The Chia Obama- another bad idea

[Cali rider]

Chia Obama - Special Edition Chia from the maker of Chia Pets

I am amazed at the marketing choices some companies make. This is blatantly racist in presentation, how does this make it to market??

I thought the Michael Jackson butter sculpture idea was messed up...I'm out.

 

[lytehouse]

:scared: out to make a quick buck without thinking it thru!

 

[Fred]

It's racist to say that Barack Obama's hair is tightly coiled in a way that can be represented artistically by the sprouts on a Chia-head?

I thought that was just what his hair looked like. He also has brown eyes, as do most black people. Am I racist for pointing that out?

The original Chia-pet was a sheep, and the seed sprouts closely resembled wool. Is the Chia-pet racist against sheep?

As for the Chia-Obama's terra cotta base, it's a pretty good representation of our President's face. So I don't consider that racist.

Chia-Obama might be in bad taste, but unless it being marketed as the "Chia N****r President Who Is Inferior To White People" it's not racism.

Fred

P.S. Yeah, I went there.

P.P.S. I'm going to buy one.

P.P.P.S. To anyone who is still taking this post seriously, I invite you to buy a Chia-Obama and plant it with wheatgrass. You can then call it the Chia-Fred.

 

[The Toecutter]

Look's more like Dennis Rodman than Obama...

 

[lonesoldier84]

haha, any reference to dennis rodman is always win-win.

but ya, i agree....this isnt racist. people shouldnt be so sensitive all the time. racism is malicious by nature. well-meaning ignorance isnt racism either. this chia-obama is neither.

(by the way well-meaning ignorance cannot be denied. until we bridge gaps in society it will always be there. i.e. people that arent evil but are ignorant)

 

[Cali rider]

...Chia-Obama might be in bad taste, but unless it being marketed as the "Chia N****r President Who Is Inferior To White People" it's not racism...

After reading this part of your reply and thinking about it in depth, I would say that you are correct. The Chia Obama is not racist as defined in a dictionary, just a caricature of a black man with tight curls. I think it's distasteful, but I agree that it is not malicious.

I was wrong Fred, thanks for giving me another point of view.