Posted on 07/26/2019 11:09:24 AM PDT by matt04
MGM Resorts International will change some of its security uniforms after an Ohio visitor alerted the company that its logo could be offensive to the Jewish community.
The yellow shirts, which have a six-point star on the upper corner, are one of the uniforms used by MGM’s security team, including some employees at Las Vegas properties. June Scharf, who first noticed the logo at an MGM property in Ohio this month, alerted the company that the logo against a yellow background was evocative of Holocaust imagery.
“It’s a real trigger,” Scharf told the Review-Journal. “You see something like that and you stop in your tracks. … It’s something we directly associate with a time, a place and a tragedy.”
Scharf, who lives in the suburbs of Cleveland, noticed the star-shaped logo when she visited MGM Northfield Park to watch a comedy show July 13. The uniforms have been in use a little more than a year, according to MGM spokeswoman Debra DeShong.
“I’m a little surprised I’m the first to notice it,” Scharf said. “I just turned to the people I was with, who happened to be Jewish, and asked, ‘Do you see a problem?’ And they all agreed. Seeing a Jewish star in that context was not right.”
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I imagine many people “are not aware of what a six-pointed star, particularly set against a yellow background, represents historically,” Scharf said. “This type of usage is extremely offensive. … Some people on the MGM staff need to become woke to what their design invokes and triggers among those sensitized to history.”
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Once you star using the word "woke" and "triggered" in the same sentence it begins to invalidate your complaint, IMHO.
Good grief. I am offended by the perpetually offended.
Yet they will vote overwhelmingly once again for a party that wants them DEAD.
SMH
“Never forget”
Well they did. ANTIFA IS the real new fascist party and I’d love to see a poll about how they about Israel.
The Holocaust should NEVER be forgotten but what good is that if you ignore PRESENT dangers?!?!
Hired security guards should not wear any star. Those imply a sheriff or deputy. Make believe cops are a no-no.
This is nuts. Lots of sheriff’s departments (and police depts) use 6-pointed stars. This has nothing to do with the Holocaust.
I’m offended. I think the person who complained must be anti-Semitic to not want to see something that resembles the Star of David as an emblem of authority.
The national motto, “In God We Trust,”
needs to be changed to, “You Owe Me an Apology.”
The hexagon in the center is six sides, each side has a triangle attached giving six points.
That's 6 sides, 6 trangles, and 6 points, giving 666.
So is there some "I'm offended" clearing house someone should notify if they're offended by the Antichrist 666 being on the flag of Israel?
Noted with interest - but not much.
One complaint is just that - one complaint.
Oh good grief - it’s a sheriffs star.
Even so - the Star of David is STILL a 6 sided star - there’s no offense here except for panty bunched snowflakes.
That I would agree with.
So, offended at the synagogue also?
I can not make out the picture in the circle - what is it supposed to be? It looks like a bug.
Please shoot me in the head, to end this pandemic idiocy...(/S) Obviously...
What should they wear?
Anyone with eyes can see that the word SECURITY is quite obvious.
Every democrat, black or indifferent is offensive by being
It's a real stretch to link that to the yellow stars the Nazis forced Jews to wear.
at this point what does it matter?
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