# NYC bakery offer "Drunken Negro Head" cookies to celebrate Obama. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 23, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-bakery-offer-drunken-negro-head-cookies-to-celebrate-obama/482718 "2009-01-23T21:47:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-bakery-offer-drunken-negro-head-cookies-to-celebrate-obama/482718/41 "2009-01-24T20:12:13Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > They are ugly ass cookies, for sure. That offends me almost as much as the racism. (I think I may have been reading too much cakewrecks.) Yeah…these are definitely the Cupcake Cakes of cookiedom. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-bakery-offer-drunken-negro-head-cookies-to-celebrate-obama/482718/42 "2009-01-24T20:33:24Z")
Do you think they would be more acceptable if they were called Drunken African-American Face cookies? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-bakery-offer-drunken-negro-head-cookies-to-celebrate-obama/482718/43 "2009-01-24T20:50:16Z")
[http://www.chiaobama.com/](http://www.chiaobama.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-bakery-offer-drunken-negro-head-cookies-to-celebrate-obama/482718/44 "2009-01-25T01:11:19Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > [http://www.chiaobama.com/](http://www.chiaobama.com/) Um, post #24. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-bakery-offer-drunken-negro-head-cookies-to-celebrate-obama/482718/45 "2009-01-25T14:38:05Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > And I thought [Hail to the Ch-Ch-Chia!](http://www.chiaobama.com/) was bad! Wow, that’s great – you even get your choice of smiling or determined! ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-bakery-offer-drunken-negro-head-cookies-to-celebrate-obama/482718/46 "2009-01-25T23:29:32Z")
I think the happy chia looks more like 80s era Gene Wilder than Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-bakery-offer-drunken-negro-head-cookies-to-celebrate-obama/482718/47 "2009-01-26T00:57:27Z")
… you never see those two at the same parties… Hope people stop buying his particular brand. -shrug- He has a right to say those things ( except for a threat on the President ). We have a right not to buy from him. Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-bakery-offer-drunken-negro-head-cookies-to-celebrate-obama/482718/48 "2009-01-26T20:16:10Z")
Are they ‘white on the inside’? ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-bakery-offer-drunken-negro-head-cookies-to-celebrate-obama/482718/49 "2009-01-26T22:34:00Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](#): > > 1. The baker knows the old saying “Any press is good press” and knew this would get the shop lots of free publicity. B-I-N-G-O. 2,227 people just from HERE looked at it. The guy’s either an idiot or a genius, possibly both. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-bakery-offer-drunken-negro-head-cookies-to-celebrate-obama/482718/50 "2009-01-26T22:45:20Z")
[QUOTE=Sapo] Anyways, I am fine with clueless racism, what bothers me is the Lincoln / Obama-will-get-his part. Really? how can he claim cluelessness after that? [/QUOTE] Maybe he just meant that Obama would get his own cookie? Probably not Lincoln though… I don’t know…that cookie doesn’t really look all that appealing to me. -XT ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-bakery-offer-drunken-negro-head-cookies-to-celebrate-obama/482718/51 "2009-01-26T22:59:31Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > B-I-N-G-O. > > 2,227 people just from HERE looked at it. The guy’s either an idiot or a genius, possibly both. The question, i guess, is: If you put those 2,227 people in New York right now, what percentage would go out of their way to visit his store to make a purchase, and what percentage would purposely avoid the store specifically because of his Drunken Negro Head cookies? Also, re the software, 2,227 views is NOT the same thing as 2,227 individuals. I’ve probably opened this thread a dozen times since i started, and each one counts as a view, i believe. ---
**Author:** ![EpiGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@EpiGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpiGirl)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-bakery-offer-drunken-negro-head-cookies-to-celebrate-obama/482718/52 "2009-01-26T23:17:41Z")
I don’t know what some of you all are talking about. That cookie looks nasty. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-bakery-offer-drunken-negro-head-cookies-to-celebrate-obama/482718/53 "2009-01-27T21:42:50Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > The question, i guess, is: > > If you put those 2,227 people in New York right now, what percentage would go out of their way to visit his store to make a purchase, and what percentage would purposely avoid the store specifically because of his Drunken Negro Head cookies? > > Also, re the software, 2,227 views is NOT the same thing as 2,227 individuals. I’ve probably opened this thread a dozen times since i started, and each one counts as a view, i believe. Doesn’t really matter from where I sit, he’s made the news, he enjoys the 15 minutes that buys him and makes a tic of scratch in the process. It’s win-win really. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-bakery-offer-drunken-negro-head-cookies-to-celebrate-obama/482718/54 "2009-01-27T21:56:18Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > Doesn’t really matter from where I sit, he’s made the news, he enjoys the 15 minutes that buys him and makes a tic of scratch in the process. It’s win-win really. But how can it not matter, if people in NYC who might have shopped at that bakery decide, because of this stunt, not to shop there? I’m not saying he will necessarily lose business because of this, but if he does, then how can you say that it’s win-win, unless your only definition of “win” is short-term notoriety? ---
**Author:** ![beanpod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@beanpod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beanpod)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-bakery-offer-drunken-negro-head-cookies-to-celebrate-obama/482718/55 "2009-01-27T23:13:00Z")
Am I the only one hoping that Obama buys one of those chia heads for himself? (I want a me-themed chia head…) The baker is pretty scary with the “he’ll get his” line. His cookies look gross, too. Like a melted chocolate tumor. With…a face. Like chocolate [Kuato](http://blogs.lvcitylife.com/wp-content/media/2008/04/kuato-blog.jpg). They’re even an extremely _poorly done_ racist caricature. Not only does he suck at baking, he also sucks at racism. Pretty smooth with the whole “threatening the president” thing, though. I’m sure the Secret Service would be happy to give him their kudos in person. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-bakery-offer-drunken-negro-head-cookies-to-celebrate-obama/482718/56 "2009-01-27T23:25:54Z")
> [@EpiGirl](#): > > I don’t know what some of you all are talking about. That cookie looks nasty. Agreed. It looks like someone took a shit and topped it with a pair of bloody hemorrhoidal anuses. Or like a bad chocolate cookie with some cheaply glazed fruit. Whatever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-bakery-offer-drunken-negro-head-cookies-to-celebrate-obama/482718.md?page=2)