They had to change the name to "No Place Like Sam's" due to charges of racism;even though the name "Sambo's" was a combination of the founder's names:Sam (Sam Battistone) and Bo (Newell Bohnett).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Black_Sambo
Posted on 06/11/2010 7:23:50 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
LOS ANGELES --- A space-themed, talking Hallmark graduation card is being pulled from store shelves because of the card’s reference to a black hole.
But members of the Los Angeles NAACP say the message sounds like "black whore" in the card's audio recording. That's how they hear it, and they say it's racist, KABC-TV in Los Angeles reported.
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They got a chip on their shoulder.
A perfectly good word 'niggardly' was called racist; a perfectly good book "Little Black Sambo" was called racist even though it's about India.
Ignorant people should keep their mouths shut and not advertise their ignorance.
Did I hear that recording correctly...”Allah is the black ho.”?
This doesn’t surprise me. The A-holes wanted to make ebonics a language so they could get gupmit money.
Truly idiots, money grubbing pos’
**Ignorant people should keep their mouths shut...**
“”Tis better to remain silent and be thought a FOOL...
Than to SPEAK and Remove All DOUBT!!””
Would the idiots like to change the name of black holes in space also.
No end to stupidity.We need a NAAWP. What’s good for the...
NAACP: We’ll find racism everywhere....whether it’s there or not. Count on us.
Maybe Hallmark should come out with a "Well, you gave it your best shot. You can always get your GED in prison" card.
Forrest Gump(?): Stupid is as stupid does.
They had to change the name to "No Place Like Sam's" due to charges of racism;even though the name "Sambo's" was a combination of the founder's names:Sam (Sam Battistone) and Bo (Newell Bohnett).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Black_Sambo
LOL!
But seriously - Hallmark, you dumb as*ses. Why did you back down?
It's time for someone to step up to the plate and spit in these peoples faces.
There has got to be stop as such frivalous law suits. Good gravy.! Insanity reigns supreme.
Is it a crime yet to mention fried chicken and watermelon in Febuary?
When will this nonsense cease!
Actually the effort to get a government grant to teach a few English teachers to speak Ebonics came from a white lawyer. I met that lawyer at a party and she proudly told me about her efforts, (I am an American of African descent), thinking that I would be in favor of the idea.
I explained that it was an idiotic concept and would pay English teachers who had failed to teach the English language to black kids to teach other teachers to speak the gibberish those kids spoke.
It is just another example of left wing insanity that allows idiots to feel as though they are compassionate and totally free of any racist feelings.
Of course that is bulls*^#t. But what do you expect from liberals?
You are a true American!
I thought it said “Turn me on dead man.”
And the government needs to pull the Racist NAACP from any relevance.
I bet references to “dark matter” really upset them......
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