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cbdo2007

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21. Which is really the same as every other company in the US and around the world....

Reply to Lucky Luciano (Reply #10)

Mon Sep 8, 2014, 12:55 PM

Sep 2014

so this email isn't all that shocking. The terms he uses are shocking and inappropriate, but it is hardly new or necessarily inappropriate in an of itself to be wanting to expand your business beyond specific races/genders who are your biggest customers. Trust me, every product and company that sells any product has had meetings to brainstorm how to market to specific races and genders to get them to buy their product, that's just the nature of business.

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Atlanta Hawks owner Bruce Levenson to sell team after racist email [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 2014 OP

Stuff white people think but don't say out loud. geek tragedy Sep 2014 #1

so much violence heaven05 Sep 2014 #2

Some Dummy! tooeyeten Sep 2014 #3

^^^^^^^^^^^^^This ProfessorGAC Sep 2014 #20

Check his genome tooeyeten Sep 2014 #22

did he comment on what percentage of the players were black ? JI7 Sep 2014 #4

This email "incident" happened 2 years ago (2012) and it took this long? DJ13 Sep 2014 #5

The Hawks are losing money. Calista241 Sep 2014 #6

"because the Hawks aren't very good" BumRushDaShow Sep 2014 #8

Can't argue with your points. Calista241 Sep 2014 #9

At least the Hawks did better than the '76ers BumRushDaShow Sep 2014 #11

Both the Hawks and the Sixers Calista241 Sep 2014 #14

I agree with what you are saying which is he seem to have some altrier motive davidpdx Sep 2014 #16

Can't have them darkies messin' with my basketball! Enthusiast Sep 2014 #7

Seems he doesn't care what color someone's skin is as long as they spend as much $$ as possible: Lucky Luciano Sep 2014 #10

A quote I saw on Bloomberg from levenson Lucky Luciano Sep 2014 #19

Which is really the same as every other company in the US and around the world.... cbdo2007 Sep 2014 #21

I live in Atlanta wilt the stilt Sep 2014 #12

I have an aunt, a bunch of cousins, and friends there BumRushDaShow Sep 2014 #13

So when does he get his $2,000,000,000 check Iamthetruth Sep 2014 #15

he says that due to his work... Enrique Sep 2014 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author daschess1987 Sep 2014 #18

I am not sure this is racist . . . toopers Sep 2014 #23

Denial is not just a river in Egypt, BumRushDaShow Sep 2014 #24