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Posted By ZagatBuzz 9 months ago in NewsEarlier this month , following the Meal O'Bama food cart reveal, our own Joe Schumacher spotted a recently re-branded fried chicken place on St. Nicholas just south of 116th Street, now called Obama Fried Chicken.
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slate9 months ago
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vor9 months ago
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I would think it was legal unless they called it "President Obama's Chicken" or "Barack Obama's Chicken", that would imply an endorsement. Bush's Beans didn't have to shut down during the Bush administration. Doubtful his last name is copyrighted.
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Kind of tasteless to open a business using the name but obviously a marketing ploy.
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epiphannyy9 months ago
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Slate....you echoed my own reaction to this. Is it even legal to do this? And I'm not sure it can be viewed as anything but racist, but what were these people thinking? The ignorance that our country embraces sometimes is very disheartening to say the least.
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Georgia509 months ago
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The accusation of racism depends entirely on context. When Sonny Purdue won his first gubernatorial race, he exclaimed on election night: "Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, free at last." (Meaning, the first GOP governor in Georgia since Reconstruction, despite the fact that Purdue left the DNC precisely so he could run against the Democrat.)
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His comment was instantly labeled racist.
Across from the Clayton County judicial center, located just South of Jonesboro, GA, on Tara Blvd., is a bail bond company. Savor the name: "Free At Last."
The remainder of this post is dedicated to each and every word of criticism this firm has received from the black community since its inception. Trust me, it's a quick read. -
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epiphannyy9 months ago
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I agree Slate. If it were almost any other sort of business it would just be exploitation of his name. But the images of fried chicken and watermelons being so synonymous with racial insults toward the black community, I find all the justifications and rationalizations to support this to be pretty weak. Honestly, I don't understand how it can rationally be seen any other way.
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Poulenc9 months ago
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simonsez9 months ago
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It appears the business could be under black ownership and the name change the result of a new marketing ploy. Certainly the change was not meant to be an insult to the President, but rather a way to cash in on the name and make more sales.
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I think Obama would have to have a copywrite on the word Obama to file a complaint.-
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JamesMarcus9 months ago
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Folks, I can only say that this story is not about racism. The chicken joint is in Harlem and is most likely owned by an African American. There are probably two intermingled motives for changing the name--pride and a desire to boost sales--and the president is not going to come charging into town and tear down the awning. Now, if somebody were setting up a multimillion dollar business that exploited Obama's name, it would be a different matter. This is more like a tongue-in-cheek homage.
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Georgia509 months ago
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Actually, if Barack Obama fails to defend his name now, he forfeits its use. It becomes public domain. (As a public official, he already has an uphill fight as I understand it.)
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That's why Coke, Xerox, Fedex, etc., get so whiney when their name is used in a generic way to describe a competitor's product: "Defend it or lose it." -
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dxxy4u9 months ago
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Rather by contention, or good will, any which way, Obama is being talked of like no other since Christ rode into Jerusalem riding on a donkey. The Sanhedrins tried to stop the people from cheering. Jesus said, " If these do not cheer, then the stones will cry out, for this is MY day".
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