[Golden Legacy]

... because she was dressed like an Arab?!

http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/article...stPop_Emailed1/

Needless to say, this is quite messed up. It's things like this that propagate a false sense of hysteria and fear, not to mention being downright racist and pathetic in ideology.


EDIT: I can't find a video, these are the best I could find.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE7jFV2vSEA...feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvMnKFFm5PY...feature=related

[Eugine]

Got a link to the actual ad?

Anyway, yeah it's pathetic, but I understand why DD removed the ad. Fox News propaganda is very effective, I'm sure they would have lost some customers.

[Golden Legacy]

Updated first post with links.

And yes Eugine, I agree - unfortunately, the right-winged propaganda has such an impact...

[TheEnglishman]

Crazy, Political correctness gone mad, etc etc.
But seriously, a lot of stuff gets removed because of the possibility that it could offend. Still it seems awfully drastic.

[Nyktos]

Wouldn't removing an ad because it implies that someone is a Muslim be...not very politically correct?

[TheEnglishman]

No they removed it because a critic suggested that the ad used a piece of clothing used by terrorists. Obviously the newest way for terrorist propaganda to be spread is through ads for donuts.

[Toasty]

First off, I don't see why she couldn't have just dressed normally. Obviously, that would've prevente problems in the first place.

However, I do think it's a little over the top to drop the ad just because she was dressed as an Arab. Though I could definately see why they would. They'd lose sales if they kept the ad. That's a fact. You can't really blame them for that.

[Nyktos]

The implication is that muslim clothing = terrorists. That is not politically correct.

Political correctness gone too far would be if they refused to remove actual terrorist propaganda because it might offend muslims.

[Eugine]

So... Arabs don't dress normally, according to Toasty -__-

[Nyktos]

Toasty, on May 29 2008, 07:12 PM, said:

However, I do think it's a little over the top to drop the ad just because she was dressed as an Arab. Though I could definately see why they would. They'd lose sales if they kept the ad. That's a fact. You can't really blame them for that.

But she wasn't dressed as an arab. She was wearing an ordinary scarf that happened to look like somewhat like a palestinian one. The resemblance was unfortunate yet, but it was almost certainly uninentional and it's likely that nobody "inside" noticed at all.

[Golden Legacy]

Nyktos, on May 29 2008, 07:26 PM, said:

But she wasn't dressed as an arab. She was wearing an ordinary scarf that happened to look like somewhat like a palestinian one. The resemblance was unfortunate yet, but it was almost certainly uninentional and it's likely that nobody "inside" noticed at all.

That's exactly the point Toasty. I doubt if even the average consumer would have realized that there was such a resemblance, until the media pointed it out and twisted it into propaganda. There's no way sales would have been affected if it hadn't been pointed out - the "strength" of the ad was in having a well-known person like Rachael Ray, what she wore would have been nothing more than a meaningless footnote.

[Gio]

I think that dunkin shouldn't have removed the ad. It is stupid that they would have to remove it because somebody suggested that she was mocking terrorists, muslims or whatever. They should have kept it up and told everybody to get over it. I say to hell with political correctness.

[Lightning Star]

I agree. As much as we shouldn't be racist, political correctness has gone a little out of whack.

I saw an interesting show something like Candid Camera, where they set up a scene where a cashier (actor) was refusing to serve a Muslim woman (actress) because she was dressed as such. The show showed a few different clips of how the other people (not actors) responded, and there were a few who actually went as far as to commend the cashier. However, there were a greater number of people who were appalled by this disrespect, showing that most people don't equate those who dress in middle eastern fashion as being terrorists.

I really think DD should have just left it up, and as Gio said, told everyone to just get over it. I'm really tired of media trying to be "politically correct" yet on the street you have people who cut you off and flip the bird. It's just twisted.

[Golden Legacy]

Found someone who posted this in response to the BBC article on the story. I think it summarizes it quite well:

Article: http://news.bbc.co.u...cas/7427206.stm

One response:

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Brilliant! Everything that is wrong with America in a single news story. Neo-Con extremism, the inability to distinguish between 'Arab' and 'terrorist', corporate kow-towing to inarticulate ranting, and huge diabetes-inducing donuts with icing on top.