Politics | 01/26/2009 12:25 pm

'Drunken Negro Head' Cookies Take Bite at Barack Obama (Video)

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Cookie in "honor" of Barack Obama

Every once in a while, something comes along that leaves you shaking your head in disbelief. This is one of those stories. A New York City bakery has been selling special "Drunken Negro Head" cookies in "honor" of President Barack Obama. How unappetizing!

When Fox News reporter Arnold Diaz confronted owner Ted Kefalinos, the baker insisted he sees nothing wrong with his creation.

"I called them Drunken Negro Heads. What’s the problem with that?" Kefalinos asks the newscaster. "On Inauguration Day, I thought it would be cool to change the name to Obama Heads. I just changed it for the day."

Kefalinos’s Lafayette French Pastry isn’t your ordinary bakery either. French Pastry is a popular Greenwich Village hot spot frequented by celebrities, and it has been featured on trend-setting shows including "Sex and the City." Now, Kefalinos and his bakery are more famous than ever — and not for the right reasons.

While Kefalinos sees no problem in his freedom of confection — he told Gothamist the "whole thing was blown out of proportion" — some customers quite rightly find it offensive. And besides, he told the website, nobody got upset about the "Dead Geese Bread" he sold after the recent Hudson River plane crash. Also, Kefalinos insists he can’t be racist because, for one, "my brother-in-law, he’s Cuban." Right.

Here’s the aforementioned Fox report:

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Tacky, tasteless and racist —are we going back to the age of Little Black Sambo for crying out loud?

By fp1 on 01/26/2009 12:41 pm

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Wow, and he doesn’t see a problem with it? Would he feel the same way and not have a problem selling it to me if I was standing at the counter ordering it? Not a twinge of remorse or possible hesitation? This is 2009 right? Unbelievable.

By BelindaJoy on 01/26/2009 12:42 pm

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I wonder how many he has actually sold and if those who bought it are really proud they bought it? Creepy if you ask me…and really stupid.

By CHardy on 01/26/2009 1:23 pm

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I saw this on the news….he didn’t just do this with Obama….he made dead goose breads after the USAirways accident. A sad pathetic man trying to get attention/business in the worse way. People interviewed were apalled. His tasteless PR stunt will backfire on him and he will probably lose his store as a result.

By amp on 01/26/2009 1:30 pm

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This is proof that racism is alive and well here and everywhere. These people disgust me; Living in the Upper South, I have had to be around it all my life and it makes me sick. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-obama-hate-groups,0,5420040.story

By DianaT on 01/26/2009 1:30 pm

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PLEASE, PLEASE, stop implying that the South is the only place with racism problems. While it is certainly true that there are many racists in the South, this problem is not limited to one geographical demographic. I too, was reared in the South and lived through the forced busing and desegragation of the schools in the late 60’s, early 70’s, and let me tell you that in South Georgia, we got on the buses and went to whichever school we were bused. We didn’t riot, we didn’t fight, we didn’t burn anything down, nor did we spit and yell and hollar. The same cannot be said for the “fine” folks of many other cities, i.e, Boston and Detriot. But amazingly, history and people’s memories very seldom comment on these “facts”!!!! The truth is, that yes racism is UGLY and sickening, but Mam, you would have been exposed to it, regardless of where you grew up!

By ScarlettOharaMitchell on 01/26/2009 4:48 pm

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Sorry, Scarlett, I never was until I saw it on TV when I was a child and asked my Mother “Why are the police doing that to those people?!” The first time I heard an overtly racist remark was when I was 32 and on a business trip in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and everyone on the trip went to dinner with people from the local office near Duke University. I was stunned by what the woman said to the group of 10 of us. People live in San Francisco, and most of the Bay Area, because they appreciate cultural diversity.

By amp on 01/26/2009 5:25 pm

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Scarlett, My family is from the deep south and yes there was great deal of racism in the south, coming mainly from those less educated disenfranchised whites, who felt threatened. We also felt nothing but disdain for them. I am proud of the fact that we were taught to treat everyone courteously and respectfully. I have to agree with you, however, that there is evidence of racism throughout the north. I will never forget the the shock and disgust I felt when I heard the most outrageous and vile remarks come out of the mouths of Bostonians — and again, principally from those less educated who, again, felt disenfranchised.

By LucindaHerbert on 01/26/2009 10:42 pm

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If you live in Chicago, Reverend Wright at the Trinity Church would be one. If you’ve been sickened by racism in the Upper South, you should’ve done something about it long ago.

By alexharvey on 01/26/2009 5:03 pm

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Excuse me? Done what long ago?

By DianaT on 01/26/2009 7:19 pm

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Di—another idiot—what exactly is he implying???

By fp1 on 01/27/2009 10:06 am

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Thank you, Frank. The only thing any of us could ever do is keep our own houses in order. You remember Hillary Clinton’s book, It Takes A Village to Raise a Child? That is all each of can/could do. Are the Antarctic adventurers back from their travels?

By DianaT on 01/27/2009 1:05 pm

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She returned Monday and a joyous time was had by all. :-)

By fp1 on 01/28/2009 11:30 am

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Of course he doesn’t see a problem with it! After all, he’s the moron who came up with the concept to begin with. I wonder if people will boycott his bakery… then maybe he’ll see there is a problem.

By DeBrcaobj on 01/26/2009 1:33 pm