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Grocery ad "celebrating" Black History Month.
I must say that it's not as bad as the old "Piggly Wiggly wishes you a happy Passover!" ad that the National Lampoon had in one of its True Facts collections, but collard greens and fried chicken really make me wonder....
I must say that it's not as bad as the old "Piggly Wiggly wishes you a happy Passover!" ad that the National Lampoon had in one of its True Facts collections, but collard greens and fried chicken really make me wonder....
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Date: 2009-02-18 02:41 am (UTC)From:Where's the watermelon? (Holy crap, my liberal guilt meter is off the charts on that one.)
At least no Aunt Jemima products. And the George Washington Carver peanut tie-in required actual thought.
Don't know about the polish sausage, though.
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Date: 2009-02-18 04:15 am (UTC)From:Actually, if they'd done a real soul food ad spread, it would be more OK. Celebrating AA Southern cuisine? I could buy that. This is offensive because it's half-assed.
Still better than the sign that made FailBlog last year, with "Walgreen's Celebrates Black History Month" over a rack of...cotton balls.