Atlanta's Yellow Line Has Some Asians Seeing Red [The Color of Yellow]

FoxNews ^ | February 10, 2010 | Joshua Rhett Miller

[Steelfish]

Atlanta's Yellow Line Has Some Asians Seeing Red February 10, 2010 Joshua Rhett Miller

MARTA officials plan to meet with Asian-Americans on Friday to discuss concerns regarding the color-coded system. There are seven colors in a rainbow and 64 in a box of crayons. So why, some people in Atlanta are asking, did the Transit Authority have to pick yellow?

"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.

Some advocates say the city should spend an as yet undetermined amount of taxpayer money to change the color to ... wait for it ... gold.

[tet68]

Maybe they should of just called it the Kowloon ferry.

[LifePath]

Screw ‘em.

[manc]

sick and tired of people being insulted over stupid things

[Gaffer]

They don’t really mean ‘Asian’ as if Japanese, Chinese, etc. what we’re really talking about here is Vietnamese, etc....

[Jeff Chandler]

"Ah geez. Not this crap again."

[goldfinch]

How many colors are there? How stupid are government bureaucrats that they could not think of anything but yellow? This is a problem that could have easily been anticipated and avoided. I sure feel great knowing these are the kind of people who want to be in charge of my healthcare.

[tflabo]

Rename all the lines to ‘Rainbow’ then all their PC bases will be covered. Rainbow Line 1, Rainbow line 2, etc.....
Everyline is Rainbow colores. How psychodelic nirvanish!
Can you believe this lunacy?

[I see my hands]

To: Bigot Asians

Round eyes says:
"Shut up!"

[PGR88]

The funny/sad thing is: Chinese or Asians actually from Asia could not care less about such a name or controversy.

It’s only those few American Asians with lefty bents who have been trained up here in the USA with good-old racial-grievance politics who are making a stink.

[reagan_fanatic]

[Steelfish]

Bingo!

[Persevero]

How about Line 1, Line 2, Line 3. . . and we could paint everything gray.

[Renegade]

Whether you like it or not ,many in Atlanta use an acronym for MARTA as “ Moving Africans Rapidly Through Atlanta “

[mono]

When it opened, MARTA, Metropolita Atlanta Transit Authority, was insensitively referred to by some as Moving African-Americans Rapidly Through Atlanta.

[Rastus]

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It used to be called “Doraville,” now it’s the “yellow line.”

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I guess that explains the Atlanta Rhythm Section song. I’ll have to pay attention to the lyrics next time.

My dog peed in the snow in Atlanta once, the racist. Does it even snow in Atlanta?

[DTogo]

My Asian-American family finds this laughably pathetic.

[FrankR]

"MARTA officials plan to meet with Asian-Americans on Friday to discuss concerns regarding the color-coded system. There are seven colors in a rainbow and 64 in a box of crayons. So why, some people in Atlanta are asking, did the Transit Authority have to pick yellow? "

I just cannot believe what I am reading here...this uproar over a COLOR?

Are these people having Ritalin flashbacks from childhood?

Will the last ADULT to leave Atlanta, please close the gate?

[freespirited]

Dee Cee must have a few million Marxists, and AFAIK, none of them have complained to Metro about the Red Line.

[Nea Wood]

There’s a bus line near me called the Orange Line. As someone who’s half Irish, I am deeply offended.