Just how daggone "correct" about everything are we going to have to become?
I laughed when I read this article. I mean, here's way-too-perky Rachael Ray in a scarf I thought was merely a poor pick by some stylist, because it was u-g-l-y. I have since been enlightened. Oh, many thought it looked too much like a keffiyeh (kaffiyeh? - I've seen it spelled both ways, so both are here), a traditional Palestinian scarf. Symbol of terrorism, etc. Huh?
I'll have to rethink my pink flip flops the next time I dash out to get my daughter off the school bus. Silly me, I could be making an incorrect statement of some sort, supporting something I knew nothing about, or offending someone.
Loud & clear...I am NOT bashing Michelle Malkin. I love reading her commentary (http://www.michellemalkin.com/). Personally, I'd like to know who the other critics are & why only Ms. Malkin was specifically named in the AP article. And read her May 27 entry about a recent study on transracial adoption. She nailed it. But on the keffiyeh/kaffiyeh controversy, I'll respectfully disagree.
"Dunkin' Donuts Pulls Rachael Ray Ad Over 'Terror' Symbolism"
CANTON, Mass. — Dunkin' Donuts said Wednesday it stopped running an online advertisement featuring Rachael Ray after complaints that a fringed black-and-white scarf that the celebrity chef wore in the ad offers symbolic support for Muslim extremism and terrorism.
The coffee and baked goods chain said the ad that began appearing online May 7 was pulled over the past weekend because "the possibility of misperception detracted from its original intention to promote our iced coffee."
In the spot, Ray wears the scarf around her neck and holds an iced coffee while standing in front of trees with pink blossoms.
Critics, including conservative commentator Michelle Malkin, complained that the scarf looked similar to the black-and-white checkered kaffiyeh, the traditional Palestinian scarf. Critics who fueled online complaints about the ad in blogs say such scarves have come to symbolize Muslim extremism and terrorism.
The kaffiyeh, Malkin wrote in a column posted online last Friday, "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."
A statement issued by Canton, Mass.-based Dunkin' Brands Inc., however, said the scarf had a paisley design, and was selected by a stylist for the advertising shoot.
"Absolutely no symbolism was intended," the company said.
Dunkin' spokeswoman Michelle King said the ad appeared on the chain's Web site, as well as other commercial sites.
Malkin, in a posting following up on last week's column, said of Dunkin's decision to pull the ad, "It's refreshing to see an American company show sensitivity to the concerns of Americans opposed to Islamic jihad and its apologists."
Ray, host of the Food Network television program "30 Minute Meals" as well as a syndicated daytime talk show, began appearing in ads for Dunkin' Donuts in March 2007. When Dunkin' announced the partnership, it said Ray would be featured in TV, print, radio and online spots in a campaign running through 2010.
I laughed when I read this article. I mean, here's way-too-perky Rachael Ray in a scarf I thought was merely a poor pick by some stylist, because it was u-g-l-y. I have since been enlightened. Oh, many thought it looked too much like a keffiyeh (kaffiyeh? - I've seen it spelled both ways, so both are here), a traditional Palestinian scarf. Symbol of terrorism, etc. Huh?
I'll have to rethink my pink flip flops the next time I dash out to get my daughter off the school bus. Silly me, I could be making an incorrect statement of some sort, supporting something I knew nothing about, or offending someone.
Loud & clear...I am NOT bashing Michelle Malkin. I love reading her commentary (http://www.michellemalkin.com/). Personally, I'd like to know who the other critics are & why only Ms. Malkin was specifically named in the AP article. And read her May 27 entry about a recent study on transracial adoption. She nailed it. But on the keffiyeh/kaffiyeh controversy, I'll respectfully disagree.
"Dunkin' Donuts Pulls Rachael Ray Ad Over 'Terror' Symbolism"
CANTON, Mass. — Dunkin' Donuts said Wednesday it stopped running an online advertisement featuring Rachael Ray after complaints that a fringed black-and-white scarf that the celebrity chef wore in the ad offers symbolic support for Muslim extremism and terrorism.
The coffee and baked goods chain said the ad that began appearing online May 7 was pulled over the past weekend because "the possibility of misperception detracted from its original intention to promote our iced coffee."
In the spot, Ray wears the scarf around her neck and holds an iced coffee while standing in front of trees with pink blossoms.
Critics, including conservative commentator Michelle Malkin, complained that the scarf looked similar to the black-and-white checkered kaffiyeh, the traditional Palestinian scarf. Critics who fueled online complaints about the ad in blogs say such scarves have come to symbolize Muslim extremism and terrorism.
The kaffiyeh, Malkin wrote in a column posted online last Friday, "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."
A statement issued by Canton, Mass.-based Dunkin' Brands Inc., however, said the scarf had a paisley design, and was selected by a stylist for the advertising shoot.
"Absolutely no symbolism was intended," the company said.
Dunkin' spokeswoman Michelle King said the ad appeared on the chain's Web site, as well as other commercial sites.
Malkin, in a posting following up on last week's column, said of Dunkin's decision to pull the ad, "It's refreshing to see an American company show sensitivity to the concerns of Americans opposed to Islamic jihad and its apologists."
Ray, host of the Food Network television program "30 Minute Meals" as well as a syndicated daytime talk show, began appearing in ads for Dunkin' Donuts in March 2007. When Dunkin' announced the partnership, it said Ray would be featured in TV, print, radio and online spots in a campaign running through 2010.
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