Idiot.
Whitey should avoid introducing himself.
You mean when the thugs start showing up and making trouble and the paying white folk stop showing up?
Isn’t that illegal?
Yeah. Kinda like malls.
Hope you’ll post updates to this story of mind-blowing stupidity.
I just love these satire articles.
Whitey?? Seriously?? This HAS to be satire. Oh wait - it’s Obamaland. Yeah - if it’s insane, it must be true.
White fans should claim to be black...to get in free. If the person at the gate denies them free entrance, the fans should cry “racism” and sue the pants off the racetrack owner.
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