A cup of coffee isn’t worth it. Read the following for a quick summary:
Dunkin’ Donuts has capitulated and withdrawn an advertisement for its products following the allegation by a right-wing hack, Michelle Malkin, that the spokeswoman in the ad was pictured wearing a kaffiyeh, a scarf which is a staple of clothing traditionally worn by Palestinian men…more
It seems that the world is only getting more retarded by the day. And what a crazy place to live in when one ignorant media person (blogger/writer), who happens to be Asian-American too, says the most ridiculous thing about a fashionable piece of cloth resembling our kaffiyyeh being a symbol of terror and suggests that it encourages the mainstreaming of violence! just how does Arabic-inspired fashion is pro-terror and violence unless in her incapable mind she’s thinking it’s an Arabic thing and anything Arabic is pro-terror!. This is flat-out racism and it makes me sick to my stomach.
I’ve seen many celebrities wearing kuffiye-inspired scarves on TV and in magazines and not one time did I think to myself, “oh they must love Hamas”. I think to myself, and I guess so do other sane people (who by the way don’t talk about something they know next to nothing about), “how cool is that? Palestinian and Arabic inspired fashion is becoming trendy”. You’d think that something as small and peaceful as a kuffiye would make it to the other side of the world without being analyzed and politicized to death. Think again!
And Dunkin Donuts, what’s up with listening to tens of ignorant people and pulling the commercial?! what about the millions of Arabs who are offended and outraged by that? are you going to listen to us?
Sign the petition here .
I sent Dunkin Donuts a message about this, and they were kind enough to respond to my message. You know, I really think there’s no point in calling for a boycott of Dunkin Donuts, and I can’t even say that I seriously blame them. I mean they’re just a business that aims to sell a certain product and make profit of it and they’re entitled to do whatever is within the law to accomplish that. They definitely did not endorse the right wing blogosphere’s interpretation of the ad. Now, I think Dunkin were probably wrong if they took the threats from the right blogosphere about a national boycott seriously, but I think they were right if they “just wanted to play it safe.” It’s well within their rights to play things safe as long as they did not adopt the racist view of Malkin and her likes.
But here’s the better idea, if you really want to start a petition: we should petition all terrorists in the world, and ask them to stop wearing the koofeyyeh, and start wearing masks of Michelle Malkin. I would like to see the reaction of Michelle Malkin to that.
I think we are the ones getting retarded :S, Dunkin Donuts pulled back the ad to avoid controversy, thats all …. and i think they did right by doing so,
but thx for the share anyway
Amjad, oh come on!! you don’t need to boycott actually, the point here is to speak up! to do something! if you noticed, the post is really about what Malkin said, which was the reason why the commercial was pulled. How were they right by doing so? they have the right to stop the commercial of course, but they weren’t right in listening to Malkin and her likes.
Apathy kills me, but thanks for leaving a comment anyway!
Hamzeh, what I personally want to do is a moral boycott of Dunkin Donuts, it’s not an economical one, I don’t care if they lose profit or not. If they don’t have the decency to apologize, I don’t want their coffee. But really it’s important to speak, if there’s power in blogging, let’s use it too.
LOL at your idea
Lots of people seem to know nothing about the issues, but that unfortunately doesn’t stop them from desperately seeking attention.
While all of the useless bloviating about “protecting” Middle Eastern culture has been wasting bandwith, Dunkin’ Donuts has actually been DOING SOMETHING to invest in the lives of actual Middle Eastern people. Let us not forget that 100% of Dunkin’ Donuts shops are owned by independent franchisees, not a giant corporation. Many of these family franchises are owned by people of Middle Eastern descent. Gee—I wonder how they feel about your boycotting their business and taking food from their childrens mouths to “protect” them?
Dunkin’ has invested BIG TIME in Arab and other eastern countries to create wealth and jobs for people there. What have you done, aside from try to take away the livelihood of thousands of Middle Eastern families and that of North Americans of Middle Eastern descent with a mindless boycott?
Well, well, now. Here is just ONE example (and it was very easy to find, there are LOTS more):
Dunkin’ Donuts opens biggest kitchen complex in Sharjah
Sharjah: Tue, 3 Jun 2008
Dunkin’ Donuts has opened the company’s largest commercial kitchen and warehouse complex in the Middle East region in Sharjah. The complex, built on an area of 30,000 sq ft, is the company’s biggest facility of its kind outside the US.
Sheikh Mohammed Saud Sultan Al Qasimi, chairman of the government of Sharjah Finance Department and proprietor of Continental Foods, owners of the Dunkin’ Donuts Franchise in the UAE, inaugurated the new facility.
Addressing a large gathering present at the opening ceremony, Sheikh Mohammed said Sharjah’s new Dh19 million ($5.17 million) Dunkin Donuts kitchen and warehouse complex will produce the full range of donuts in 50 different varieties and currently has the capacity to produce 50 million donuts per year.
He said that twice daily deliveries are made to the outlets around the country to ensure that customers receive their donuts absolutely fresh.
David Rodgers, Dunkin’ Donuts general manager noted that Dunkin’ Donuts had grown from one outlet in 1997 to 45 now covering the entire UAE. “This stupendous growth has necessitated the need for a much larger commercial kitchen facility,” he said.
“We have risen to be the most popular coffee & baked goods chain in the UAE serving high quality hot and cold beverages and fresh donuts,” remarked Rodgers.
Citing a recent customer survey, Rodgers stated that nearly half (47 per cent) of its clientele in the UAE comprised UAE nationals and Arab expatriates while Asians accounted for around 23 per cent of its customer base.
“Suitable for breakfast or as a snack at mid-morning or afternoon, our donuts are popular even among the Western expatriate population in the UAE as also the Filipino community,” he observed.
Today, Dunkin’ Donuts is the world’s largest coffee and baked goods chain, serving more than three million customers per day. Dunkin’ Donuts sells 52 varieties of donuts and more than a dozen coffee beverages as well as other baked goods.
“Dunkin’ Donuts outlets are conveniently situated in all the major Shopping Malls. Outlining the popularity of the food chain worldwide,” Rodgers added.
“We plan to expand extensively throughout the UAE to ensure that our stores are conveniently located and within reach of everyone in the country,” he stressed.-TradeArabia News Service
klaab…kolhom…no exceptions…you know what, kolna “jehadis”, and they can kiss my butt
loadsa kids wear those scarves over here, prob best that palestinian style cars aren’t associated with dunkin donuts!
*palestinian style scarves