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Hallmark Graduation Card Racist?

The NAACP has filed a complaint with Hallmark, saying that one of their sound enabled graduation cards uses the phrase “black whores”. Hallmark has now pulled the card from shelves. After watching the video and listening to the audio on the card, what do you think? [Ed. note: Ugh.]

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  • The card says “black holes”. We actually bought this same card for my brother's graduation, and until now, I never thought it said anything BUT that. But of course, people have to get all whiny about it and call something so trivial racist. Grow up people.

    misstwiztidfreek
    a year ago
  • They need to get over it.

    erinn
    a year ago
  • carty thinks Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? is WTF & Trashy  about a year ago
  • Michael W.   Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? and thinks it’s OMG  about a year ago
  • Oh♥Darling! thinks Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? is WTF  about a year ago
  • wildcrazypie thinks Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? is LOL  about a year ago
  • Polyglot   Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? and thinks it’s WTF  about a year ago
  • Scrups thinks Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? is WTF  about a year ago
  • rosetintworld thinks Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? is Trashy  about a year ago
  • Blaer R.   Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? and thinks it’s WTF  about a year ago
  • oh, naacp. you're making yourself look bad. “laughing at blackness” is also kind of my new favorite thing.

    kaybee
    a year ago
  • kaybee   Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? and thinks it’s Trashy, WTF & OMG  about a year ago
  • I swear, people need to quit pulling the damn race card. I heard black HOLE not black Whore…Besides…only reason black people hear black whore is because they throw the letter R into everything where it doesn't belong…ie: fruneral, compruter..etc. Get a life NAACP! And I'm not racist, I hate everyone equally! :)

    Veronica H.
    a year ago
  • Veronica H. thinks Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? is OMG  about a year ago
  • berry connell thinks Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? is LOL  about a year ago
  • Well, I for one suddenly have seen the LIGHT!
    I'm demanding that NABISCO stop calling their product, CRACKERS!
    …and I mean NOW!

    berry connell
    a year ago
  • Sooooo, it's not ok to say Black Hole anymore? Are they going to go after Stephen Hawkins?

    Don Madrid
    a year ago
  • soullessecho thinks Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? is WTF  about a year ago
  • Proof that crazy people come in all types of colors.

    Stephanie S.
    a year ago
  • Stephanie S. thinks Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? is WTF  about a year ago
  • Wow…way to stretch nothing into something. Maybe we just need to PC things a little more and rename black holes so we aren't “laughing and making fun of blackness” when referring to a freakin' region of space! This is sad.

    Michelle Ann
    a year ago
  • Michelle Ann   Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? and thinks it’s WTF & Trashy  about a year ago
  • Paola D   Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? and thinks it’s Trashy & WTF  about a year ago
  • Seriously, anyone who doesn't have racially-tuned (or crappy) hearing can CLEARLY hear they are saving “black holes.” This is a ridiculous publicity stunt to flex their hate muscles and play the 'poor us' card for attention. This is the exact kind of thing that works against the real racism that needs to be addressed. You soft, crying babies need to grow up and deal with little things you think you heard so you can deal with the very real things (Arizona) staring you in the face.

    FenrirIII
    a year ago
  • Adam S.   Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? and thinks it’s WTF  about a year ago
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  • …how? how dumb, and attention seeking can you be? i actually picked this card up in a store, and thought it was adorable, and wished that i knew somone who was graduating, so i could get it, there wasnt anything inappropriate about it. i didnt hear anything resembling an r in that phrase.. jeez. you know, i hope its still in the store i saw it at, because i want to hear it again, just to make sure.

    sabrinan2
    a year ago
  • sabrinan2   Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? and thinks it’s WTF  about a year ago
  • moorechez67 thinks Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? is LOL  about a year ago
  • Johnny LaRue   Hallmark Graduation Card Racist?  about a year ago
  • are you fucking kidding me?  why are they wasting their time with such bullshit?! UGH.

    lynne benoux
    a year ago
  • Lila C. thinks Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? is WTF  about a year ago
  • ericseverynewday   Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? and thinks it’s WTF  about a year ago
  • Heather S.   Hallmark Graduation Card Racist?  about a year ago
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  • Christine D. thinks Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? is OMG, WTF & Ew  about a year ago
  • BLACK HOLES.
    BLACK HOOOOOLES.
    Idiots. People just looking for attention and money.
    This card does not need to be pulled, because there's NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.
    People are so stuck-up about being politically correct. There is a line, guys.

    Meredith S.
    a year ago
  • Meredith S. thinks Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? is Ew, Trashy & WTF  about a year ago
  • Colleen M. thinks Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? is LOL & WTF  about a year ago
  • Lisa B. thinks Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? is WTF  about a year ago
  • they hear it because they want to hear it. they cant get enough of being a victim and holding it over the heads of all those “white devils” out there muhfuckin jive turkeys is what they is.. comin round herr wit dat jibba jabba - aint tryin to hear that, fool! get yoself some fried chicken and a fotey, then kick back with a blunt - like a real nigga!! ya herd!?!

    yeti yeti
    a year ago
  • This is ridiculous!

    Hummy Rashid
    a year ago
  • Hummy Rashid thinks Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? is WTF  about a year ago
  • Devon Williams thinks Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? is Trashy  about a year ago
  • The NAACP's message is clear: “WE WANT TO BE ON TV”

    untergang
    a year ago
  • Daria J. thinks Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? is WTF  about a year ago
  • It's obviously “holes” I did not hear an “R”. This makes no sense and angers me. The people that are turning things into racial problems are conveniently the ones who are offended as well. NAACP, why don't you spend your resources on something much more important? Like here in Milwaukee, a high school graduation was cut short because people turned into radicals poppin' and lockin' on stage, the principal couldn't control them and the arena was evacuated. Maybe spend some time with the children and not with your face shoved in a greeting card trying to create your own problems.

    Floobity
    a year ago
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  • Honestly, I thought it said black holes. I didn't hear an 'r', nor would I ever connect it to racism until the NAACP brought it up.

    Jessica
    a year ago
  • Jessica thinks Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? is WTF  about a year ago
  • What does the reporter say @ 1:27? Call back the NAACP!

    Bob Leblaw
    a year ago
  • Tyeshanae J. thinks Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? is WTF  about a year ago
  • Black hole? OMINOUS? What does Paris Hilton's vagina have to do with GRADUATING? (Oh I didn't hear the “watch your back” part, NOW I get it) She should sue.

    ☁Spam Of God☁
    a year ago
  • Donkeyrock   Hallmark Graduation Card Racist?  about a year ago
  • yodalr thinks Hallmark Graduation Card Racist? is Trashy & WTF  about a year ago
  • This particular complaint may be ridiculous, but it wasn't so long ago that Hallmark's casual racism was available in every five and dime in the country.

    Tom D.
    a year ago

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