N.Y. Bakery Makes “Drunken Negro Face” Cookies to Honor Obama

January 24th, 2009

 Racist Cookie

 

Lafayette Franch Pastry, a New York bakery in Greenwich Village known for its tasty cookies and treats, is coming under fire for a tasteless and racist batch of chocolate treats called “Drunken Negro Head Cookies.” The cookies are dark brown with exaggerated facial features and cherry toppings. Ted Kefalinos, who first introduced the cookies on Martin Luther king Day last week, says he made the cookies to honor Obama. He also admits that he is not an Obama fan but thinks the cookies are a winner for him since every one in his first batch was sold. When customers asked Kefalinos why he made the cookies, he reportedly mentioned Obama and said the new President will “get his” just like Abraham Lincoln who inspires him. “I’m sorry that people were offended by the cookie,” says Kefalinos, who insists his product is not racist. No one got offended when he introduced “Dead Geese Bread” after a U.S. Airways plane crashed in the nearby Hudson River two weeks ago, he argues. Many New Yorkers plan to boycott the shop whose pastries were used in “Sex in the City” and Spike Lee’s “Jungle Fever.”

 

 

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STACEY Said on

WHITE PEOPLE AND BLACKS ARE BOTH STILL RACIST NOT JUST WHITE PEOPLE AMERICA GET IT TOGETHER BEFORE WE ALL FALL



Bethany Said on

WOW THAT WAS SO IGNORANT….WHAT A SLAP IN THE FACE!!!! THAT BAKER AND HIS BAKERY NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN FOR BUSINESS FOR GOOD!!!



Tawana Said on

Stacey I totally agree with you! You go girl!



Tisha Said on

I agree with you Bethany. If you are honoring somebody, then you do something for them. You just don’t go around offending people like that especially with what us African Americans have been through in all these times. We have been through so much and we are living the dream Martin Luther King set out for us and if I could see this man I would curse him out like there’s no tomorrow.



Yolanda Said on

Ignorance will forever be a part of our world. We have been around long enough that something like this is sad, but you ought not be surprised. Some things I will not dignify with a response. Ignorance does not have color. It is what it is no matter where it comes from



DUVAL Said on

SO……….LISA, EXACTLY WHERE IS YOUR OFFICE LOCATED??????????



KRP Said on

BLACK PEOPLE WE MUST LEARN THAT SOME PEOPLE LOVE TO PUSH OUR BUTTONS TO GET A REACTION TO CERTAIN THINGS, INSTEAD OF US BLASTING “THE BAKER” LETS DO SOMETHING ABOUT!!! LETS DO WHAT OTHER DIVERSE PEOPLE DO, BOYCOTT IT AND STOP THAT TYPE OF COOKIE TO BE SOLD, WE MUST REMEMBER PEOPLE LIKE JON C IS WHY WE GET ALL UPSET OVER THINGS LIKE THIS! HE WANTS TO GET US ALL GEEKED AND IGNORANT, THEY ALREADY THINK WE ARE GHETTO, LOUD AND DANGEROUS. QUIT GIVING BULLETS FOR THEM TO USE AGAINST US AND FIGHT, IT OUR RIGHT. IF WE CAN BAND TOGETHER LIKE WE ARE DOING KNOW SOUNDING OFF, WE WOULD BE A HELLAVA RACE TO BE DEALT WITH. AND THATS THE TRUTH!!!!!



lowl Said on

he reportedly mentioned Obama and said the new President will “get his” just like Abraham Lincoln who inspires him.

The above is the part of the article that worries me. Sounds like a threat. I just wish we could all get on the same page and get our country back on the road it used to be on. People for people. I remember when we didn’t have to lock our doors and neighbors helped each other in times of crisis. Where did it all go??



tiredof thebullsh*t Said on

I think someone should burn the bakery down with the baker in it..and for lisa and shedawns, maybe someone should make a cookie that is white with blonde hair, big collergen injected lips, a fake ass , and holding a bottle of botox and then send them your your f*cking office because I don’t care for you, or Former Presendent Bush..and let’s see if you feel that you have been insulted as a race of people..I am tired of people insulting black people and we are just supposed to take it..



tosha Said on

I know everyone is angry in some form or another but please don’t resort to this ignorance. We have a African American President. Rejoice for change and pray for better.

Love all of you



mike Said on

i read a statement that made a whole lot of sence. People do things that will try to make you upset. we need to be stronger as a race and ignore ignorance and move forward.



rtest Said on

No offense to all of the white people who joined me in electing Obama for President, but perhaps some White folks has just got to have a Black man in them one way or another, LOL.



chuck Said on

Just how sick are these people? To bake a racist cookie, I have seen it all now.



DeeVa Said on

As a New Yorker, I am ashamed. I apologize on behalf of the person who is unable to see past the color of a person skin to see what is inside the person. Whether you choose to believe it or not, we are all related. So, hello cuz. From you African American cousin in Hampton Va by way of the Bronx, NY. May God bless and keep you as well as forgive you of your sins.



Jessse Said on

Our president Obama does not drink. You need to make a white drunk for more of them drank on tuesday then did the blacks. This is not a racail thing that everyone wants it to be. The best man won. White black or native american. So make a white drunk too. Obama does not drink and will not be drunk like Bush.



Shonn Said on

%@~* you Lisa you racist pig. Stop hating because you are not black.
BLACK IS BACK. I WISH I CAN FIND YOU AND TIE YOU BEHIND A TRUCK AND WATCH YOUR BODY PARTS RIP THE %@~* UP.



Benita Said on

Nothing about this cookie says its honoring our President. If you are going to be a racist and make an idiot batch of cookies to make fun of black people then you should have the balls to stand behind the real reason you made them. But if it was really harmless them he should have made a white batch to go with them blacks aint the only ones that get blitzed. How about I go out and make a jack ass cookie with the former Presidents face on it….Honor that.



ASHLY Said on

Man this man is so stuip. He just want some attention thats all. It really dont mater anymore CAUSE OBAMA IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. He just mad cause we got a BLACK man in the WHITE house. It dont get better than that. So suck dat *~$% up an accept the fact. Cause my president is black HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH………. and racist its so childish yall need to grow up and worry bout whats important in life theres alot going on in this world starting with the stock market. not getting into all that. Not trying to wish nothing bad on him but sum gone happen to him like they say WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND. So everybody need to boycott that place and go somewhere else and buy pastries and etc. MY PRESIDENT BLACK MY PRESIDENT IS BLACK!



jady4me Said on

Ok yall, This man is sad…..he thought about his response before he even made the cookie. To those who are still shopping at his bakery, you are just as sad as he is!



Brad Said on

If he would have made it with white chocolate instead of regular chocolate…do you know who would be mad? no one. Get over yourselves people. It’s a cookie. Not an effigy.