The USA is embarassingly racist!!!!

Abuskedti
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edited May 2008 in A Moving Train
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/29/news/companies/dunkin_donuts.ap/index.htm?cnn=yes
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  • angelica
    angelica Posts: 6,038
    People are embarassingly racist.

    The real issue is that Rachel actually looks like an 80s throwback in the scarf!!
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  • Abuskedti
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    angelica wrote:
    People are embarassingly racist.

    The real issue is that Rachel actually looks like an 80s throwback in the scarf!!

    you are right it is people, I am just frustrated with the USA right now, we are the ones doing the bombing...

    I like the scarf :)
  • Restless Soul
    Restless Soul Posts: 805
    Those jihadi scarves are so trendy right now! I always see little teens in skinny jeans and emo hair wearing those scarves and I just wonder how did that happen? I expect it was some sort of trendy goth rocker who started it and it caught on or something.

    It's stupid to get upset over someone wearing it. Anyway what she's wearing in the pic looks more like one of my dishrags!
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  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    Those PLO-scarves as we call them here, have been "in" forever.

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  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,829
    So much for my plan to sell knock-off Gucci burkas!
  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    So much for my plan to sell knock-off Gucci burkas!

    :D:D
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Abuskedti wrote:
    http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/29/news/companies/dunkin_donuts.ap/index.htm?cnn=yes

    http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/101-being-offended/
    Stuff White People Like
    #101 Being Offended
    May 28, 2008 by clander

    To be offended is usually a rather unpleasant experience, one that can expose a person to intolerance, cultural misunderstandings, and even evoke the scars of the past. This is such an unpleasant experience that many people develop a thick skin and try to only be offended in the most egregious and awful situations. In many circumstances, they can allow smaller offenses to slip by as fighting them is a waste of time and energy. But white people, blessed with both time and energy, are not these kind of people. In fact there are few things white people love more than being offended.

    Naturally, white people do not get offended by statements directed at white people. In fact, they don’t even have a problem making offensive statements about other white people (ask a white person about “flyover states”). As a rule, white people strongly prefer to get offended on behalf of other people.

    It is also valuable to know that white people spend a significant portion of their time preparing for the moment when they will be offended. They read magazines, books, and watch documentaries all in hopes that one day they will encounter a person who will say something offensive. When this happens, they can leap into action with quotes, statistics, historical examples, and posting messages on the Internet. Once they have finished lecturing another white person about how it’s wrong to use the term “black” instead of “African-American,” they can sit back and relax in the knowledge that they have made a difference.

    White people also get excited at the opportunity to be offended at things that are sexist and/or homophobic. Both cases offering ample opportunities for lectures, complaints, graduate classes, lengthy discussions and workshops. All of which do an excellent job of raising awareness among white people who hope to change their status from “not racist” to “super not racist.”

    Another thing worth noting is that the threshold for being offended is a very important tool for judging and ranking white people. Missing an opportunity to be outraged is like missing a reference to Derrida-it’s social death.

    If you ever need to make a white person feel indebted to you, wait for them to mention a book, film, or television show that features a character who is the same race as you, then say “the representation of <insert race> was offensive and if you can’t see that, well, you need to do some soul searching.” After they return from their hastily booked trip to land of your ancestors, they will be desperate to make it up to you. At this point, it is acceptable to ask them to help you paint your house.
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  • angelica
    angelica Posts: 6,038
    fanch75 wrote:
    http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/101-being-offended/
    Stuff White People Like
    #101 Being Offended
    May 28, 2008 by clander

    To be offended is usually a rather unpleasant experience, one that can expose a person to intolerance, cultural misunderstandings, and even evoke the scars of the past. This is such an unpleasant experience that many people develop a thick skin and try to only be offended in the most egregious and awful situations. In many circumstances, they can allow smaller offenses to slip by as fighting them is a waste of time and energy. But white people, blessed with both time and energy, are not these kind of people. In fact there are few things white people love more than being offended.

    Naturally, white people do not get offended by statements directed at white people. In fact, they don’t even have a problem making offensive statements about other white people (ask a white person about “flyover states”). As a rule, white people strongly prefer to get offended on behalf of other people.

    It is also valuable to know that white people spend a significant portion of their time preparing for the moment when they will be offended. They read magazines, books, and watch documentaries all in hopes that one day they will encounter a person who will say something offensive. When this happens, they can leap into action with quotes, statistics, historical examples, and posting messages on the Internet. Once they have finished lecturing another white person about how it’s wrong to use the term “black” instead of “African-American,” they can sit back and relax in the knowledge that they have made a difference.

    White people also get excited at the opportunity to be offended at things that are sexist and/or homophobic. Both cases offering ample opportunities for lectures, complaints, graduate classes, lengthy discussions and workshops. All of which do an excellent job of raising awareness among white people who hope to change their status from “not racist” to “super not racist.”

    Another thing worth noting is that the threshold for being offended is a very important tool for judging and ranking white people. Missing an opportunity to be outraged is like missing a reference to Derrida-it’s social death.

    If you ever need to make a white person feel indebted to you, wait for them to mention a book, film, or television show that features a character who is the same race as you, then say “the representation of <insert race> was offensive and if you can’t see that, well, you need to do some soul searching.” After they return from their hastily booked trip to land of your ancestors, they will be desperate to make it up to you. At this point, it is acceptable to ask them to help you paint your house.
    I have to give you points for making a statement with humour...I think....

    And I hear you love the Crue...who can argue with that???
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    its a fucking scarf.
  • VictoryGin
    VictoryGin Posts: 1,207
    oh phew. i was afraid this thread would have accused some in the south of being racist. OH NOES.

    but to the topic, that is so ridiculous. and it's unfortunate dunkin donuts would placate michelle malkin.
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  • MakingWaves
    MakingWaves Posts: 1,294
    a few ignorant fuckers complain about something as stupid as this and people actually pay attention to them. It is like that Family Guy episode where Peter says that to the FCC "one complaint equals one billion people". Way to go Dunkin Donuts, I will now not buy your products because you made me look like an idiot to the rest of the world.
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    at first i thought they were pulling it because some middle easterners were offended that she used some sacred cloth or some shit, but this is even more insane. they pulled it because they assumed americans are racist assholes who will get offended over a scarf.

    now i'm offended. fucking idiots. good job.


    haha the problem is that there are idiots in the world who assume people are racist that aren't. which kind of makes this thread title equally silly since it does the exact same thing.
  • orig_long red
    orig_long red Posts: 2,029
    if being annoying was a weapon of terrorism, Rachael Ray would be the most feared woman in the world.
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  • Flannel Shirt
    Flannel Shirt Posts: 1,021
    Abuskedti wrote:
    http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/29/news/companies/dunkin_donuts.ap/index.htm?cnn=yes
    yes, we are.

    The point many, many people overlook here is the fact that she is very annoying. I boycot DD for that reason alone.
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    MrSmith wrote:
    haha the problem is that there are idiots in the world who assume people are racist that aren't. which kind of makes this thread title equally silly since it does the exact same thing.

    Ref: http://forums.pearljam.com/showpost.php?p=5492323&postcount=8
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  • florence151
    florence151 Posts: 597
    Perhaps she should have worn a "freedom scarf" or used "freedom beans" in the coffee. This RR issue is the type of political bulls*** that is dividing the country. People are losing their jobs and their homes and RR in a scarf is an issue? Unbelievable!
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  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    VictoryGin wrote:
    oh phew. i was afraid this thread would have accused some in the south of being racist. OH NOES.

    but to the topic, that is so ridiculous. and it's unfortunate dunkin donuts would placate michelle malkin.


    No, the title clearly said USA...it's even in caps.

    I guess Abu, much like myself, realizes that racism is all over and not just in 'dixie'.
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    I guess Abu, much like myself, realizes that racism is all over and not just in 'dixie'.

    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=272842

    Here is the difference (by example) between northern racists and southern racists:

    Southern racist: "Youns a damn n#%*&$!!!!!! I'll take ye out Buckhannon way and learn ye!"

    Northern racist: "Oh, there is a black guy over there! Lock the door!" (sipping a latte', in her Jetta speeding back to the 'burbs after attending a fundraiser for school lunches for young black students in the inner city)
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  • Abookamongstthemany
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    fanch75 wrote:
    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=272842

    Here is the difference (by example) between northern racists and southern racists:

    Southern racist: "Youns a damn n#%*&$!!!!!! I'll take ye out Buckhannon way and learn ye!"

    Northern racist: "Oh, there is a black guy over there! Lock the door!" (sipping a latte', in her Jetta speeding back to the 'burbs after attending a fundraiser for school lunches for young black students in the inner city)


    Oh yeah, I forgot.

    :p
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  • Abuskedti
    Abuskedti Posts: 1,917
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    Oh yeah, I forgot.

    :p

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