DUmpsters don't cotton to Obama "Drunken Negro Head" cookies...

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4901951&mesg_id=4901951

cali  (1000+ posts)        Sat Jan-24-09 10:30 AM
Original message
Bakery Celebrates Obama With "Drunken Negro Head" Cookies.
 Advertisements [?]And where is this purveyor of racist baked goods located? Nope, not in Mississippi or Alabama but in Greenwich Village.

"The Lafayette French Pastry bakery in the Village is super trendy. Their cakes were used on Sex and the City! And, like every other trendo, they're showing Obama some love. With, um, "Drunken Negro Head" cookies.

Yes, the shop's owner Ted Kefalinos decided to make a batch of cookies with bleary red cherry eyes and oversized nose and lips and give them the charming, sunshiney moniker. To, you know, celebrate our new darker-hued President. Adding to the insult, his sales pitch reportedly included vaguely ominous insinuations of assassination. He supposedly said to one customer:

Would you like some drunken negro heads to go with your coffee? They're in honor of our new president. He's following in the same path of Abraham Lincoln; he will get his.

So, shit. A reporter from New York's Fox affiliate went on the scene ("Shame! Shame! Shaaaame!") and met with an unrepentant Kefalinos. He said that the cookies are "not unflattering," adding, "I think it's a fun face... And anyone who says anything else should be ashamed of themselves." Plus, you know, his brother-in-law is Cuban. So he can't be racist."

http://gawker.com/5137787/bakery-celebrates-obama-with-...

Hilarity ensues.

Skinner ADMIN  (1000+ posts)        Sat Jan-24-09 10:33 AM
Response to Original message
2. Click on the link and take a look at the photo.
 If that's not racist, then I don't know what is.

 

SOS  (1000+ posts)        Sat Jan-24-09 11:52 AM
Response to Reply #4
46. Probably not necessary
 This bakery is located in the Village.
Mr. Kefalinos just committed economic suicide.

Liberal_in_LA  (1000+ posts)      Sat Jan-24-09 10:50 AM
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17. wow... in less than 24 hours people have taken this guys restaurant rating into the toilet.
 check it out here.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/lafayette-french-pastry-bakers-...

Apparently this is the guys Craigs listing. unbelievable.

anyone looking for a job? check out this craigslist posting:

http://newyork.craigsl ...

Part-time Bakers Assistant Needed at Lafayette French Pastry (Greenwich Village)
Reply to: see below
Date: 2009-01-23, 3:08PM EST

Lafayette French Pastry bakery located at 26 Greenwich Avenue is seeking a Part-time bakers assistant.

Responsibilities:

- Assist in the day to day running of the business: open and close, count the register.

- Help bake "Funny Drunk Negro" cookies, as they have become a hot seller and we need to continuously keep output high.

- Help come up with new controversial cookie ideas.

- Answer the phones and take orders.

Please contact Ted Kefalinos at (212) 242-7580 or stop by 26 Greenwich Avenue between Charles and West 10th street.

Pryderi  (1000+ posts)        Sat Jan-24-09 11:44 AM
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39. He needs to be shut down.

 

[USA4ME]

Skinner

Click on the link and take a look at the photo. If that's not racist, then I don't know what is.

Skins admits he doesn't know what racism is.  Maybe someday he'll gain enough gonads to admit how little he does know.

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[Chris_]

Pryderi  (1000+ posts)        Sat Jan-24-09 11:44 AM
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39. He needs to be shut down.

Yes -- the traditional liberal definition of "free speech."  It is only for Authorized Points Of View.

[franksolich]

Man, I'll bet the racist babbling sister primitive, the "Babylon Sister" primitive, the primitive who thinks "darky" and "pickaninny" and "Sambo" toys are "cute," is buying those by the boxfuls.

[Chris_]

That story made the rounds in the Lounge.

The outrage was FAKE.

[DixieBelle]

Um.....shouldn't they be black and white cookies if they are honoring Obama?

[BlueStateSaint]

Um.....shouldn't they be black and white cookies if they are honoring Obama?

Gray cookies . . . but they apparently don't sell well.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Skins admits he doesn't know what racism is.  Maybe someday he'll gain enough gonads to admit how little he does know.

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Not unless he can figure out a way to make a buck doing it.