# McDonalds hates black people. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 16, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424 "2008-12-16T18:02:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424/1 "2008-12-16T18:02:07Z")
I never gave it much thought, but this latest commercial got my attention. [“Girl, you got a 10-piece/please don’t be stingy”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rb7qt7xkj0) Somewhere around 2002 or so, McDonalds shifted its entire ad campaign to aggressively go after blacks with the “I’m lovin’ it” slogan. For the company with the clown and happy meals, I literally cannot remember the last time I saw a basic kid-oriented commercial from McDonalds - instead, it’s an endless stream of embarrassing, downright offensive and stereotypical minstrel shows. The outright cooning and clowning is the type of stuff that went out with Al Jolson - wide-eyed, red-lipped stereotypes rapping about “make it a double, muthafucka!” Does McDonalds just feel that they’re the best choice for AA’s in these trying economic times, or is this flat-out culture war? I’m not sure if anyone remembers McDonalds’ highly offensive [www.iamasian.com](http://www.iamasian.com), but these commercials are even a cut above that. ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424/2 "2008-12-16T18:06:23Z")
> [@Freejooky](#): > > I’m not sure if anyone remembers McDonalds’ highly offensive [www.iamasian.com](http://www.iamasian.com), but these commercials are even a cut above that. Eh? I’m just not seeing it. This ad isn’t the best, but I don’t think it’s offensive, either. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424/3 "2008-12-16T18:09:39Z")
They’re aiming for the audience most likely to buy their stuff. Don’t think they don’t know for a minute _ **exactly** _ who lives near and frequents their restaurants. The data compiled by major corporations makes the U.S. census quite obsolete. ---
**Author:** ![Cagey\_Drifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424/4 "2008-12-16T18:20:43Z")
> [@Freejooky](#): > > McDonald’s hates black people I think you’re thinking of George Bush. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424/5 "2008-12-16T18:23:13Z")
Their ads are irritating, but I don’t think they’re insulting to anything but our intelligence. ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424/6 "2008-12-16T18:24:01Z")
> [@Freejooky](#): > > I literally cannot remember the last time I saw a basic kid-oriented commercial from McDonalds I saw a few yesterday, though I can’t find any links to them online. You should watch more Backyardigans 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424/7 "2008-12-16T18:28:50Z")
I reported the OP’s title as misleading. Not that I care, but I’m looking for mod consistency as to their response with regard to the \*\* Euthanasiast\*\* issue. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424/8 "2008-12-16T18:32:26Z")
It’s a shit ad but so are most of their ads. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424/9 "2008-12-16T18:36:33Z")
I don’t get it…the OP is supposed to be a joke, right? I mean, yes, the commercial sucks, and the woman needs to get the fuck over herself and give up a couple of McNuggets (or even better, call the guy when you’re at the drive-thru and see if he wants anything, you selfish twat), but no one could seriously find it racist, right? I know how much people love to be offended, but I’m being whooshed here, correct? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424/10 "2008-12-16T18:37:52Z")
McDonald’s is cheap. Which makes it popular in the hood. There just happen to be a lot of black people in the hood. You linked to a video featuring two black actors and an R&B style song. Big fucking deal. This offends you why? ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424/11 "2008-12-16T18:37:53Z")
Kid ads are on during kid times. I see plenty of Madagascar themed ads when watching cartoons with my 6 year old. The ads you are talking about target adults, and are tied in with the rest of current culture. If they fail, McDonalds will fire the ad team and get another. ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424/12 "2008-12-16T18:37:55Z")
> [@fessie](#): > > They’re aiming for the audience most likely to buy their stuff. > > Don’t think they don’t know for a minute _ **exactly** _ who lives near and frequents their restaurants. The data compiled by major corporations makes the U.S. census quite obsolete. Meh. There’s poor white people (and Hispanic people, etc. etc.) who eat McDonald’s as well. Where do you live? Maybe your market area has a lot of black people, and the ads you see are targeted towards that particular area. Here I see commercials targeted towards kids and teens. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424/13 "2008-12-16T18:40:13Z")
Just saw an ad here for [blacksingles.com](http://blacksingles.com). How racist is that ? should I be pitting the Straightdope ? ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424/14 "2008-12-16T18:45:18Z")
> [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](#): > > Meh. There’s poor white people (and Hispanic people, etc. etc.) who eat McDonald’s as well. Where do you live? Maybe your market area has a lot of black people, and the ads you see are targeted towards that particular area. Here I see commercials targeted towards kids and teens. What bothered me, personally, when I temped for a Major Corporation Selling Crappy Food is that _ **none of the people who worked there deigned to eat it themselves** _. They were much too smart to consume their own stuff. Because it’s not healthy. But they were happy to market it to other people, using advertising that creates an alternate reality (“Ooh, come eat our stuff and be groovy”). They thought their customers were saps. Just like I always thought the SOB’s at the tobacco companies should all smoke. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424/15 "2008-12-16T18:46:47Z")
I always took this commercial as a parody of the usual over-sappy R&B videos. Because the singer is in love. With chicken McNuggets. ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424/16 "2008-12-16T19:00:22Z")
Seems that McDonald’s [denies these charges of racism](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_79fnYlU7F0) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424/17 "2008-12-16T19:04:27Z")
If it makes you feel better, there’s another one that features a very white-WASPY couple getting married with a cake made out of nuggets. They don’t show it, but I’m sure they live in the suburbs and own a yellow lab, as well. ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424/18 "2008-12-16T19:07:30Z")
> [@fessie](#): > > Just like I always thought the SOB’s at the tobacco companies should all smoke. 😕😕 And all the clerks at the sex shop should use the 12 inch double headed dildoes? ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424/19 "2008-12-16T19:12:50Z")
> [@Freejooky](#): > > McDonalds hates black people. > [@Cagey\_Drifter](#): > > I think you’re thinking of George Bush. Why does McDonalds hate George Bush? Did he choke on a McNugget or something? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424/20 "2008-12-16T19:15:17Z")
> [@fessie](#): > > What bothered me, personally, when I temped for a Major Corporation Selling Crappy Food is that _ **none of the people who worked there deigned to eat it themselves** _. > > They were much too smart to consume their own stuff. Because it’s not healthy. > > But they were happy to market it to other people, using advertising that creates an alternate reality (“Ooh, come eat our stuff and be groovy”). They thought their customers were saps. > Just like I always thought the SOB’s at the tobacco companies should all smoke. When you’re smart, you don’t get high on your own supply. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-hates-black-people/477424.md?page=2)