General Motors has canceled Thursday’s planned meeting between CEO Mary Barra, Byron Allen and other leaders of Black-owned media companies and will instead host a series of individual meetings with the executives over the coming weeks.
Earlier this week, Barra agreed to a Zoom meeting with Allen and the leaders of several other Black-owned media companies to discuss the automaker’s advertising spending strategies. The group had taken out a full-page ad in this past Sunday’s edition of The Detroit Free Press accusing the automaker of spending only 0.5 percent of its marketing budget with Black-owned media corporations and lambasted Barra for refusing to meet with the group over the matter.
Deborah Wahl
The group then ran the same advertisement Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Michigan Chronicle, despite the fact that Barra had agreed to meet with the group Thursday. Byron, who owns Allen Media Group, later received an email from GM Chief Marketing Officer Deborah Wahl Wednesday night indicating the meeting would be postponed in favor of individual meetings with Black media executives.
“This approach allows us to extend the conversation to more media organizations, keep the groups small enough to have meaningful dialogue and also allows us to extend the conversation to include our existing Black-owned media partners,” GM spokesman Pat Morrissey told the Free Press in an interview. “We view this as a win-win for all.”
Morrissey added that the group is trying to “advance a narrative of factual inaccuracies and character assault against our CEO, Mary Barra,” with the letter and said the decision to continue running the ads this week is “particularly perplexing given that the paid advertising appears after the GM team has had repeated meetings with Mr. Allen and his team.”
GM this week also pledged to increase its ad spending with Black-owned media companies from its current level, which is actually two percent, to four percent in 2022 and eight percent in 2025.
Allen expressed frustration over GM’s decision and is hopeful Barra will change her mind and agree to meet with the group he represents.
“Once again we are extremely disappointed that Mary didn’t live up to her word and show up for a one-hour Zoom meeting that she scheduled with Black-owned media, who wrote her an open letter,” he said.
The group includes the following media executives:
- Byron Allen: Founder, chairman & CEO of Allen Media Group
- Roland Martin: CEO of Nu Vision Media, Inc.
- Todd F. Brown, PMP: Founder, Urban Edge Networks and HBCU League Pass
- Don Jackson: Founder, chairman and CEO of Central City Productions
- Earl “Butch” Graves Jr.: President and CEO, Black Enterprise
- Ice Cube: Owner and founder of BIG3, Cubevision, CWBA
- Junior Bridgeman: Owner of Ebony Media, publisher of Ebony Magazine
It is currently unclear when the first of the planned individual meetings between GM and the media executives will take place.
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Eat a d*ck, Byron Allen
If he hates freedom so much, maybe we should offer him opt-in slavery? 3 hots and a cot, no “difficult life management skills” required!
Park your racist crap somewhere else, pal.
Don’t feed the trolls.
Life. Please get one.
My daily drivers are GMC and Pontiac. But here in Puerto Rico Toyota, Hyundai-Kia , Ford and Stellantis outsell GM by thousands. The ads from the former #1 are like phantoms. Are General Motors considering investment on publicity specifically for Puerto Rico? They need it so bad.
If he’ll give the money to the business damaged/destroyed during last years peaceful protests.
I find it laughable that these gentleman are clamoring for more black aimed advertising when Regina King is a high profile black female actor featured exclusively in several Cadillac television ads. Gm has a very broad customer base, always has. Black, white, asian- it does not matter. Make a good product, it sells itself. Look at how Ford does it, the F150 has remained at the top for four decades. They advertise to all by capitalizing on the merits of the truck, not who is buying it. With all the racial tensions coupled with pandemic induced changes to everyone’s lives, this crap being leveled at GM and its leadership is not only reductive, it’s self serving.
That’s the core of the problem Allen is talking about. Hire Black actors but no Black production staff or Black ad company doing the advertising to (I assume) Black GM buyers.
WHO CARES?!?!?
The Black guys?…
Why?? Why would you care?
GM is supposed to hire the ad companies that give them the best product for the most efficient return on investment. The race of the people who run that company could not be any more irrelevant.
If the ad companies they used were 100% black owned or black operated, I’d have absolutely zero issue, assuming they were used because they made the very best ads money can buy. Same goes with white, Hispanic, Asian, etc. Stop being such a divisive person.
Why you care if A. Americans actually want to want to participate in the American economy rather then the 6-pm news doing something criminal?. Isn’t that what NeoCons complain about people not pulling themselves up?.
Wow, nice false equivalency.
I want EVERYONE to participate in the national economy, including African Americans. They have unbelievable and unlimited potential, every single one of them, and I want them to chase their dreams and succeed. But you can stop pretending that extortion is the only way they can participate in our economy…unless you think that little of them?
Sure as long as they in a subordinate position and menial jobs under everyone else in the US they a-ok is that right?, that the economy you want them in?.
@Guestt
You’re pathetic. Oh yeah, I just want African Americans working menial jobs, you got me lol. Couldn’t pull the wool over your eyes, that’s for sure. One smart and perceptive cookie.
Since you’re incapable of understanding a word I say, let me ask you a question. I said that I want everyone to shoot for their dreams and succeed, including blacks, Mexicans, everyone. Then you start talking about menial jobs.
So tell me this – are you saying that black Americans dream of menial jobs? Or that they’re incapable of succeeding beyond that without blackmail and extortion tactics?
Stop being such a blind ideologue. You can’t expand your mind beyond the talking points you’ve been conditioned to accept by your ideology. And that leads you to making a complete fool out of yourself.
Gburnout you’re a racist and a manipulator, again what proof you provide that “everyone to shoot for their dreams “?, yet one legitimate complaint (not an extortion tactic) and suddenly many here are up in arms yours and other comments here shows this hypocrisy. The only conclusion is you must not want certain groups successful beyond the status quo.
To say that an individual or group of people does not appreciate freedom it’s wrong inhuman ignorant. Every man has the right to confront any situation that he see as unfair and unjust including in business no human being on this Earth should be subjected to servitude and slavery everyone deserves Economic Opportunity in this world known as freedom
Nice April Fools joke but I’m not falling for it this time.
Nice response, they see the collusion and the trap setting.
“Put-up or shut-up”…
I read that ad yesterday in the WSJ. That is bullying- no way around it. I would not give them a single cent.
Individual meeting resolutions-you reach more customers, you’ll get more advertising.
Why shouldn’t a company be able to use the best company for the job regardless of the color of their skin.It sounds like GM is being blackmailed into using minority owned companies.
I’d not even meet with them. It’s a game that can’t be won. They will say “[something] isn’t enough!” or variations on that same tired theme.
BLM blackmail!
blackmail < WhiteMale
Mary barra you don’t owe them nothing. Don’t let them twist your arm.
Yes, Demand, Whine, cry, then riot. Destroy where you live then say you are deprived.
ALL lives Matter
All men? Where are the black female and LGBT people running these black companies? I call them transphobic and misogynistic! There. Problem solved.
Traitor Mary learned her lesson from GMA comments!
From other articles I have read Byron Allen has a history of this kind of behavior. Splashing these adds all over after a meeting was already scheduled is ridiculous and counterproductive. I would feel the same way regardless of what group was involved, wrong is simply wrong.
Imagine the outrage if WHITE media groups demanded a meeting with BLACK owned companies!
I think gm should have the choice to hire whatever media company the want. Hiring someone based solely on their color is ridiculous. If you suck at your job your color is irrelevant. Quit playing the poor me I’m black nobody will hire me if you do a good job nobody gives a damn what color you are.
Never give in to their pressure Mary. You owe them NOTHING! Playing the racist card is getting old.
Maybe if the game wasn’t about racism you wouldn’t need race cards, would you?….
I think gm should have the choice to hire whatever media company they want. Hiring someone based solely on their color is ridiculous. If you suck at your job your color is irrelevant. Quit playing the poor me I’m black nobody will hire me if you do a good job nobody gives a damn what color you are.
True, however people can’t get mad if such people pull themselves, by themselves up to a certain financial level and still get flack or a 2nd look of “what are they doing here?”, plus if color was irrelevant what’s the Civil Rights bill for?.
She will give in to wokeness as she believes in that stuff. She is not a masculine man.
@dblezy… I’m gonna file you’re comment under “obvious troll is obvious.” Gee, Mary Barra isn’t masculine or manly enough for you? Duly noted, pal.
You were hoping for a “masculine man” as GM’s CEO?, ‘cause they’ve definitely never tried one of those before, LOL.
You definitely win the “dumbest comment” award.
Hysterical. Everyone thinks Mary should be more masculine and manly?
You dudes are pathetic.
The hysterical part is that she must have a very short memory because when you don’t satisfy current gm vehicle owners when their gm vehicles have problems like the failed 8 speed automatics you don’t have a future buyer. The word get’s out. Been a GM person my entire life but the last two purchases are extremely disappointing. gm will NOT be my next purchase because they don’t stand behind their products. That is what Barra should be laser focused on. Lay off the China parts sourcing and build in America.
I don’t like any of this pressure/woke/cancel culture going on . If anything this may back fire on them and not GM. Many people tried this with other companies like Chick-fil-A a and it backfired with them having record sales. Calling companies out for not hiring you is not the way to get business. I’m sure Allen and others have things in their past no one wants to see but it could get leaked if they keep it up.
I love all people of all colors. I believe all people should be treated equally and no race or color should receive special treatment. I personally dont care if its white-owned/black-owned/yellow-owned/purple-owned/pink-owned. If you can give me good value for the hard earned money that I spend, then I will support your company. Im sick and tired of this black vs white agenda. I support EQUALITY.
Regardless of what people say, the articles written about this situation portray these media organizations as using extortion and manipulation to force GM into kowtowing and forcing them to do business with them. Regardless if they are capable of doing a good job. Its basically do business with us or we will call you racist. Instead they make themselves look as race batters who use the current environment to extort money. There tactics look like anything but honorable, just greed and shameful.
ATTENTION……SAM MCEACHERN…..STOP POSTING CONTROVERSIAL AND POLITICAL ARTICLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMENTS ON HERE ARE……DISGUSTING!!!!! WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA AND A VW KARMEN GHIA, I HAVE HAD ALL GM VEHICLES MY WHOLE LIFE!!!! I HAD NO IDEA THAT SO MANY OTHER GM OWNERS WERE SO RASCIST, SPITEFUL, HATEFUL AND IGNORANT!!! THESE SCUMMY CONVERSATIONS ARE NOT WHAT GM AUTHORITY SHOULD BE ABOUT!!!!!
Thank You, Stephanie ! I agree with You totally !
It is so nice to see that all of you took time away from your Klan, or White Supremacist, or QAnon or neo-Nazi meetings or, even time to look away from FoxNews, Newsmax or OANN to respond here.
What a wonderful world we live in, that finds a way to include everyone. Of all races, creeds, religions and sexual orientation.
I cannot think of a time when I have ever been more proud to be an American.
Shouldn’t you people be out somewhere attacking Asians?
Did you even read the article or did you just come here to make ridiculous accusations? Your getting all worked up over a couple trolls. The majority of people are simply saying they disapprove of how this media group is handling these negotiations. ( I would disapprove of how this is being handled regardless of skin color) Going off the handle accusing everyone of being “Klan” members certainly does nothing to improve the “world we live in”. Not to mention your last statement of “Shouldn’t we be out somewhere attacking Asians?” Wow, really??? Perhaps it’s time you turn off CNN!
Dave C is just your typical drooling ideologue. Sees even the slightest hint of an opinion that he disagrees with, and instead of actually reading it through to understand it, he instantly and instinctively goes after the character of the person who made the comment.
Don’t bother with him Truckz, leave the fringe partisans to their miserable existences. Not worth your time.
Mary Barra is, by far, the worst executive and certainly the worst CEO GM has EVER had.
Even before you factor in the pitiful response to the pandemic or the failure of GM’s vehicles and lack of innovation lately.
I am not even considering the racist angle here, which I find appalling, but sadly, not surprising.
I have owned ONE vehicle that was not a GM (15+) and have sworn that I would never buy anything BUT A GM. (I have 4 in my driveway now) But, I have lately been considering “other” manufacturers.
This total failure, this driving-the-train-off-the-rails approach the she is taking smells like it’s intentional.
If not, then she is just completely incompetent.
MY RESPONSE HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT SHE IS A WOMAN.
If it were a man, dog, or a koala bear running GM this way, I would say the same things.
What the hell are you mawping about!?
No innovation?
Uh, okay. Enjoy your Model T, I guess.
That’s so interesting, Dave.
Your criticism of Mary Barra supposedly has nothing to do with the fact that she’s a woman…yet our criticisms of the black owned media who are extorting her are SOLELY based on race.
You’re a blithering hypocrite. Go away.
Poor negotiating tactics. GM was right to pull out.
I think GM should remain silent and call their bluff and maybe concentrate on their truck line.
Maybe Ms. Barra and her team chooses to hire who they feel have GM’s best interests in mind…not who has made publicizing their own agenda more important. Thanks for showing what you’re all about by not pulling 2nd ad. Thanks for listing the media groups I will make a concentrated effort to avoid.
Sounds like racial extortion. A political and racial game that’s being played.
Another Al Sharpton / Jesse Jackson shakedown. Different people. Same motives.
If you give in to the bullying you will never get back out of it. They know they got you and won’t let go… ignore them they will go away…this is racism don’t give in..
Byron Allen is a jackass. He continues to try to sell you the upgrade to the weather app. He’s too stupid to realize that there are dozens of free apps that will do what he’s trying to upsell. The black media thing is like extortion to these jackasses!
In a day and age in which the discussion is about how ALL identity groups have value, I wonder why these men did not see a need to have a place at the table for media and ad companies owned by Indian-Americans, Chinese-Americans, or Latino-Owned companies – Not to mention women-owned businesses or those headed by members of the LGBT community. Was this about calling Barra and GM to task for inequality, or was it just about shaking down a company for money because their revenue has dipped? Remember, no sane company misses an opportunity to advertise-if they feel there are potential customers consuming that media.
You habe to start the largest population outside white America..which is black America …end of story
Lol you guys calling this bullying, no it’s called extortion and gm needs to file defamation suits as well as demand the government bring them up on extortion charges ,
If blacks stop buying the 20$ of GM cars ..then their would be a problem….. this is nothing but same of white supremacy stuff ….advertising with all white media companies and not choosing to market with black owned companies why? Becuase they think they domt have to …same whit Comcast did with only black owned media companies
Blacks are terrible Americans send them ALL back to Africa where they will be among their own and experience no racism. There crime offsets anything good they do by 1000%
Whether trolling or real, your comment has no place on a public forum.
Ignore the troll. Probably some 10 year old on his dad’s laptop.
Wow.
Ok, troll. Go back to trolling before your mom calls you for dinner, pal.
Don’t cave to them! Thus is nothing but extortion
Just don’t buy GM…Let all the racist stay where it is. Let white america continue to depend on the 33%. Don’t buy GM..I don’t and will not. What the hell is 2%..4%..8%….a token. Don’t buy GM…you can put an ad out about GM ..DO NOT BUY…Service companies need to feel the consumer impact..not just talk about it…Do not buy GM…and take nothing..lets move on.
Hate to break it to you Joy. White Americans in noway depend on black’s. Blacks make up 13% of the population and commit 55% of all violent crime. You are actually turning people against the black community when all you do is complain and cry and play the race card. As you can see by 80% of these comments Americans have had it with your lies.
If General Motors HAS TO give 2%/4%/8% to black owned companies to be considered non-racist to people like you, then what about everyone else? Do the Indians, Chinese, Koreans, Mexicans, Iranians, Pakistanis, Japanese, Brazilians, etc, etc, do they get the same 2%/4%/8%? Are these other races and colours not as important as the black community? There are about 192 countries in the world, even if you gave only 1% to support each country you would be at almost 200%. GM owners are not racist. These black supremacists who think they’re more important than everyone else are racist. Yes I agree Black Lives Matter, they matter a lot. But everyone else matters too. ALL LIVES MATTER.
Like why does everything has to revolve around race???? I’m from Pakistan. I’m brown skinned. I want 2%… 4%… 8%… too. If black owned businesses get these special treatments, my Pakistani community wants the same thing too. Oh also give the oriental Asian communities 2/4/8% too, I’m sure my Chinese friends wouldn’t mind a share as well. Oh and also give my Middle Eastern Iranian friends the same 2/4/8% too because I know they would love that too.
Well if your folks were also sold, put into bondage, Jimmy Crowed, etc. you should get something also.., BTW you and other groups get loans and treatments that blacks don’t get from the US in their own “hoods”..
BTW, shouldn’t your beef and all your ethnic
friends you mentioned should be with the British?…
For all those racist people who still disrespect people because of their race, talking about lynching and slavery. PRAY FOR THEM…FOR FATHER THEY KNOW NO BETTER. DO NOT LOWER YOURSELF TO THEIR STANDARDS…IGNORANCE IS BLISS. JUST PRAY FOR THEM..DO NOT ENTERTAIN THEM..THEY ARE NOT WORTH YOUR SPACE OR ENERGY..PRAY…because you are better than THEM..YOU ARE A CHILD OF THE ALL MIGHTY.DO not engage with ignorance..do not lower yourself to their level. You are better…
This is, by definition, extortion. But it’s ok because it is veiled behind ‘systemic racism’. So instead of actually embracing racial and ethnic diversity we will instead weaponize these movements by actually creating a hyper-focus on differentiators. Contrast doesn’t go away by drawing attention to differences, but rather, to let these things fade to the background and there you would find the similarities.
Love these comments below.
The average white person thinks .05% is enough and that asking/promoting/fighting to play in the Major Leagues when you are JUST as good or even BETTER than the competition is tantamount to a riot.
#JackieRobinson
Jim Crow 2021 = Black And Harvard Need Not Apply.
The Native Americans should have fought Harder!
Mary Barra, fix my A8 instead, that would go much further for your image than being blackmailed by a gaggle of racists.
Barra, it would be more beneficial to gm if you honored the warranties on the failed 8 speed automatics that slip and shutter making the owner feel like the car is falling apart. To hell with racism. stand behind what you build.
This definitely sounds like extortion deal with us or we will smear your name. This is not a race issue this is ignorance at its worse GM do not give in to their arm twisting tactics.
Screw these guys. They may be black owned media but the quality of this media is garbageville. Good media is usually publicly traded and I’m sure that there are plenty of black owners who own shares individually and through their retirement programs. This is bullying and if I were general motors I wouldn’t put ads in these garbage publications no matter what ethnicity or race the ownership is. Plus, spreading money around based on racing ethnicity is not good business sense or prudence. It’s foolish decision. You put ads where your target customer is looking. Presumably even African-American customers aren’t dedicated to solely reading black owned media. How foolish they are to believe that everybody is as racist as they are.
I can’t believe GM is giving into these racists and their race bating. Racism is alive and well, but it’s not against black people.
Nice work Mary.
In poker if you are pressed and you fold, you loose.
You doubled down, because they didn’t know a woman could play the game.
Invest in the BEST advertising, not the blackest.
Your selling a good,a widget. You’re not selling the cute for racism!
The less money you spend on these crackpots the more you can on developing Great GMC products.
It’s not racist to try to keep your company afloat during a pandemic.
It is when you try to Blackmail others, for your shortcomings.
As an African-American male I am ashamed that these companies the stoop this low playing the race card. It would appear whenever we don’t like something the first thing we do is play the race card if I was Mary Barr, I would increase the percentage of advertising to Black media companies but everyone that signed that letter I wouldn’t give them a dime. This is nothing but flat out extortion.
@Shaft
Well said, brother. Couldn’t agree with you more!
Don’t think dancing for and kissing up to White Supremacist would get ya anywhere bro, it would had worked during Jim Crow….
You only stopped short of calling him an Uncle Tom by thaaaaat much…
Go away, racist piece of trash.
He’s his own man, with his own mind and thoughts. Who are you to belittle him for it?
Strong arm tactics again. How much viewership ? Maybe you should try to sell your product to GM? What? They have to spend a certain about of money with you of its useless to them or your saled people aren’t closing a sale?.
It’s always race. I’m going out and buying a GM Truck tommorow. Won’t even look at any others this time.
I’m sick of this crap
So you must be the White Supremacist he looks up to…..
Why shouldn’t a company be able to use the best company for the job regardless of the color of their skin.It sounds like GM is being blackmailed into using minority owned companies.
What a bunch of insensitive people like “I don’t care”?
Says it all, a bunch of inequality race deniers. No heart , no caring! I say good for the black owned advertising agencies calling out GM! Too much white privilege. Of course you deniers will make all the excuses in the world of denial! Sounds like a bunch of Trumpkins
Harry.
You can whine and moan all you want about inequality, white privilege, racism, etc. Because it’s irrelevant.
A Chief Executive Officer has a fiduciary duty to his/her company, and ONLY to the company, to make a profit. That includes advertising, and finding the BEST advertising agency for the money, to get the BEST return on investment,
The race of whoever owns or runs that company is completely unimportant. If the best companies are black-owned, so be it. If not, so be it. That’s no concern whatsoever to the CEO.
The only racists around here are the people who think that someone should be given an opportunity, or have an opportunity taken away from them, solely for the color of their skin. And that describes the kind of person you are to a T, now doesn’t it?
Black EXTORTION! Who are the RACISTS?
If I don’t hire you because you’re black, that’s racist. But you want me to hire you because you’re black, and that’s not racist?
BLM is a 100% racists ,All Life Matters ,period so you guys just get last
Mary will do the politically correct thing and bow down to these black thugs since they have already put the “or else resign” noose around her neck. They know how to play the game better than Mary…..or should I say she is not as cut throat as these guys are,,, unless she has changed since I knew her years ago. She was a nice person then and probably still is.
BOME 🖕
1800s slave antics again whites are still in denial of human rights of all. The Asians Mexicans are dine the same. Rarely will you see a Mexican get a academy award!
I’m glad these black men stood up for 100s of other blacks gm will avoid. They need to treat them the same as a white man who own a football stadium or grocery store chain. These black media owners gotta run their business by getting black programs out there
They don’t mess with oorah cause she got 4billion and oprah network is thrieving its always been the black man held back
MA’AM cj walker is proof blacks built America black markets also made economy grow
Not just Chinese nail shops
Black hair companies is hugh in economy for 200years now. We are not in 1805 we are American we built America
It was not the Mexicans cutting grass and building houses that started America’s progress. A Mexican has more rights then blacks in texas. They get jobs with no tax ID card okkk
So leave blacks alone we at least pay taxes
I’m not saying Mexicans don’t contribute but to us that’s non productive in building our community
They are just jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton disguised as another “shack down” group! How about a track record of outstanding advertising to use as your calling card not your “color!” Win in competition!
Everything mary barra touches turns to garbage.
Hey I have a question?? Are you folks posting these mean anti black comments a bunch of Trumpkin
voters?
What in here is anti black?
Not one comment is. All of it is about standing on merit, not color, and of that’s racist then I don’t know what to tell ya
Blm is bullcrap. More hate from blacks per capita than any other race. Can’t argue facts!
THAT IS BULL CRAP ! WHAT RACE HAS CATAGORIGLY DESCRIMINATED AGAINST “ALL OTHER RACES” EXCEPT THEIR OWN ? MAYBE WE CAN MAKE A DIAGRAM FOR YOU. Your truth is NOT the truth ! Grow a pair, Pal !
I don’t hate blacks, but blacks show more hate than any other race! Can’t argue facts. Is what it is. just because you don’t like it doesn’t make it false!
Not true! Trump is hateful towards those that are not white! Trump represents evil because he attempts to divide and turn people against people to prevent them from looking at the 1% who are laughing all the way to the bank like Mary! Yes keep the little people at the bottom fighting each other and from turning their anger where it belongs at the top! What is the best way to do this? Divide the working class against each other on the basis of…..race! Billionaire Trump knows exactly how to do this…. all you Trumpkin suckers!
REALITY CHECK, GO DO A BACKGROUND CHECK ON JOE KKK BIDEN AND HIS 1994 CRIME BILL.
Sorry Trumpkins while of course Mary “has a fiduciary responsibility “ since we do not live on Mars in a vacuum but in a ……society…..of many , Mary also has a social corporate responsibility to do her part to ameliorate societal racism and inequality regardless of those of you who selfishly refuse to take off your blinders. Unfortunately we have too many in denial and this is the horrible after effects of a Trump. Fortunately and hopefully Biden will work with Mary to help clean up the mess and advance our nation into a true multicultural society where ALL are valued and white folks lose their fear and insecurity towards the “other”….
No…no, she doesn’t. That’s absolutely ludicrous.
By definitive corporate law, she literally has no social responsibility whatsoever. Don’t believe me? Look around in the MBCA, you won’t find anything there even remotely related to a supposed “social corporate responsibility.” And I can promise you that, because I’ve studied it extensively.
What you call “societal racism and inequality” isn’t even racism at all, because they aren’t choosing ad agencies based on racism. That’s what you’re advocating, and that is, in fact, racism.
Here’s a suggestion for ya: you don’t like GM corporate policy, go buy another brand. Until then, your arguments are nonsense, and you’re wasting your time.
lol youre funny calling people Trumpkins. What about your BELOVED JOE BIDEN??? Joe Biden’s mentor was a KKK GRAND WIZARD who lead his own chapter of the KKK, by the name of Robert Byrd. Joe Biden wrote the 1994 Crime Bill (which was signed by Bill Clinton) which put HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MINORITIES IN PRISON for petty marijuana crimes. Joe Biden said he didnt want his children growing up in a racial jungle. JOE BIDEN IS THE RACIST.
Don’t be a moron. A man is the sum of his life and career, not a single bill or incident. Trump has been a racist and a grifter his whole life. Biden has been a civil servant all of his. He has biases, and needs to do work — like a lot of people; like you, I’m guessing. But he’s not a racist; not in the way you mean.
GTFOOH.
Lol you’ve been brainwashed by the liberal media. Joe Biden was a racist his whole life and he’s still a racist today. You think a man who lived 40 years of his life as a KKK racist is going to all of a sudden become a non racist? You get out of here. Trump isn’t perfect sure, but I would much rather side with Trump than that KKK piece of pig shit Joe Biden. Joe Biden’s MENTOR AND BEST FRIEND was Robert Byrd, A GRAND WIZARD AND LEADER OF THE KKK. Keep lying to yourselves. Trump has always had black friends such as Mike Tyson. Joe Biden on the other hand has always had KKK friends. You do the math.
You have BDS, please seek help!
My only problem is I hate racism. I hate racism of any kind. Whether it’s white on black, black on white, or green on red. Racism of ANY KIND is disgusting.
AGAIN, How do you feel about trump, & what he has done against this country ? TYVM
Trump has done nothing racist. Joe Biden’s 1994 Crime Bill is responsible for hundreds of thousands of minorities going to prison for petty crimes. Trump has done nothing wrong, except spray tan his skin orange.
I guess you don’t remember Trump calling for the execution of the Central Park 5 after DNA evidence had exonerated them.
WELL GUESS WHAT BUDDY? THAT ONE CRIME BILL JOE BIDEN WROTE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MINORITIES GOING TO PRISON FOR PETTY MARIJUANA CRIMES, LEAVING THESE POOR CHILDREN GROWING UP WITHOUT A FATHER FIGURE, AND KEEPING THE CYCLE OF POVERTY GOING FOR THE MINORITY COMMUNITIES. I HATE RACISM, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY I HATE JOE KKK BIDEN.
WELL, “BUDDY” IF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS TRUE, (WHICH I DOUBT),….THEN HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT trump, & ALL THAT he HAS DONE ? DO TELL, DO TELL, WE’D LOVE TO HEAR THE ANSWER !
Go and do some research on your beloved Joe Biden. Listen to the type of things he says regarding black people and people of colour. Joe Biden is absolutely disgusting. You really think someone who lived 40 years of his life as a racist is now all of a sudden a hero for the minorities. Also historically it was the Republicans who tried to free the slaves in the south, while the Democrats were the ones trying to keep slavery legal.
To all you deniers out there, always remember “you are either part of the problem or part of the solution “.
America does not stay the same forever and stagnate. Please become part of the solution and move our country forward by being willing to be big people and acknowledge our current racial problems of discrimination, face it and do your everyday part by making it better and please stop with all the denial!
Remember Trumpkins …..In my humble …opinion….I believe in my heart Trump just made all of these racial problems worse by fanning the flames and some people are getting physically injured due to his words.
Hard to believe this is a web-site that is “supposed” to be dedicated to GM Cars,…Really off the rail here !
People “should” be able to disagree with out hating one another,…Is this what we have become ? Terrible
Too bad there are people out there who would possibly still wish to be a mouth piece in support of “liar liar pants on fire” the most shameful embarrassing President in US History? How anyone can still be fooled by a warped President who has told a reported 20,000+ lies is beyond logic? A President who twisted our tax system and lumped it with an additional $2 Trillion in additional debt to aid the wealthiest top 5% in our society, people who did not need it? Ask how many fat wealthy corporations pay no taxes while teachers, plumbers, and policemen pay more in taxes? What in the hell are these working class trumpsters protecting while the fat cat 5% including Trump are laughing all the way to the bank while working class hard working folks white, brown , Asian and white cannot afford to buy GM cars??? And worst of all imagine a Trump still telling the BIG lie “that the election was stolen” because little boy lost his baby rattle!!! Cannot believe working class folk Trumpsters are apparently too blind to see they are voting to elect the fox in charge of the chicken coop? Or to put it another more clear manner…..electing a Trump in my political…..opinion…..is similar to electing the bank robber to be the president of the working mans bank?!? May I suggest you bother to read the famous book: “What’s The Matter With Kansas”?
Sorry Trumpkins PLEASE wake up from your magical thinking fantasy and get with the PRO working mans Biden Presidency and soon as he repairs the middle class economy we will all be better able to purchase MORE of those GM cars! Biden will drive the car out of the Trump economic ditch and better provide for the American working class and not the 1% Trumpkin class!!
Thank You, Harry, For Being a Realist. I hope that “some” people will take off those rose coloured glasses, &
See trump for the devil he really & truly is. ……..IF NOT, Then, ……Their Loss ! TYVM