“I thought it
was an honorary name. … I'd be honored if someone named a cupcake
after me.” – Oregon baker Anjelica Hayes
Apparently
political
correctness is now spoiling our desserts.
Anjelica Hayes,
26, owner of Portland's Fat Cupcake bakery, has been shamed into
renaming one of her signature treats. Based upon her innocent
understanding that the Oreo cookie is Mr. Obama's favorite, she had
called her black and white confection “The President”. After a
Yelp reviewer denounced the cup cake's name as a racial slur, the
negative local press compelled Ms. Hayes to change its name to “The
Professional;” a title never confused with this failed
president.
Was Ms. Hayes
making an unconscious political statement? Did she infer that Barack
Obama is “black on the outside, but white on the inside”? Is
Anjelica Hayes, who incidentally is black, a secret racist?
This
absurdist “controversy” epitomizes what's wrong
with progressivism. Numerous, deep-seeded problems which plague
our society are utterly ignored (read: black-on-black
homicide and Chicago's
yearly record death toll) while non-issues (like this one) are
fixated upon as spurious evidence of “racist”
bogeymen. Consequently, innocents as she are wrongly demonized.
The triviality of
identity
politics is a cancer on our democracy. This dynamic is the same
insanity which threatens to elect a candidate president based solely
upon the superficiality of her
gender. Objective facts like a track record of lies and abject
failure—not to mention the travesty of lawbreaking corruption
(read: Hillary's Server-gate)—are
completely disregarded. This truth is as black and white as Ms.
Hayes's renamed Oreo cupcakes.
Perhaps the baker
Hayes will name a delicious pound cake after Donald Trump. Maybe serve slices with some heavily whipped cream.
After his triumphant 2nd debate performance, that sounds
like just desserts to me.
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