Oreo cookie

[James Smith]

Sometimes a cookie is just a cookie.



--- "Landau, James" <James.Landau at NGC.COM> wrote:

> Sunday night on TV I saw a Nabisco commercial for
> Oreo cookies that starred a pair of
> African-Americans.
>
> Are
> 1) the Nabisco ad-writers that naïve?  Or
> 2) is Nabisco deliberately being politically
> incorrect?  (the show was West Wing!)  Or
> 3) is Nabisco trying to subtly introduce their new
> version of the Oreo, which has vanilla cookies on
> the outside and a chocolate cream filling? Or
> 4) am I the only white who recognizes the
> politically-charged second meaning of "Oreo Cookie"
> (which is in MWCD10 dated as 1969)?
>
>
>
>     - Jim Landau
>
> "White people have no souls"  - Baron Munchausen
>
>
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James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
South SLC, UT                  |it is that we will be sued
jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com     |whether we act quickly and decisively
                               |or slowly and cautiously.

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