Startling news from The South:
Asian-American activists offended that MARTA re-named the train line into the heart of Atlanta’s Asian community the “yellow line” will take their objections to the transit agency’s chief on Friday.
“Yellow,” as a term for skin color, carries a generally negative, racist connotation among Asians.
MARTA officials were warned by an employee before the name change last October that Atlanta’s burgeoning Asian community would find the term for the line to Doraville offensive.
“Historically, it has had a derogatory intent,” said John Park, an attorney with the nonprofit Center for Pan Asian Community Services in Doraville, just down the hill from the Marta station. “It physically paints a very unattractive picture. I don’t consider myself ‘yellow.’”
That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever read. Holy shit. It’s not like they named it “Yellow line because only Asians ride this train.” Christ. America! Land of hypersensitivity and making problems where there are none!
My favorite part is that John Park doesn’t consider himself “yellow.” Oh really?
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If I believed in hell, I’d tell you you’re ending up there.
And I wish everyone would stop calling me “white.” I’m pale pink godammit!