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Hey 'Ching' and 'Chong,' Your Chick-fil-A Is Ready

Lauri Apple · 12/10/11 05:54PM

Well, this won't help Chick-fil-A appear any less bigoted: A Tumblrer d/b/a "Lolwhut" reports that his friend and an acquaintance—both of whom are Asian—stopped by a Chick-fil-A in Irvine for some sandywitches and, upon placing their orders, received these receipts referring to them as "Ching" and "Chong." The cashier's name: Rosie O'Donnell.

Racist Ad Outcry Begins, Ends

Hamilton Nolan · 02/06/08 08:34AM

Backlash against that racist Salesgenie.com Super Bowl ad with the cartoon panda bears speaking in exaggerated Asian accents has, after a slow start, become a frenzy. First it came out that the "horrible," "offensive" ad was personally written by Salesgenie CEO and Clinton buddy Vinod Gupta. Now, Asian-American groups have publicly revealed they are "disappointed!" And just like that, Gupta has announced that he's pulling the ad. At least he still has the support of New York Times commenter Tess in Illinois, who sagely points out "If a Panda could indeed speak English, I would think that one could pretty much assume that a dialect of Chinese would be his native language. What OTHER accent would he have spoken with, Inuit?" Check out the spot one last time before this is all totally forgotten until next year's racist ads.