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 Oct 23 2008, 05:10 PM
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 I'm Jc  Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556  |
 QUOTE What's the first thing that comes to mind when you see it? Nothing. Well, some say what should jump out at you is the "racism;" a ten dollar food stamp with Obama's head on a donkey surrounded by ribs, the Kool-Aid man and a KFC bucket. But here is the kicker, the president of the group that distributed this says it's not so; She says there is nothing wrong with it. Diane Fedele, President of the Chaffey Community Republican Women, says she simply wanted to deride a comment Obama made over the summer about how as an African-American he "doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills." Still, she says that she plans to send an apology letter to her members and to apologize at the club's meeting next week. As quoted in the Press Enterprise: "I didn't see it the way that it's being taken. I never connected," she said. "It was just food to me. It didn't mean anything else." do you believe her when she says it was "just food" to her? what do you think? personally, i think it's stupid. if you're going to do something like this, then just man up when you get asked about it and say yeah it was a joke using common sterotypes about black people. i wouldn't even give it a second look if it wasn't for the idiots trying to claim they didn't know what they were referring to when they chose their food items. |
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Oct 23 2008, 06:38 PM
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Yeah, I agree. I don't see why this is being given any attention at all, but it's bullshit that there are no racial implications behind the food choices.
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Oct 23 2008, 06:48 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
She obviously knew what she was doing and knew that it would get her attention. If she would've chosen foods that didn't have stereotypes attached to them, people wouldn't talk about it. Either way, it was stupid thing for her to do.
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Oct 23 2008, 06:55 PM
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It's total BS that Fedele says she didn't know what the images would imply. She knew exactly what she was conveying.
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Oct 23 2008, 08:05 PM
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 yan lin♥ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,129 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,627 |
she's republican. she obviously knows the implications.
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Oct 23 2008, 09:51 PM
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off topic, but this reminded me of the joke my brother told me.
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Oct 23 2008, 10:21 PM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
QUOTE(Deetard @ Oct 23 2008, 09:51 PM)  off topic, but this reminded me of the joke my brother told me. are you going to tell us 
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Oct 24 2008, 12:11 AM
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Oct 24 2008, 11:48 AM
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If they meant nothing by this, then why is the food they used so 'unique', in it's resemblance to Obama? There is no possible way you "randomly" choose these foods.
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Oct 24 2008, 01:59 PM
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What is the conversion rate on obama bucks to schrute bucks ?
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Oct 24 2008, 11:15 PM
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QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Oct 23 2008, 10:21 PM) are you going to tell us it was something like abraham lincoln is on the five dollar bill and andrew jackson is on the twenty dollar bill, but if obama got president, his ass would be on food stamps. |
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Oct 25 2008, 01:45 AM
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 don't call me shirley. Group: Member Posts: 193 Joined: Oct 2008 Member No: 689,028 |
Diane's so stupid, SHE KNOWS what it means. When is it all gonna stop?
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Oct 25 2008, 02:48 AM
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 (′ ･ω･｀) Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,179 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 72,477 |
im sorry that im kinda slow.. what do the food choice mean?
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