NYC pizzeria accused of racism for ingredients, name of pizza slice

examiner ^ | 14/08/2015

[ronnie raygun]

Entrance to the bronx river pkwy in the bronx ny there is a long standing road side business black men with a panel truck selling watermelons. Tell them this is racist!

[DoodleDawg]

(*sigh*) Some people really have to work to be offended.

[arthurus]

I think the person having palpitations is resurrecting the now passe “pickaninny” which is a reference to the cubs.

[silverleaf]

Hey hey Yogi

What’s in the pick-a-nic basket?

[trebb]

To me the name is closer to Yogi Bear’s “pick-a-nick basket” but you can’t tell permanently outraged morons anything these days.

Was about to say same thing when your comment caught my eyes. So many folks are able to find so much to be offended at these days that I'm surprised we don't have actual wide-spread war in the streets - probably not far off....

[silverleaf]

If you ever tried spotted dick you can claim membership in a protected class

[Huaynero]

“add some corn bread to that pizza.”

I’m in for a slice if they add hot sauce & “wrinkle steak”. As for Yogi, last I heard he was some Indian religious guy....

[Conscience of a Conservative]

As a New Yorker, I am highly offended by that pizza. Not because it’s “racist” or anything like that. But no pizza shop in NY should be selling an abomination like that. Fried Chicken? Watermelon? Goat cheese? Bleu cheese? A sunflower seed crust? NONE of that belongs on a pizza.

[oldsicilian]

Lies, lies!

[Fester Chugabrew]

Looks good. Sounds awful.

[Cowboy Bob]

I grew up in an area with a mixture of Irish, Italian, Jews, Polish and Blacks. We all had names for each other... But there were never fights among us. What happened?

This just got me to thinking...Back in the 70's, in Mad Magazine, there was a pullout poster that has the "Pledge of Allegiance." It was in the shape of the US flag, and ended with every known ethnic slur.

I wish I still had it...but I would probably be jailed for having it in my possession.

[COBOL2Java]

Looks like someone threw up.

When I was a kid, we called that a "garbage pizza"

[Flick Lives]

This either an advert for the pizza place masquerading as a story or this week’s worst example of agitprop.

[COBOL2Java]

As a New Yorker, I am highly offended by that pizza. Not because it’s “racist” or anything like that. But no pizza shop in NY should be selling an abomination like that. Fried Chicken? Watermelon? Goat cheese? Bleu cheese? A sunflower seed crust? NONE of that belongs on a pizza.

I'm with you. I'm originally from Brooklyn, and growing up, no pizza place in my neighborhood would have *ever* assembled something like that. To this day, I turn my nose up whenever I see pizzas being advertised with chicken on them. Yuck...

[JoeProBono]

[a fool in paradise]

[WKUHilltopper]

Next time, make one that looks like a Confederate Flag with a big “FU” made out of peppers.

[a fool in paradise]

And this happened in Manhattan?

People are right to protest this kind of pizza in New York.

https://wfmu.org/LCD/22/sucky_pizza.html

A SPECIAL INVESTIGATION:
WHY WEST COAST PIZZA TASTES LIKE CRAP

Reason #2:
HAM AND PINEAPPLE BELONG AT A LUAU AND NOT ON A ****ING PIZZA

Other ingredients which should NOT be on a pizza:
Asparagus
Seahorse Roe
Capers
Pine Nuts
BBQ Sauce
Corn Kernels
Bernaise Sauce
Diced Tofu
Thai Peanut Sauce
Coconut
Currants
Hoisin Sauce
Ginko Leaves
Royal Jelly
Blue-Green Algae

[Blue Highway]

google still allows the Mag Magazine version Pledge of Allegiance to exist.

[Buttons12]

that must taste absolutely terrible

For sure. I keep my pizza and watermelon strictly segregated.