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Why Did Dunkin' Donuts Buckle to Anti-Arab Fear Mongering? (Barfola!)
DiversityInc ^ | 29 May | Eric Hinton

Posted on 05/30/2008 1:11:34 AM PDT by flowerplough

Every man, woman or child who wears a keffiyeh, a traditional Arab scarf often worn by Arab men, is apparently a terrorist.

At least, that's what conservative pundit Michelle Malkin would have you believe. That Malkin espouses this inane view is hardly surprising. Cut from the same cloth as her self-professed idol Ann Coulter, Malkin has defended the practice of racial profiling, has railed against undocumented immigrants and wrote a book defending the forced internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

What is surprising--and troubling to many--is that she's gotten supposedly family-friendly Dunkin' Donuts to agree with her.

Dunkin' Donuts pulled an ad featuring Food Network star Rachael Ray because Ray was wearing what some perceived to be a keffiyeh. The ad incensed Malkin, who ranted on her web site, "The keffiyeh for the clueless, is the traditional scarf of Arab men that has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad. Popularized by Yasser Arafat and a regular adornment of Muslim terrorists appearing in beheading and hostage-taking videos, the apparel has been mainstreamed by both ignorant (and not-so-ignorant) fashion designers, celebrities, and left-wing icons."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: ads; arabs; keffiyeh; malkin; palestinians
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To: SubMareener

It is CLEARLY a kaffiyeh.


21 posted on 05/30/2008 5:10:47 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: flowerplough

Rachel Ray is a LIBERAL DEMOCRAT AIRHEAD and should not have been used for Dunkin Donuts!!


22 posted on 05/30/2008 5:29:22 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Stepan12

For me, the funniest thing about the article is the way the writer preens in knowing that he’s right because he agrees with Keith Olberman. Now, there’s some heavy backup.


23 posted on 05/30/2008 5:35:54 AM PDT by BelieveNFreedom
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To: Puppage

Babe-o-licious! Thanks...


24 posted on 05/30/2008 12:56:44 PM PDT by Jack Hammer (here)
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