Comments on: Blank, Vick and fried chicken

By: Chicken

Chicken — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:31:19 +0000

Arthur Blank is so rich, he has never had fried chicken in his life. He does know it’s bad for you though.

By: Hayden

Hayden — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:17:34 +0000

I am a black woman and I find nothing offensive about his comments. I am also a fitness professional and I know what he was saying about eating bad food and being in optimal shape for playing. Stop trying to make everything about race.

By: Mr. T

Mr. T — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:25:07 +0000

I think Matt’s comment is hilarious.

By: Sellout

Sellout — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:57:43 +0000

Matt…doesn’t make me cringe. It’s a PR thing. You don’t give people a REASON to question your motives.

By: Dale

Dale — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:30:29 +0000

I am retaining a prominent law firm to file suit in this matter. I am a white guy who loves fried chicken and has grown tired of this stereotype stripping me of my Southern birthright to be known as a lover of fried chicken.

By: Andisheh Nouraee

Andisheh Nouraee — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:22:24 +0000

I don’t especially care what Michael Vick eats or what Arthur Blank says.

I would nevertheless prefer that one of Atlanta’s most prominent corporate leaders not make remarks that many people will interpret as a tasteless, racial stereotype.

Or in the case of fried chicken, a tasty, racial stereotype.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:08:51 +0000

Who cares if black people like fried chicken? Why would it make anyone cringe? Get over it.

By: Sellout

Sellout — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:54:50 +0000

YIKES! I agree…it sounds like he’s talking about unhealthy food (he said “fried chicken and fries)…but still! I haven’t detected anything racist about Blank. But he should know better….Crisis PR to the rescue