Linsanity- Are fortune cookies racist?

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BeachyBear
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That's too bad, I think fortune cookies in ice cream would be a good flavor - or could be, anyhow. Guess we'll never know.

If *every* little think is racist, then maybe it's time we stopped complaining about "all things racist" and removed the collective stick up our @ss.

There's "things that are important" and "things that are not important," and clearly the flavor of ice cream used to honor Lin falls into the "things that are not important," unless your livelihood is selling ice cream. My guess is this was a marketing decision - it would have been nice if B&J had been honest about that, but since "appearing to be wimpy and politically correct on all leftist matters" is part of B&J's business philosophy, they do what they do. After all, they're a Marxist for-profit ice cream company from Vermont that's run by hippies - they're entire existence is designed not to make sense.
BearyWhite
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25To20;716012 said:

BTW, what is the most stereotypical white folks food? I might nominate hamburgers, or donuts and beer, but those certainly have a broader base than just white people.
The reference manual: Stuff White People Like.

Among the suggestions: Sea salt, hummus and fruit they picked themselves.
BearyWhite
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BeachyBear;716024 said:

After all, they're a Marxist for-profit ice cream company from Vermont that's run by hippies - they're entire existence is designed not to make sense.
They were actually bought a few years ago (Unilever, I think) so they're now a garden-variety for-profit ice cream company.

Ice cream with lychee, honey and fortune cookies sounds great to me too. Too bad they didn't just call it Peking Express and give it wide release. Watermelon sorbet with chocolate seeds sounds really good too, but if they called it "Metta World Peace" that might be a problem. It's more about context than what stick is up whose a$$.
gobears725
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would fortune cookies in ice cream be good anyway? fortune cookies tend to not be too sweet
Althebear
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Don't know if fortune cookies would be good or not, but I would have liked to try it. I would think it would be good. Thank for caving in to "PC" Ben and Jerry. Now its just vanilla yogurt with a waffle cone. Gee... that's a new and original flavor.

http://www.totallinsanity.com/total-linsanity-ice-cream-controversy/

gobears725;716038 said:

would fortune cookies in ice cream be good anyway? fortune cookies tend to not be too sweet
freshfunk
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graguna;715195 said:


Here's the travesty. LeBron is a MUCH better player than Lin however Ben & Jerrys will never name an ice cream after him. Why? because he's black not asian american.



That's a travesty? Your metric for travesties is quite bizarre.

LeBron will make many times more Lin will ever just from marketing dollars. Sure, Lin can milk the China market but guess what? LeBron will milk that even more. Ballers like Kobe and LeBron are very popular in Asia.

There are many American presidents who've done more for America than Obama (thus far), but he will always be known as the first black president.
biely medved
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graguna;715195 said:

this is ridiculous.
Lin is going to make millions because he is an asian basketball player. Even if he turns out to be an average NBA point guard, he'll make millions. seems to me that he can live with a fortune cookie in some ice cream.

Here's the travesty. LeBron is a MUCH better player than Lin however Ben & Jerrys will never name an ice cream after him. Why? because he's black not asian american.

All the Lin hype is wearing very thin.

Irving is the MVP of the rookie game but ESPN starts its coverage of the game talking about someone who scored 2 points and had one assist.


Why does ANY athlete make millions? (because people will to pay money to watch them.) LBJ will make many more millions, but may never have an ice cream. So to Kyrie. I think they can deal.
freshfunk
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I think the problem is that people tend to look at things as either racist or not racist. There's a thick line between the two.

Things obviously racist: racial slurs, lack of service due to color of skin.
Things not racist: general swear words used for people who cut others off, bad service at crappy restaurants.

But what about things where you joke about ethnic stereotypes? Jews are stingy. Black people like fried chicken. Asians eat fortune cookies.

Is that "racist"?

Truth is that there are people of all races/ethnicities that are stingy, like fried chicken and eat fortune cookies. Cmon now.

But using the label of "racist" evokes imagery of burning crosses, segregation and an ugly American past. Of course when held to that standard there's very little we see today that would be called "racism." (Thanks to those who've fought for equality.)

Instead of calling it racist or not I think it's ignorant. As others have posted, it shows a lack of understand of Asian or Asian-American culture as FingerOfTheBear put it.

As far as I know, there wasn't a huge uproar or labels of "racism" by the Asian community. I think a number of people (Asian or not) found it stupid. Ben and Jerry, IMO, just took the safe route and apologized regardless and replaced it with waffle. They took a smart PR move to preempt any incident where there really wasn't much of one.

Some will cry that this world is "overly PC." I'm not sure why. Does this "overly PC"ness hurt them in any way? Is it impeding them from living life happily? There are many advocate groups whether it's for blacks/gays/Israel/pro-choice/pro-life/guns that speak out on a daily basis to serve their group.
BearyWhite
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bluezonebear;716149 said:

Which flavor(s) would be appropriate for a Lin-spired ice cream?
the phenomenon is 'Linsanity', so having a lot of disparate ingredients might be good; he plays in new york, so they could use food associated with that city.

note that new york super fudge chunk has no connection with the city beyond commemorating their entrance into that market. also perhaps relevant that 'imagine whirled peace', their tribute to john lennon, included toffee cookies because of his English heritage (yet it's still on store shelves). cherry garcia, however, has no real connection to the guitarist other than B&J being old hippies; they somehow resisted throwing in bits of paella and tortilla espaniola.
freshfunk
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Lin's roots are in nor cal and Boston. He plays for new York. Use your imagination.
GreyBear
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Does this mean I can't use pineapple in my Hawaiian barbecue sauce? What a disaster!

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Gimme a break!

While it's always useful and constructive to disparage racism in its many forms, let's focus on the real item, OK?
BearyWhite
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GreyBear;716299 said:

Does this mean I can't use pineapple in my Hawaiian barbecue sauce? What a disaster!

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Gimme a break!

While it's always useful and constructive to disparage racism in its many forms, let's focus on the real item, OK?
With all due respect, was that meant to be a serious analogy?
SchadenBear
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BearyWhite;716326 said:

With all due respect, was that meant to be a serious analogy?


Perhaps it was commentary about how stupid this thread has become.

I find it altogether unreadable.
Son-of-California
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BearyWhite;716028 said:

The reference manual: Stuff White People Like.

Among the suggestions: Sea salt, hummus and fruit they picked themselves.


I just saw the SNL episode hosted by Charles Barkley...he hosted a skit called "White People Problems"...it involved white couples worried about whether their chicken sandwich was free range and another white couple had issues with their 5 bedroom summer house. Kinda funny, wonder if any white people were offended...I wasn't.
GB54
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LafayetteBear;716921 said:

How did the tiger penis flavor do?


They changed the name to " Buddha's Delight" and are working on the ingredient declaration.
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