Atlanta transit changes name of line from 'Yellow' to 'Gold' to avoid...

[CurtEastPoint]

upsetting the many Asians who live along the formerly yellow line.

[ddeclue]

1. FACEPALM!

I'm sure the line didn't suddenly change color to yellow to offend people and was that color before there were significant numbers of Asians living in Buford and Chamblee. This sounds like the very definition of "nontroversy" to me...

Doug D.
Formerly an Atlanta resident 1984-1996.

[msanthrope]

6. No--it was renamed in October, and the transit system was warned then

"Hotlanta" is living up to its name this winter as Asian-Americans and the city's transit officials debate the decision to rename a train route into the heart of the city's Asian community. It used to be called "Doraville," now it's the "yellow line."

Activists say the name shows a lack of sensitivity by the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), which changed the line's name on Oct. 1. MARTA officials plan to meet on Friday with a group of Asian-Americans to discuss their concerns about the color-coded system.

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Wendell Cox, senior fellow for transportation policy at the Heartland Institute, a libertarian think tank based in Chicago, noted that a former MARTA employee, John Yasutake, voiced concerns regarding the name change during a staff meeting on Sept. 1, a month before the name change.

"This is much bigger than political correctness," Cox said. "The point is, if MARTA had been doing its job, this would never have happened. People inside MARTA raised this issue.

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more at link
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,585412,00.html

[Hawkeye-X]

2. We have Yellow Cabs here.

Doesn't offend our local Asians, it appears...

[slackmaster]

4. Most of the drivers in the yellow cabs here are northeast African

Go figure.

[chasmj]

7. Yellow Cabs (and Yellow Pages) are like apple pie

They're ubiquitous. There is no racial connotation whatsoever, intentional or otherwise. Nobody in their right mind should object to them.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Good. Now move on.

Next issue, please.

[virgogal]

5. Idiocy !!

[Gormy Cuss]

8. Smart move.

There's a short term cost but it's worth it.