Demonstrators walk across Chestnut in Downtown St. Louis Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Several hundred demonstrators, demanding a better minimum wage, rallied at...
In America, fast food giant McDonald’s has cornered the market for quick, on-the-go meals for quite some time. It’s burger business has also become a global force as well, with McDonald’s in other countries catering their menus[1] to the palettes of their citizens. In China, though, it seems Micky D’s may have taken things a bit too far by introducing some interesting symbolism in to a new “Black and White” burger combo meal (pictured above). Want to Keep Up With NewsOne.com? LIKE Us On Facebook! SEE ALSO:Basketball Legend Reggie Miller Inducted Into NBA Hall Of Fame[2] The Bejinger got to the bottom of the impetus behind the release of the burgers, with some speculating that the color scheme was to represent the “yin-yang” sign. From The Bejinger:[3] A colleague informed us they’re a play on a Chinese phrase: heibai liangdao tongchi (黑白两道通吃), which describes people who are so well-connected with both the government (that’s the “white” side) and organized crime (“black” society, as it’s cal ...
