My favorite part of THanksgiving, when a youngling.
Posted on 08/17/2016 8:05:27 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A New Mexico restaurant generated controversy -- and profits -- this summer with a play on "Black Lives Matter."
Now it's coasting on the uproar that began with its sign and has printed hats and T-shirts with the phrase, jumping straight into the seemingly never-ending national conversation on race.
Rick Camuglia, owner of Paisano's, an Italian restaurant in Albuquerque, put the phrase "black olives matter" on his sign last month to help sell a new tuna dish with black olive tapenade. It worked like a charm, bringing in more business, with some people adding black olives to every dish they ordered.
Of course it upset some people too, who said that Paisano's was trivializing the Black Lives Matter movement, which has protested the police killings of black men in the past couple of years.
Others who have been accused of this -- like the people who have said "All Lives Matter" in response -- have apologized for their words. But not Paisano's. Camuglia refuses to apologize and says he won't stop selling hats and T-shirts with the "black olives matter" phrase on them.
"People have filled the restaurant and told us to leave up the sign," Camuglia told CNN affiliate KOAT. He said he made the T-shirts and other items after getting messages of support from people around the world who wanted to buy some sort of souvenir with the phrase on it.
The view from the other side
That doesn't sit well with others, said Dr. Finnie Coleman, an English professor at the University of New Mexico who's teaching a course on the historical events that led up to the Black Lives Matter movement.
"Many people are very much against any kind of usage of that term or playing on that term or punning that term...
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Lighten up Finnie.
Lol! They sure do! I could eat a whole can right now!
I Love Black Olives :)
My favorite part of THanksgiving, when a youngling.
Quick, finnie...get to your safe space!!!
Ha! Historical.events??? How about failed dem policies or agitation by commies and NOI along with new black panthers? How about a drug and thug culture? Will the good professor include those and the history of the KKK?
Probably not
Alinsky advised his acolytes to use ridicule because IT WORKS!
This person has a stake in this movement because that is how she has generated a position and income.
IMHO this is a classic example of attempting to alter speech and thought.
Thought police, anyone.
We have had to put up with this crap for far too long. People need to lighten-up and see the humor.
Socialists and communists dislike anyone enjoying themselves and having a little fun.
Kudos to Mr. Camuglia who didn’t back down to this foolishness. Some folks like to make mountains outta mole hills....and others like to flatten them!
The jokes right themselves.
Sign me up.
Finnie needs to lighten up and have some pasta.
...”Many people are very much against any kind of usage of that term or playing on that term or punning that term....
Not whining about things you don’t like builds character. Of course, that doesn’t matter with this criminal movement.
Celebrate and Embrace the Diversity of an effort to promote Eyetalian Culture....
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