I’m a cop. If you don’t want to get hurt, don’t challenge me.

[Songbird]

Dollar Van is massive in Jamaica Queens.

 

[YankeeFan]

Dunkin' Donuts sounds like a wonderful opportunity for African-American franchisees. From 2012:

http://nypost.com/2012/08/20/dunkin-sued-over-bias/

A suit filed by a group of former franchisees claims the coffee and doughnut chain routinely discriminates against minority owners, particularly African-Americans, by pushing them to buy in poor, less profitable areas.

The complaint, filed today in New Jersey state court, accuses Dunkin' Brands of giving white franchise developers prime pastry locations, while minorities are left with "economically disadvantaged or marginal areas."

Dunkin' Brands, based in Canton, Mass., operates nearly 7,000 franchises throughout the country, with roughly 50 owned by African-Americans. Of those, the majority are located in "economically less advantageous areas," according to the suit.

The suit says Dunkin' doesn't have any African-American owners in Connecticut, New Jersey and Rhode Island — traditional strongholds for the Northeastern chain.

The complaint also claims that Dunkin' prevents minority owners from expanding with additional stores, making it tougher for them to cut costs and become profitable.

Anyone can make claims and file a lawsuit.

Any update to this story from two years ago.

Also, DD started in New England. Those franchises were gobbled up a long time ago. It's not surprising you don't have a lot of African-American franchisees there.

And, again, you think the folks running Dunkin' Donuts -- and it's had a few owners in the last several years -- were sitting around their offices, determined to not partner with African-Americans, but then also eagerly embraced a brown Hindu from Gujarat, and a brown Muslim from Pakistan, both of whom were immigrants and spoke with "funny accents"?

You really think they didn't want African-American partners, but were thrilled to have these guys as the face of their operation in Chicago?

Joe Biden knows you can't work at a Dunkin unless you have a slight Indian accent.

What kind of shirtty racist works with these guys but not African-Americans?

 

[LongTimeListener]

All right, you're just going to keep living in your world where discrimination doesn't exist anymore and everybody got the same chance coming here and no minority group's experience has been any different from any other minority group. Racism ended in 1964.

Lawsuit still going, BTW.

 

[YankeeFan]

All right, you're just going to keep living in your world where discrimination doesn't exist anymore and everybody got the same chance coming here and no minority group's experience has been any different from any other minority group. Racism ended in 1964.

Lawsuit still going, BTW.

I just want to meet the white racist who refuses to work with African-Americans, but jumps at the chance to work with immigrant Indians and Pakistanis.

Do these people exist?

Would Robert Byrd have allowed Mr. Patel and Mr. Shah to join his chapter of the KKK so they could all work together to deny opportunities to African-Americans?

 

[LongTimeListener]

heck yes they exist. I don't know if you're pulling chains anymore or if you're really asking.

 

[JC]

All right, you're just going to keep living in your world where discrimination doesn't exist anymore and everybody got the same chance coming here and no minority group's experience has been any different from any other minority group. Racism ended in 1964.

Lawsuit still going, BTW.

I just want to meet the white racist who refuses to work with African-Americans, but jumps at the chance to work with immigrant Indians and Pakistanis.

Do these people exist?

Would Robert Byrd have allowed Mr. Patel and Mr. Shah to join his chapter of the KKK so they could all work together to deny opportunities to African-Americans?

Are you being forking serious?

 

[YankeeFan]

All right, you're just going to keep living in your world where discrimination doesn't exist anymore and everybody got the same chance coming here and no minority group's experience has been any different from any other minority group. Racism ended in 1964.

Lawsuit still going, BTW.

I just want to meet the white racist who refuses to work with African-Americans, but jumps at the chance to work with immigrant Indians and Pakistanis.

Do these people exist?

Would Robert Byrd have allowed Mr. Patel and Mr. Shah to join his chapter of the KKK so they could all work together to deny opportunities to African-Americans?

Are you being forking serious?

I think a bunch of Indians and Pakistanis would look out of place chanting "White Power". So, what white racists would embrace them?

 

[amraeder]

Clayton Bigsby unavailable for comment.

 

[old_tony]

All right, you're just going to keep living in your world where discrimination doesn't exist anymore and everybody got the same chance coming here and no minority group's experience has been any different from any other minority group. Racism ended in 1964.

Lawsuit still going, BTW.

I just want to meet the white racist who refuses to work with African-Americans, but jumps at the chance to work with immigrant Indians and Pakistanis.

Do these people exist?

Would Robert Byrd have allowed Mr. Patel and Mr. Shah to join his chapter of the KKK so they could all work together to deny opportunities to African-Americans?

Are you being forking serious?

I think a bunch of Indians and Pakistanis would look out of place chanting "White Power". So, what white racists would embrace them?

Don't you know? They're everywhere. I'm sure LTL and JC will be back with their really long list any second.

 

[YankeeFan]

More from the Times' public editor:

In my view, the timing of the article (on the day of Mr. Brown's funeral) was not ideal. Its pairing with a profile of Mr. Wilson seemed to inappropriately equate the two people. And "no angel" was a blunder.

http://nyti.ms/1rvWy0x

Can someone tell me what's wrong with "equating" Brown and Wilson?

Have we determined that Wilson is a bad guy?

 

[Boom_70]

More from the Times' public editor:

In my view, the timing of the article (on the day of Mr. Brown's funeral) was not ideal. Its pairing with a profile of Mr. Wilson seemed to inappropriately equate the two people. And "no angel" was a blunder.

http://nyti.ms/1rvWy0x

Can someone tell me what's wrong with "equating" Brown and Wilson?

Have we determined that Wilson is a bad guy?

If you accept narrative, he is.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Maybe this should go in its own thread, but consider this: You have a guy with a high school diploma who was a B/C average in math and English but has a good work ethic and is willing to learn the basics of running your own business, and decides he may want to open a doughnut shop in town...

...he'll need $500,000 to open a Dunkin Donuts franchise!

I work with Dunkin Donuts franchisees every day, and you couldn't be more wrong, or more naive.

Here's the story of Dunkin Donuts in Chicago:

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/61686

So many of the franchisees I work with started out as immigrants working as hourly employees, at low wages.

They proved themselves. They became managers. Then they became operating partners.

Family members have pooled money. They've gotten other family members involved. They save all of their money to open up the next franchise.

I really forking wish that some of you would talk to a small business owner sometime.

Dunkin' Donuts has turned hardworking immigrant entrepreneurs into millionaires.

What about those poor orphans who don't have families?