Proposition 8 or Proposition “H8″? - Open Discussion

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Since election night a few weeks ago, the passing of Proposition 8 in California--legislation that bans gay marriage--has become a hot-button issue among blacks, whites, Hispanics, etc... The reason: many Americans believe that freedom for all means the ability to marriage whoever you love, regardless of the gender. Others disagree.

Where do you stand?

Simply put, Black Voices wants to know if you are for or against gay marriage.

Let us hear your voices. Please take the time to vote in our polls and then let your voice be heard in the comment box below or continue the discussion in our message boards.


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Election Day - Obama Watch Party Open Thread

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Subway Yanks Internet Ad, One Woman Fought Back

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Subway has removed it's controversial $5 dolla holla ad. You'll recall that it featured a photoshopped Abraham Lincoln and was rife with ungrammatical urban slang references. Is the ad gone because customers called Subway out? Maybe.

Well at least one reader, author Erica Kennedy, stood up and confronted Subway on it's misguided marketing campaign. She got lots of pats on the back on Facebook for reaching out to Subway. Here is her story in her own words.

And here's the previous story in case you missed it.

After reading about this Subway site on Black Voices, I thought I would click the link and wind up just shaking my head at the absurdity of it. But looking at it, I actually became queasy. Then I became angry. Then I felt myself becoming depressed because...what can we really do about these things? ...

I was actually so upset by my sense of powerlessness (and probably the whole financial mess which forces us to confront how little control we have in this world) that I had to cue up the last episode of the Eckhart Tolle webcasts on Oprah.com to calm myself. A woman skyped in and said she felt she could weather the challenges in her own life but how should she deal with the "global anger" she had about the greater ills in the world? Of course both Eckhart and Oprah told her that she could only control herself but the energy she gives out, how she deals with her children and others, will affect the world and if everyone made an attempt to be more conscious, imagine what could happen.

That made perfect sense and I started thinking about this in the context of the Subway situation which was still bothering me. It occurred to me that the Subway corporation is not going to care what I think about this ad but the actual person(s) who created it? Maybe so. Because ultimately a corporation is just made up of people and this horrendous ad was conceived in the mind of one person who probably has no clue what effect this kind of thing is having on the world at large. So, intending to go back to the source, I found the name of the ad agency (helpfully listed on subway.com) and after a quick perusal of their very sleek site, I was even more baffled that they would create such tasteless and offensive schlock.

The only direct e-mail listed was for Peter Twombly, the chief marketing officer, so I sent my initial query to him...

Hello Peter,

I am writing to you to find out if you are responsible for Subway's new foot long advertisement which features a blinged-out Abe Lincoln requesting that customers "holla" about the new foot long subs. It says on subway.com that your firm is responsible for the chain's advertising. Before I waste my energy going any further, I'd like to know to whom I should address my concerns regarding this matter.

Erica Kennedy


About an hour later, I received this response from Peter's assistant which I had to read twice before realizing it wasn't meant for me. (There are no accidents.)

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Melissa Devereaux wrote:

Wonder what this chick has to say. Some people have too much time on their hands...

I replied swiftly.

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 8:24pm feminista007 wrote:

Melissa,

I take it that's a yes.

Erica


After that gaffe, I expected to hear from Peter bright and early the next morning and sure enough I did...

Erica - Good Day. Just back from road - feel free to contact Subway Corp - in CT. We usually direct all Emails to them - & - You'll have to -sorta- excuse my assistant, as we get TONS of emails each day & its her job to sift through all of them / yesterday, actually, the last few weeks have been particularly very heavy with "spam" - we get negatives, positives, sales folks, pictures, etc, etc..

Hope that helps.