Those insensitive and racist Happy Meals.

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: AreaCode707
I think the difference here is that the MOST memorable thing Custer did (in the general American memory) involved war against their race. If it was just a side story in an otherwise remarkable life then I'd be more inclined to sympathize with McD's. Since it's primarily what he's known for though, well, I can see how they view it as a modern-day slight intending to recall a painful point in history for them.

The interesting truth is that Custer opposed Grant's policies for dealing with the Native Americans and Custer's testimony about the abuses suffered by Native Americans on reservations very nearly caused the Grant administration to remove Custer from command.

He was also an incredibly distinguished officer in the Civil war and he made a significant contribution to the Union's success in the battle of Gettysburg.

Custer was a military commander acting on orders. While we are all ultimately responsible for our own actions, Custer's reputation as an indiscriminate "indian killer" is undeserved and the bulk of the blame more truly lies on the Grant administration.

ZV

 

[Chunkee]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
I personally don't see the problem here. No one forced the parents to buy the happy meal. My kids go to McDonalds, and the Happy Meal toy is always advertised on posters.

Are the Lakota/ Indians so out of touch that they think McD's did this to spit them? If anything it would teach their children, which by their own admission don't know, about their own history.

I'm sick and tired of hearing about people whine that we need to be sensative to everyone and that they were displaced, blah blah blah. Almost every offshoot of humans has been displaced or has displaced someone else. That's how the world works. Get over it.
The Indians aren't immune to this either as they were continually at war with each other and also killed white women and children.

This is what chaps my hide the most :
He added, ?Most advertising agencies are in the East and the people who put the ads and fliers together have absolutely no idea about the demographics out here in Indian country. We Lakota never see an Indian in the fliers of Kohl?s, J.C. Penney?s or Wal-Mart. They never stop to consider that our Lakota children never see people like themselves in the fliers and ads they send out here, and yet you can go to Chicago or San Francisco and see ads with African-Americans and Asian-Americans.?

Maybe your people should stop living on the reservation and go do something with your lives other than drink firewater and eat McDonalds.

 

[SonnyDaze]

Originally posted by: AreaCode707
I'm not the PC police by any means but I think I side with the offended parties on this one. This was unnecessary and could have been avoided by McD's marketing department reading a few Wiki articles and projecting possible public response. It's what they get paid for.

Marketing departments get paid to surf Wiki?

 

[AreaCode707]

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze

Originally posted by: AreaCode707
I'm not the PC police by any means but I think I side with the offended parties on this one. This was unnecessary and could have been avoided by McD's marketing department reading a few Wiki articles and projecting possible public response. It's what they get paid for.

Marketing departments get paid to surf Wiki?

To research and consider the potential impact of their campaigns on various groups within the general public, yes. I used wiki as an example of just how accessible this little nugget of information would have been.