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JustAnotherGen

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4. You nailed so many things with this post

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 1, 2014, 07:21 PM

Oct 2014

But this:

They couldn't have simply just called it "Rude Recipes" or "Foul-mouthed Veganism" -- They HAD to make that little Hollywood-ized racial connotation for cheap shock value....

And I agree on the "friends" thing - whole heartedly!

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I'll take "Shameless Profiting off of Racial Stereotypes" for $400, Alex [View all] Blue_Tires Oct 2014 OP

Kick JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #1

It's just unconscionably crass and tasteless Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #3

You nailed so many things with this post JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #4

Update -- Publisher responds, and it's as moronic as we'd have guessed: Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #8

You nailed it. Number23 Oct 2014 #6

That Iggy girl works my last nerve. She is a pretty decent rapper but the white folks clamoring Number23 Oct 2014 #5

WHOA! Jamaal510 Oct 2014 #10

Reminds me of Amos 'n Andy on the radio way back when. LoisB Oct 2014 #2

Kick for the sick, because it is sick. freshwest Oct 2014 #7

There aren't enough facepalms in the world for this shit... nomorenomore08 Oct 2014 #9