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Fired US McDonald's workers allege racial discrimination
Yahoo News ^ | 23 Jan 15 | AFP Reporter

Posted on 01/23/2015 2:54:22 PM PST by SkyPilot

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To: SkyPilot
"Another comment: on television, you will quickly notice that there must be a black person in every single commercial."

It's not just black people, many commercials try to include all major racial groups and both sexes by splitting up their messages into small fragments, each of which is spoke by a different person, e.g.,

We at IBM (white female)
are committed (Asian male)
to a future (black female)
in which new ideas (white male)
are welcomed (Hispanic female)
like the rising sun. (Asian female)
We are IBMers. (group shot)
61 posted on 01/23/2015 4:24:41 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: SkyPilot
operated by a company called Soweva, wanted to "reduce the number of African-American employees...

IANAL, but from what I've seen of scores of hours of time in depositions and courtroom situations is that presumed testimony from third-parties claiming to represent what other people were thinking or "wanting" get objected to immediately and are those objections are as a matter of course sustained by the judge. Such testimony is not allowed.

I trust poor performance review information for those let go will come out in court.

HF

62 posted on 01/23/2015 4:25:10 PM PST by holden
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To: SkyPilot
Supervisors repeatedly complained "there are too many black people in the store," the lawsuit alleges.

My BS Meter just went to Amber Caution.

'need to get the ghetto out of the store,'" the complaint adds.

Now it is in Red Warning..

63 posted on 01/23/2015 4:44:12 PM PST by cardinal4 (Certified Islamophobe..)
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To: lurk

Wow, it almost sounds that they came from a differing...subculture? No, that couldn’t be it, could it?


64 posted on 01/23/2015 4:51:21 PM PST by MSF BU (Support the troops: Join Them.)
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65 posted on 01/23/2015 5:07:05 PM PST by FrankR (They will become our ultimate masters the day we surrender the 2nd Amendment.)
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To: Steve_Seattle
We at IBM (white female) are committed (Asian male) to a future (black female) in which new ideas (white male) are welcomed (Hispanic female) like the rising sun. (Asian female) We are IBMers. (group shot)

True.

And every white make is depicted as a stupid bumbler.

They even have a name for them. "Stupid Man Commercials."

66 posted on 01/23/2015 5:07:39 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: holden
IANAL, but from what I've seen of scores of hours of time in depositions and courtroom situations is that presumed testimony from third-parties claiming to represent what other people were thinking or "wanting" get objected to immediately and are those objections are as a matter of course sustained by the judge. Such testimony is not allowed.

Thanks for sharing that.

It also reminds me of the transcripts from when the FBI agents questioned the Ferguson "witnesses." Their stories fell apart within minutes, sometimes seconds.

The best response went like this:

FBI Agent: So, you are admitting you lied in your previous testimony?

Witness: Umm, yea. I had to change my story so it backed up them facts that a white cop murdered an unarmed teenager.

67 posted on 01/23/2015 5:11:25 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: joe fonebone
i challenge ANY colored person, male or female, to tell me this was EVER said to them...

I doubt any of them could. Whites have suffered much greater government sanctioned and court applied "legal" discrimination in the last 35-40 years than any black person now still in the job market. It's true, and everyone knows it.

68 posted on 01/23/2015 5:14:34 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SkyPilot

The racial advertising campaign occurred right before Obama came along.


69 posted on 01/23/2015 5:54:31 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: KoRn

“I try to make a habit of not eating somewhere that has employees that live in a trailer park or housing project....”

You’re a damned snob-—and I’ve never lived in either of those.

At least those employees are working——some people never do.

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70 posted on 01/23/2015 5:59:37 PM PST by Mears (awesome.)
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To: digger48

OMG, you have me cracking up. That is the best comment ever.


71 posted on 01/23/2015 6:15:49 PM PST by Engedi
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To: SkyPilot

I suspect the ones that were let go were for “attitude” and work ethic issues. I do on occasion visit the big M and the one in particular has whites, blacks, and Hispanics working at the restaurant. It’s in an affluent area. However, there are some with great attitudes, big smiles, courteous and then there are the ones who don’t say anything to you as they take your money, shove the food thru the drive thru window. I don’t care what color or background you come from, be courteous, be professional.


72 posted on 01/23/2015 6:20:37 PM PST by Engedi
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To: wally_bert

I will not go to one if it’s owned by a ME type. That eliminates a lot of locations.

In Texas we can eat at Whataburger locations that are still owned by the family.


73 posted on 01/23/2015 6:22:37 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (Obama voters are my enemy. And so are republican voters.)
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To: Mears

Well, I do love going to the Waffle house now and again at 3AM, so that rule I have isn’t absolute.

Just doing a comparison, the last time I went to the local Pizza Hut a few years ago, the waitress looked like she had just crawled out of a ditch, shot up some drugs, and went to work. Was a HORRIBLE dining experience. Her service sucked, as did the food. I assume the ‘cooks’ were about the same as her. There’s a big difference between a ‘cook’ and a chef. A Chef actually knows what they’re doing. Cooks just follow directions - often times done with pictures on a wall.

I go to a Ruth’s Chris, and the wait staff is absolutely great, as is the food. The waitresses are well spoken, have a full set of teeth, and at least ACT like they give a damn about whether you’re visit is a good one....

Does that make me a “snob”? ....Really? lol


74 posted on 01/23/2015 6:24:02 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: WMarshal

McDonalds is hurting because the millenials hate it.


75 posted on 01/23/2015 6:24:34 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (Obama voters are my enemy. And so are republican voters.)
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To: SkyPilot

Chick Fil A is good but I must be sensitive to something in a lot of fast food. Even the most modest portions sometimes makes me either sleepy, gives me headaches or a combination.

Sonic is another.

Smashburger, Jimmy Johns and a few others do ok.


76 posted on 01/23/2015 6:26:19 PM PST by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: KoRn

When I am paying 45 for a steak ala carte, the wait staff had better be good.


77 posted on 01/23/2015 6:27:05 PM PST by eyedigress
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To: Hugin

I live on the outskirts of Houston. A few miles from me are some new retail establishments. Sitting in a row is a McDonald’s, a Whataburger, a Chic-fil-A and a Taco Bell. I went into the McDonald’s the other day just to get a coke. I was the only white person in there including the workers. The other three have about what the percentage of blacks in the area is.


78 posted on 01/23/2015 6:27:21 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (Obama voters are my enemy. And so are republican voters.)
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To: SkyPilot

I stopped going to Panera’s when my step daughter and her husband were hired to bake at night. They’re both pigs and not allowed in my home. I sure as hell wasn’t going to eat anything they cooked. And I figure if they’d hire those two, they’ll hire anybody.


79 posted on 01/23/2015 6:32:53 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (Obama voters are my enemy. And so are republican voters.)
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To: nascarnation

My wife’s sister does nothing but sit on her butt all day and watch TV and play on the internet. My wife asked her what percentage of gays there are and she said 25%.


80 posted on 01/23/2015 6:35:45 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (Obama voters are my enemy. And so are republican voters.)
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