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substitute) wrote2007-05-17 10:39 pm
substitute) wrote2007-05-17 10:39 pm
Entry tags:
- bigotry,
- brownfood,
- business,
- food,
- foolishness,
- fundraising,
- marketing,
- misfortunecookie,
- poo,
- tag,
- uci,
- what
It must be Summer Intern Time in Marketing. Everywhere.
1. Do not describe produce as brown. There is a huge library of Lands' End colors for this exact purpose. The tomatoes themselves look fine. You could get away with calling them russet, or golden, or even tawny. Start over. Also: ew.
2. This is a university. It is, in fact, a university with a huge Asian and Asian-American presence. And this university is in a city with a large Chinese-American population; they're a dominant presence. Using ching-chong-chinaman "Confucius Say" jokes on a package of fortune cookies isn't just stupid or insensitive. It's suicidal.
2. This is a university. It is, in fact, a university with a huge Asian and Asian-American presence. And this university is in a city with a large Chinese-American population; they're a dominant presence. Using ching-chong-chinaman "Confucius Say" jokes on a package of fortune cookies isn't just stupid or insensitive. It's suicidal.