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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRacist Hostess cup cake packaging.
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At first glance, it appears to be an enticement to purchase and enjoy some delicious
Hostess Golden Cup Cakes, but then off to the right, is a not so subtle racist caricature of
a lighter complexioned cup cake wearing black face.
The enlarged, white bug eyes and overly exaggerated smile and lips only makes
the connection even more apparent.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)WillowTree
(5,325 posts)At least I sincerely hope so.
valerief
(53,235 posts)well, people are just so crazy, it's hard to tell sarcasm from stupidity.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)WillowTree
(5,325 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,608 posts)The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)Ho hos made by bimbos
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)It's hard to tell these days..it is so rampant (and I ain't gonna define 'it')
Heeeeers Johnny
(423 posts)Major Nikon
(36,818 posts)Mendocino
(7,482 posts)of course they dressed him in stereotypical green tights.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)Too bad Mel Brooks didn't know about it when this was written:
Mendocino
(7,482 posts)kentauros
(29,414 posts)Mendocino
(7,482 posts)thud..."No..I was wrong".
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)MOBILE, Ala. A teacher from Burns Middle School in Mobile has come under fire for giving a test with questionable language to her math students. The ten question word problem quiz contained scenarios that parents are calling unacceptable and not at all appropriate for the classroom.
Each of the questions centered on a situation related to street violence or drug crimes. One even included pimps and hos and knocking up girls.
How many drive-by shootings can Ramon attempt before he has to steal enough ammunition and reload? one question asked.
The third question asks, Dwayne pimps three hos. If the price is $85 per trick, how many tricks per day must each ho turn to support Dwaynes $800 per day crack habbit?
This quiz is not a unique phenomenon to Burns Middle. Variations of the same quiz have been floating around on the internet for about a decade. Similar quizzes have caused uproar in in Texas, California, New Mexico, and now Alabama.
While the school has not released the teachers name, WSFA reported that she has been placed on immediate administrative leave pending an internal investigation. According to one parent, the quiz was given by a teacher who has been at Burns for quite some time. She is reportedly retiring at the end of this year.
https://tinyurl.com/gmwnjc7
and here is the test:
http://lmgcorporate.com/wala/documents/Math-Test.pdf
FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)for the white people pictured to eat.
It gives me nightmares.
If you look at his pose he is bending down, showing he is subservient. The smile they forced on him makes it look like he is happy to serve. He is also carrying 2 bags with X's on them, indicating he has some alcohol on him.
He has a red feather in his cap, probably a gang symbol.
I say we launch a boycott.
Heeeeers Johnny
(423 posts)See, that's your gender identity assumptions and patriarchy brainwashing showing.
Ho Ho could be easily be a creamy filled chocolate cake roll in transition, or a flat chested female for all we/you know
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)DU never disappoints!
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)Complain cause ain't enough black folk in ads, then complain about the ads black folk are in...
I recon only black folk being portrayed as angles will do?...how many ads do angles appear?
P.S. I am a white folk married to a black folk..just for background
Major Nikon
(36,818 posts)This is hilarious
Renew Deal
(81,847 posts)BigDemVoter
(4,149 posts)scscholar
(2,902 posts)No corporation would be so stupid to do that.
jpmonk91
(290 posts)demmiblue
(36,823 posts)And offensive.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)I'm going to call Congress first fucking thing tomorrow.
rug
(82,333 posts)The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)See, DU has been educational to me over the years.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Salty Chocolate Balls!
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)Major Nikon
(36,818 posts)NV Whino
(20,886 posts)Dr. Strange
(25,917 posts)I did not know those existed!
Sen. Walter Sobchak
(8,692 posts)A marshmallow covered in blue sprinkles?
Major Nikon
(36,818 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Does anyone make glow in the dark food? That'd be cool.
Major Nikon
(36,818 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)It's just emergent behavior... GMOs, Fukushima, space aliens, and psychic Big Foot.
I love Hostess Sno-Balls, and Banana-flavored Twinkies (the original). Yummy cake. When I eat one -- usually with early morning coffee -- I am rarely thinking about GMOs, Fukushima, space aliens, or psychic Big Foot. However 9/11 conspiracies... YES! But only until I swallow the last bite, thankfully.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)meow2u3
(24,759 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)angstlessk
(11,862 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Boudica the Lyoness
(2,899 posts)Bug eyes? Big mouth and lips? Is that all black folk are to you?
Get off it. It's a fucking cupcake/chocolate frosting with a cartoon face so the kiddies gobble them up. You should be more concerned that parents actually feed that chemical/sugar rubbish to their children.
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)Major Nikon
(36,818 posts)Ilsa
(61,690 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)Iggo
(47,535 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Heeeeers Johnny
(423 posts)Sometimes.
It's mostly in clouds, flowers and subliminal advertising that I see them
RKP5637
(67,088 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)test your drinking water.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)Kilgore
(1,733 posts)Writing my congress critter first thing tomorrow! !!!
Oneironaut
(5,486 posts)nor does it have a creamy center.
romanic
(2,841 posts)this thread gave me a good laugh I needed after today. Thanks.
Ilsa
(61,690 posts)Bakeries, that is.
a Bimbo factory that used to be the bakery of a local bread brand apparently no longer in existence. When "Bimbo" first appeared on the signed I almost drove off the road. Really? Then I figured they were a foreign operation not familiar with American idiom. Still can't quite believe it.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,608 posts)Some years ago, for some strange reason, it became a slang word for the stereotypical dumb blonde. I'm guessing the bread factory used the word in its original meaning.
Reter
(2,188 posts)A fat old black guy, a heroic lilly white knight cowboy, a doofy Native American, and a European Vampire. Oh the racism!
brooklynite
(94,361 posts)jpmonk91
(290 posts)I think I now know why bill maher hates dems
jpmonk91
(290 posts)Wow it took me alittle while but it's hard to tell now when people are being serious. Lol some people might actually find it racist. The forums have gotten crazy lately.
hatrack
(59,578 posts)Nighty-night!
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)You expect me to eat a smiling happy cupcake? His only crime was being born delicious!
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)jpak
(41,756 posts)yup
snooper2
(30,151 posts)people are trying to have their last "fun" near the end?
Javaman
(62,504 posts)DU used to have more like these in the past.
you have made my day.
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)Invincibility
(20 posts)Well done op. I needed a little humor in my day.