Comments on: Instant Blackness with a ticket and a name badge at the General Mills Foundation’s – MLK Breakfast 2010

By: Donald Allen

Donald Allen — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:53:08 +0000

Read the new story.

By: Someone who thinks you should quit crying

Someone who thinks you should quit crying — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:27:16 +0000

i am a mixed raced INDIVIDUAL 365 days of the year and I still think you are complaining for the sake of it. Would you rather companies do nothing? I think you need some cheese with your WINE.

And for the record, GMI has one of the strongest networks celebrating being an African American in and out of the workplace – Black Champions. It supports being ‘black’ [as you call it] 365 days of the year. What does your work place do to support you?!?

By: Amy McCann

Amy McCann — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:02:18 +0000

I have said for years that cultural diversity is not for the people of color but for the liberal set to ease the guilt, for doing nothing in the name of social justice, when an Obama tshirt is not enough. Honestly, Dr. King I am sure rolls in his grave when he is appropriated in this manner.

He was very critical of the poor being used as a pawn… Read More and as a job opportunity. That is not what he was about. We need to get real about social justice, not a way to pat your back and feel good about doing NOTHING!

It is sick really what has been done to his legacy. The very people that have the ability to change things do nothing and label the most vunerable “at risk” so they get a another gig to keep their job, this has been the status quo for the last 40 years.

By: Don Allen

Don Allen — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:26:00 +0000

Dear Ms. – I am Black 365 days a year. One month of “educational celebration” does nothing to address the catastrophic failures of the machine that have not even given us a spoonful of integration. “Instant Blackness” should be a new GM product.

By: Someone who thinks you should quit crying.

Someone who thinks you should quit crying. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:09:05 +0000

I suppose you think Vetern’s day is now a joke since it used to be recognized as armistice day, and there used to a be a 2 minute moment of silence to at 11:00am to respect the 20+ million that died in WW1. But now, Veteran’s Day no longer observes a moment of recognized silence. Instead we recognize those who have died in all wars and celebrate those who are fighting in current wars. I suppose that is only to make ‘puffery and folly’ of the day designated for the 20+ million great men that died.

I am sure since you are soooo into civil rights history, this shouldn’t be new news…but the Passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act codified racism into federal law, denying citizenship for Chinese immigrants and suspending their entry into the United States. It was not repealed until 1943. Now, please let me know of any companies that celebrate or host a breakfast with any type of recogniition towards this effort. And if yes, let me know if people are writing and complaining about it.

It is like you are complaining that they are doing something. If you knew more things about General Mills you would realize they dedicate an entire month long edcuational festivities not only in their HQ, but across their other 4 business centers.

And if you yourself is really concerned about the legacy of MLK, you would look past the state of Minneasota. MLK’s effects were everlasting on not only that state and one race – but all states and all races.