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Racist "Values Voters" Dress Obama as Aunt Jemima; Depict Candidate in Arab Garb

These folks sure are charming.
September 15, 2008  |  
 
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Apparently, these folks' "values" include some really blatant racism.

Here's the AP, reporting on a particularly brain-dead form of "satire":

Activists at a conservative political forum snapped up boxes of waffle mix depicting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as a racial stereotype on its front and wearing Arab-like headdress on its top flap.
Values Voter Summit organizers cut off sales of Obama Waffles boxes on Saturday, saying they had not realized the boxes displayed "offensive material."
Offensive? What do you mean, offensive?
The box was meant as political satire, said Mark Whitlock and Bob DeMoss, two writers from Franklin, Tenn., who created the mix ...
[...]
While Obama Waffles takes aim at Obama's politics by poking fun at his public remarks and positions on issues, it also plays off the old image of the pancake-mix icon Aunt Jemima, which has been widely criticized as a demeaning stereotype. Obama is portrayed with popping eyes and big, thick lips as he stares at a plate of waffles and smiles broadly.
[...]
On the back of the box, Obama is depicted in stereotypical Mexican dress, including a sombrero, above a recipe for "Open Border Fiesta Waffles" that says it can serve "4 or more illegal aliens." The recipe includes a tip: "While waiting for these zesty treats to invade your home, why not learn a foreign language?"
[...]
Asked if he considered the pictures of Obama on the box to be racial stereotypes, Whitlock said: "We had some people mention that to us, but you think of Newman's Own or Emeril's -- there are tons and tons of personality-branded food products on the market ..."
Yup, good point -- Paul Newman put his face on that salad dressing and nobody accused him of being a racist moron. I guess it's all part of the debased culture's obsessive need to persecute good Christians.

Joshua Holland is an editor and senior writer at AlterNet.
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