Posted on 06/20/2013 2:43:58 PM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi
Mix a favorite summer fruit with an iconic American cookie, and what do you get? Apparently a mouthful of controversy.
Mondelez International's (MDLZ -4.03%) Nabisco has rolled out a limited-edition Oreo flavor for the summer, picking watermelon as its fruit of choice. It's not even the cookie maker's first fruit-flavored version, with previous spin-offs including banana split and chocolate with strawberry creme.
Some are saying the new flavor opens up jokes or insults that could veer into racism, given that the fruit is sometimes stereotyped as a favorite of blacks. The portrayal has its roots in American slavery, with defenders portraying slaves as happy as long as they had a slice of watermelon.
"Really Nabisco . . . Watermelon Oreos? Are you TRYING 2 get some low-level intern fired for a racist joke email?" one consumer wrote on Twitter.
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WHAT! No fried chicken and waffles favored Oreos?
Just outlaw watermelon. Too controversial.
I never liked it anyway.
Everything is racist and causes cancer. Case closed.
We must push back and compete against Political Correctness in every area of our lives.
Political Correctness is first shackles on the mind, and then it turns into shackles on the hands and feet.
Stuff like this requires us to stand up and expose PC for the oppression it is.
Umm, I’m a white guy and I love watermelon AND fried chicken. So, does that make me a double racist?
our world has almost crumbled completely down to ground level.
Now I’ll have to buy a (box?) just to cheese off a race-baiter. I hope they taste good!
I like watermelon and I’m white. Racist?
And is fattening.
What’s racist about watermelon flavored Oreos? I love watermelon flavored candy (Jolly Rancher and Jelly Bellies)and watermelon itself. I wish people would get their heads out of their butts and their noses out of everyone’s business and just LEAVE IT ALONE!
The Left is so, so brain dead.
If it don’t grow in Mooochelle’s garden it is racist, fattening and cause cancer!
Racist black people have been using Oreo as a pejorative for black people who “act white, vote white” for a long time.
No wonder they would see racism in a watermelon flavored Oreo cookie (which was a Hydrox knockoff to begin with).
What "stereotype"? They love them. I saw a black woman leaving Safeway the other day with 9 of them in a cart. Did the cashier have to apologize?
I’ve got a racist garden.
I like the white frosting better than the black cookies, what does that make me?
Loaded racial connotations aside, the cookie itself sounds nauseating.
I hate Oreos but love cold watermelon. LOL
I just stole your comment as my tag line.
Thanks
I was waiting for this reaction. These idiots are a parody of themselves.
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