Running racism in America thread

if we're doing anti-Semitism this week, I await the deplatforming of Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh, et al.

 

I’m rooting for the blues singer.

Lady Antebellum Sues Blues Singer Lady A Over Who Owns Trademark | HuffPost

 

She’s asking for $10 million and they have trademark rights. Reporting on this has been a little bit clickbait.

 

Are they still a thing? Admittedly, I don't follow country music at all - my wife does. I was under the impression that they got really popular thanks to using Taylor Swift's castoff songs, and were now in the wind down portion of their career. Regardless, them saying they were switching to Lady A - without realizing an established Black artist already performed under that name - and then not just switching to a completely new name, strikes me as pretty tone deaf. Someone on Twitter suggests that "Lady Karen" would make a great band name, which would piss off my aforementioned wife who's actually named Karen, but "Lady Nashville" isn't taken. Or, you know, just come up with something else entirely, because the band apparently consists of a lady and two dudes.

 

Her usage pre-dates their trademark, plus if they want to drag it out to a court case, they're probably going to have to show that they used it, as opposed to just trademarking a bunch of terms related to "Lady Antebellum."

 

The whole thing has not been a great look for anyone involved.

 

I studied American history and I didn’t really think of the term “Antebellum” as being offensive. It seemed like maybe they jumped the gun.

Then they made the screw up of taking a name someone was actually using. They definitely moved too quickly on that (assuming they were unaware of it’s usage by someone else).

 

I tend to agree. I don't think that many people find "antebellum" offensive.

 

Derek Chauvin told George Floyd it takes 'a lot of oxygen' to talk when he repeatedly said he couldn't breathe: transcripts

 

There has never been a better time to name your team the Yeti. The logo possibilities are tremendous.

 

Isn't it great that this heroic Man in Blue is also a doctor? Should he get credit for two first responder appearances for every call?

 

Mel Gibson, still working