Then maybe they should have done just that. Some things are just not cool to do, especially with the climate that we have going on in the world right now.
I think that we're all as a nation still a little bit too sensitive about race issues. One way to look at this flap is that the ones who put the ad together truly are blind to race, gender issues themselves so didn't notice the incongruity. Let's move on to more important things, shall we?
I was wondering the same, since they must have been there.
:agree:Being an African American, having lived in the south with some of the racist **** that I have seenand heard in my lifetime, it was truly in poor taste. It is kind of like the way people have an issue with the nazi symbol. Unless you have lived it, you will probably not understand.
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No, Blacklightning is totally for the truck. On another forum I am known as Ebony&Ivory, as I have a black lightning, and had a white terminator.
Thanks for your understanding. I grew up as a child and remember my dad talking about having to go to a side window at the local drug store to order a hotdog, because you could not go up and order and eat at the counter. He made a conscious decision not to eat out until he could order and pay for his food like anyone else. I was lucky, being the baby of my family, I did not experience segregation as much as my older siblings, but the overtones were still there. We were raised by parents that taught us to respect everyone, and demand respect from everyone. We were a minority also because my parents worked hard and actually owned property, which also seemed to upset some people. We have fought and served in every war and little tiff (some family was in special forces)that this nation has been in since WWII. But somehow it still seems like it is not good enough. I even hunted with guns an ammunition into the 80's, that my dad purchased in the 60's because it was rumored that there would be no guns or bullets sold to African Americans(yes, he stocked up). I didn't always understand my dad's ways, but now I see why he stood up for the things he stood for. If you let things go too long, they will become accepted as OK. I will never believe that any man or woman is above or below another, no matter their race, religion, or gender.
