rick_pcfl wrote:
This is really interesting to me. I wonder if the board made the decision because there are that many people who support the kneeling and were boycotting their brand - or of they are doing it for political/social reasons.
I'm going with the latter, given what just happened with his N-word usage debacle.
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John Schnatter, the founder and public face of Papa John's pizza, resigned as the company's chairman hours after he apologized for using the N-word on a conference call in May. ...On the call in May, Schnatter sought to downplay the significance of his criticism of the league and its players, Forbes reported.
"Colonel Sanders called blacks n-----s," he said, complaining that Sanders had never received backlash, according to Forbes. The parent company of KFC did not immediately answer a request for comment.
Forbes also reported that Schnatter recalled growing up in Indiana, where he said people used to drag black people from their trucks until they died.
Forbes reported that Schnatter's comments were intended to demonstrate his stance against racism, but that people on the call were offended by them.
In a statement issued through the company, Schnatter said: "News reports attributing the use of inappropriate and hurtful language to me during a media training session regarding race are true. Regardless of the context, I apologize. Simply stated, racism has no place in our society."
His apology is a total non sequitur if the context was reported correctly.
The devil made me do it the first time, second time I done it on my own - W