1couper is seen at background as chris bangle is being interviewed...

SapphireBlackG01 · 10-01-2007, 07:19 PM

oh, gimme a break with the political correctness bullshit.

you all know he was talking about the M cars, not some racist North American phenomenom.

and this coming from me, a minority x2.

SapphireBlackG01 · 10-01-2007, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by XL5

It is a pretty remarkable gaffe for someone in his position, both as an American (although I believe he was just born here) and as the executive of a German car company.

I recall a news account somewhere about journalists arriving in Germany and being given a card marked "race card" by BMW to allocate track time. Of course, the American journalists had a good laugh.

I think some folks at BMW are just harmlessly clueless.

And why should they be worried about racism?

In many parts of the world, it's NOT the issue that it still seems to be in this country.

Regardless, his phony German accent bothers me more than anything else. lol.

Propagator · 10-01-2007, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by xxpaintmepunkxx

In many parts of the world, it's NOT the issue that it still seems to be in this country.

You are not suggesting that racism issue is better in western europe are you?

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