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‘American Paranoia About Racism’ Nailed by Thai Dountman
By Selected News Articles @ 1:21 PM :: 4766 Views :: First Amendment

Thai donut salesman gives a lesson about politically correct brainwashing in America….

Dunkin' Donuts criticized for 'racist' ad campaign

Fox News August 30, 2013 (excerpt)

Human Rights Watch said it was shocked to see an American brand name running an advertising campaign that would draw "howls of outrage" if released in the United States.

"It's both bizarre and racist that Dunkin' Donuts thinks that it must color a woman's skin black and accentuate her lips with bright pink lipstick to sell a chocolate doughnut," said Phil Robertson, the deputy Asia director for Human Rights Watch. "Dunkin' Donuts should immediately withdraw this ad, publicly apologize to those it's offended and ensure this never happens again." ….

The CEO for Dunkin' Donuts in Thailand dismissed the criticism as "paranoid American thinking."

"It's absolutely ridiculous," said CEO Nadim Salhani. "We're not allowed to use black to promote our doughnuts? I don't get it. What's the big fuss? What if the product was white and I painted someone white, would that be racist?"

Salhani said that the Thai franchise of Dunkin' Donuts operates independently of the American operation and that doughnut sales have increased about 50 percent since the campaign was launched around two weeks ago, which he attributed to curiosity about the new advertisements.

"Not everybody in the world is paranoid about racism," said Salhani, a Lebanese expatriate in Thailand who said his teenage daughter was the model featured in the campaign. "I'm sorry, but this is a marketing campaign, and it's working very well for us."

read … The rest of the article with a bunch of PC 'context' designed to keep you paranoid

Racism?  Heck some people are so paranoid about ‘homophobia’ that they would agree to transform marriage into something it has never been in the entire history of the human race.  Do you know anybody like that? 

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