
I just read about a new product called Obama Fingers described as “tender, fried chicken bits (that) come with a tasty curry sauce.” It is the result of a German frozen food company that hoped to hop on the Obama product bandwagon and make some money.
It already sounds disgusting, then my mind thinks about human fingers, then Obama and the connotation of eating fried chicken.
Unfortunately, the company really didn’t do their homework and says it was “unaware of the possible racist overtones of the product.”
Whoa! are you kidding me?
Who did they test this product with?
What rock has this company been living under that doesn’t know that this product would offend people?
It communicates immediate distrust of the company and product.
And in taking a look at the packaging again, what does curry, the San Francisco bridge, and the American flag have to do with Obama or the chicken? And why Germany?
I say scrap this product immediately. It reminds me of that bad New Coke product from years ago and other Obama products.
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