Scarf Controversy
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What's in a scarf????
Well, Rachel Ray wore a scarf in a Dunkin' Donuts commercial that threw the conservatives into a tizzy, according to reports.
Ray wore a scarf that looks like a keffiyeh, a traditional headdress worn by Arab men (see photo above).
Fox News talking head and columnist Michelle Malkin explained, "The keffiyeh, for the clueless, is the traditional scarf of Arab men that has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad. Popularized by Yasser Arafat and a regular adornment of Muslim terrorists appearing in beheading and hostage-taking videos, the apparel has been mainstreamed by both ignorant and not-so-ignorant fashion designers, celebrities, and left-wing icons."
Dunkin' Donuts at first dismissed the complaints, claiming the black-and-white wrap was not a keffiyeh.
But, the right-wing firestorm continued on the internets and by yesterday, Dunkin' Donuts decided it was easier to yank the ad.
Dunkin' Donuts said in a statement, "In a recent online ad, Rachael Ray is wearing a black-and-white silk scarf with a paisley design. It was selected by her stylist for the advertising shoot. Absolutely no symbolism was intended. However, given the possibility of misperception, we are no longer using the commercial."
What do U think of the controversy?
RaRay's stylist is getting no bonus this Christmas!
It's not a keffiyah. The scarf is actually from Urban Outfitters… it IS a silk, paisley design with some fringe.
Re: paige – lol EXACTLY URBAN FUCKING OUTFITTERS ROCKS!
All I see is a Southwest motif design. Get a grip people. I think these folks who seem "bent" on looking for what ever they can find wrong, have WAY too much time on their hands! Heck, maybe even I, have too much time on my hands for responding to this!!
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?? WHAts NEXT!?!?!?!?!?
YOu used a desert in your commercial and desert represent "sand terrorisers yalll " howdy"
fucking idiots I cannot take like the americans that act as if everything is a terrorist
Hey P…your an idiot…learn you history and how the Palestenians were kicked out of their own homeland. They were the victims of a ethnic cleansing…yeach check you facts. Such ignorance the media portrays.
I think if people were offended by the scarf, which does look like a keffiyeh by the way, and the ad was pulled, that's fine. That should be the end of the story. It's websites sites like this and entertainment news shows and shows that want to drum up controversy that keep it going. Shame on you. Dunkin Donuts and Rachel Ray have done nothing wrong; honest mistake on both parts. Let it die already. It's a nonstory.
Gas is over 4 dollars a gallon right now and people care about a scarf that RACHEL RAY wore in a commercial??!! Did I miss something
I think someone should pull it really tight and choke her with it.
OMG! Get a life ppl. This is the stupidest thing I've heard all week. A fucking scarf!!!! It is soooo obvious that FOX news is biast and will do whatever it can to spread anti- Islamic propaganda no matter what. At this rate Americans will soon be naked, and locked in their homes from fear of terrorist attacks if they keep on listening to the media about arabs and terrorist attacks. lol
who the hell cares. everyone at my college wears this scarf…its prob from h&m. haaaaaa
We should stop catering to these stupid arab assholes in OUR country it doesnt mean that. SO FUCK OFF! THIS ISNT YOUR COUNTRY AND WE DONT WEAR SCARVES ON OUR HEAD Big deal she wore a fucking scarf IDIOTS ruining my country!@#$
ABSOLUTELY FUCKING RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
people in hollywood never think before doing something or taking something from other cultures without researching it!!! finally someone spoke up because even cameron diaz was seen wearing one and store in north america have been selling them when they had no idea wat the kaffiyeh meant!! so all you dumb people out there research the facts before doing something and at least when u want to do it be prepared to state your reasons….and where do u think urban outfitters got that design from dumbos….man u people really have no idea wat is outside america….
Are AMERICANS that STUPID? If I was DUNKIN DONUTS I would say SUCK my nuts FOX NEWS!
It's just a scarf all stores sell them, Macys, H&M, etc.
I have one - It's just a shoody, poorly made, yet stylish third world country made scarf
they're crazy. they really are. It's gone way too far.
Who gives a crap if the ad was pulled b/c of a scarf! Cry me a river. Ads are pulled all the time b/c material deemed insensitive and what not. It's nothing new. Besides, that scarf's tacky and out done. I wish burqa's were all the rage, so all these "hipster" people can cover their ugly faces. Ha!
i have that scarf, it's from urban outfitters… tell them to shut up it's in style
lol your joking right?
wow that was a waste of time….
Who says the keffiyeh is a symbol of "murderous Palestinian jihad" other that some neoconservative uptight loser from FOX news? I have never, ever made that association. What's next?! A woman is shown in an ad wearing a hijab, another traditional Muslim clothing item, and she too is thrown to the wolves for some sort of promotion of terroism?
Why should Dunkin' Donuts take these ignorant people seriously? Do they feel that there is actual proof that this style of scarf symbolizes terrorism? It used to be that the liberals were the ones to be branded as sensationialsts, but now I think it is conservatives that should take on that title. I am so tired of us, the "Westerners", being so afraid and ignorant of other cultures that the mere sight of a scarf sends us on a rampage.
Traditional arabic headscarf = terrorism!!!!!!!!! What a bunch of idots we are.
how the hell is she supposed to know that? does rachael ray look like sum1 who would b tryna get a message like that across? people need to just leave her alone! it's just a scarf and it's just a commercial…
Michelle Malkin is a Jew, thats why the ad was pulled!!
Heaven forbid a Palesintian scvarf
that is rediculous
Dunkin' Dumbasses is more like it! It's a FUCKING SCARF,people! I like Ray Ray and I seriously doubt she is working to promote terrorism!
This is what is wrong with this country now. You can't please everyone, but damn if people don't try. That's just stupid, IT'S A SCARF PEOPLE! Next thing you know everyone will be afraid of their own shadow. OMG my shadow looks like Bin Laden!
i live in england and like a year ago they were completely in fashion and still are a bit
EVERYONE WEARS THEM
Leave it up to the JEWS at SHIT FOX NEWS to start this crap. Let's have a discussion about how our tax dollars go to build a wall to steal the Palestinian's land & kill their children!
My mom used to wear a scarf just like this who the fuck cares!!!
you know…everyone in the city (NYC) wear those scarfs..I MEAN EVERYONE they are like five dollars and their's a lot of colors as well..i have like 20 lol
that's funny as shit! her stylist must have had it in for her, it's so not rachael ray anyway, that it looks weird on her
urban outfitters 28.00 holla.
That is unbelievably stupid and ignorant. Come on! What is the world coming to when we literally complain about EVERYTHING! I'm ashamed to be alive during this era that we're in.
How stupid is this… the Keffeyeh is not a symbol for "murderous palestinian jihad" it's just part of the arab dress code. And arab dress code doesn't mean terrorism
:S:S Get some education perez!! Long live prejudiced american media!!
source: An Arab!
Of course. The terrorists sent Rachel Ray here to annoy us to fucking death. It all makes sense now.
I will now boycott scarves. Until winter that is.
There's seriously something wrong with a world who goes crazy over something like this.
i'm pretty sure terrorists wear pants. are we suppose to stop wearing those too? cuz that really doesn't leave me much to work with.
Seriously? Seriously?? People need to calm the fuck down. It's a SCARF for Christ's sake! And it's CUTE! Get over yourselves with the cultural-senstive shit. It's getting old.
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Let me tell you my experience with these scarfs.
I'm from Toronto and here, everyone wears them, they are a huge fashion trend and no one thinks anything of them except narrowminded assholes.
My sister wore hers one day when we took a shopping trip to the states and holy fuck…. the looks she was getting from wearing a scarf. She's a 13 year old white girl, what's she gonna do?
I've even been approached on the subway by older people asking me if the scarf is related to the taliban.
Seriously, America, LIGHTEN UP!!!!
YOU'RE ABOUT TO ELECT A BLACK PRESIDENT, AND A SCARF SETS YOU OFF?
COUNTING THE DAYS TO OBAMA'S ASSASSINATION!!!!
STUPID STUPID STUPID
everyone wears those scarves now
Spring scarves are IN this season. its a cute design actually
no bigg deal….
shut-up Michelle Malkin you communist
it's a scarf people! grow some balls.
who cares!! there's more issues in the world to be concerned about.
it's freakin rachel ray wearing an ugly scarf
get over it!!
Who the hell wears a scar in the middle east…? It's like 200 degrees everyday.
Its a shame that we live in a society where this scarf is only looked at as a negative, there have been smart, kind intellectual people who only want to live in a free society wearing this scarf.. it is easy for an American in this country to quickly judge a scarf because all they know is the brainwashing from our media..And it is sad that those killers that wear this scarf are representing an entire society, people.
Terrorism is an ambiguous term, and if one who kills is wearing Citizens of Humanity jeans, does that mean that we should all stop buying them
As an Arab American, our traditional dress has nothing to do with terrorism or any other nonsense suggested in the article. Dunkin Donuts is cowardly for removing the ad and by doing so prove how uneducated the executives at their company are. I am appaled
The scarf can be worn by both men and women, and only for the closed-minded does it symbolize solely "murderous Palestinian jihad." The scarf can also be worn to indicate support for the Palestinian people as well as acting as a visual protest against the daily violence occurring in the Israel-Palestine region.
Nice work, Fox News. No wonder everyone love the U.S. so much.
it just goes to show how anti arab and ANTI muslim the USA is to ban this scarf. so much for freedom of expression, if the US doesn't allow people to wea a scarf!! the right wing are really racist and prejudiced towards arabs and its about time someone exposed their unfair hate for their race and religion. everyone one should wear one now to piss of the right wing!!!
Re: Paresh –
for Paresh: you must be an uneducated redneck. lazy beer drinking jealous of the people who actually work fuck is what you are. My rolex watch that I worked hard for by actually going to college is probably worth more than your trailer park. …and yes I'm ARAB!!!!
ITS A FREAKING SCARF…HAHAHAHHAAHHA..GEESUS.
ah now it makes sense, it was a jewish right wing person who objected, it clearly shows that they are a racist cause they hate arabs!! what a nasty unfair hateful person to do this and influence the ad and have it pulled!!
It's such a touchy subject, I know that. But people are completly over reacting! Getting mad because someone in a commercial is wearing a scarf that kinda looks like something else? Come on now…
Over a SCARF!!!!! How crazy can you get
I would understand if it were an Arab man wearing the scarf in the commercial, but it's Rachel Ray, It's a simple fashion statement. There's too many people out there that have the time to BITCH AND COMPLAIN about everything! RELAX , TAKE A DEEP BREATH!Her wearing the scarf is not affecting anybody. I would have not known that was a Keffiyah she was wearing simply because shes white,and it looks like a fashionable accesorry!
People these days are simply Ridiculous.
So silly!
this is freaking ridiculous
doesnt even look like a keffiyah
and scarfs are totally in style.
LAMMEEEEE
what do i think about the controversy? i really don't think about it at all. who cares.
Was there no other news that day????? How stupid and irresponsible of the media……..again.
This is so Fu(*&#$ Discriminating. There are countless of Hollywood movies that are anti arab. One example is Knocked up. Where the whole movie is about making fun of one of the characters because he looks like a arab. This is ridicilous and discriminating. Being pro Israel (occupying racist aphartheid state)is no crime, but if you wear a scarf that REMINDS you about arabs you get banned???? What kind of RACIST signal does that send out?
your country is obviously a PC mess
RaRay's Stylist is going 2 get a HUGE bonus this Christmas!!!!!!
way to blame the "right wing" - by "right" you should mean "correct."
what is wrong with complaining to Dunkin Donuts that their designer is unknowingly pushing a a "terrorist chic" trend. - they did the RIGHT thing by pulling the ad. it's pretty absurd how biased your report is. it has nothing to do with "right wing politics" - i'd be very interested to find out who wardobe was for this ad—i would put money on it that they are entirely pro-palestinian and perhaps arab or muslim—-and this was an attempt to sneak it into our culture—
-david
the jewish internet defense force
jidf.org
Fucking ridiculous. Another example of Fox News, Rupert Murdoch, and the rest of the neocons spreading their fear mongering.
thats actually the stupidest thing i have EVER heard
I HATE CONSERVATIVES!!!
Freja Beha Erichsen ( the best high fashion model EVER )….wears this scarf all the time…. I think that it is very stylish. Sucks it causes controversy.
American conservatives are the most stupid people on earth…their president says it all.
Are you serious? D&D actually yanked the ad? That's such a crock of fucking shit. NEWSFLASH !!! We aren't in the fucking middle east.. I'm pretty sure the YUMO Queen, Rachel Ray didn't intent to promote terrorism with her fucking latte in hand. As for Michelle Malkin .. She needs a slap. "The keffiyeh, for the clueless, is the traditional scarf of Arab men" …. There are SO many things wrong with her dumbass statement..but for her to say "the clueless" I GUARENTEE NO america would know wtf a KEFFIYEH is !! If an muslim man was wearing it fine.. I could SEE a little better why she'd bitch..but come'on, a woman is wearing a scarf in a coffee commercial for D&D. It's AMERICA - keffiyahs DON'T MEAN SHIT HERE. GIVE ME A BREAK. PPL have the right to wear whatever they want.. peaople walk around with SWATIKA tattoos.. Black Power Shit… Gang Tattoos… God. America is crumbling.
Shame on you DunkN Dougnuts for being pussies and giving in to the "terrorist scarf controversy"
everyone wears those scarfs!!! get a life
well I have one of those big deal. and they are all over the runways. umm but i agree with you guys she should of used a different color or a different kind material. SEE YOU ALL AT LAZY BEAR WEEKEND IN NORCAL ONLY THE BEST PARTY EVER. YAY! SEE YOU THERE PEREZ ! WOOF!
how fucking retarded - just when you think the christian right can't out-insane themselves, they do - so fucking studpid!
this is the biggest load of crap i've ever heard. "murderous Palestinians"
Fox News can kiss my ass.
PEREZ!! PLEASE PLEAS PLEASE PLEEEEEAAASSSEE POST MICHELLE MALINS CONTACT INFORMATION IF YOU CAN FIND IT. WEL ALL NEED TO WRITE HER A LETTER!!! STOP THE HATE!
cut her fucking head off,that might help
All the kids up in Camden Town wear scarves like these! She's just trying to be trendy! Americans are soooo uptight!
Too busy bitching about this shit to even hear the desperate cries of their own people.
I think it looks like a normal scarf and people seriously need to stop looking too far into things.
what a load of whingey bitches.
Guess they haven't been to ireland yet, we all offending their eyes, as that scarf shit is the fashion here now.
im an arab and even i think thats ridiculous. i mean it doesnt matter. its justa scarf. and trust me i know what a keffiyah is and that is not one. they just need to relax. its not that big of a deal.
it just shows how retarded Americans are and always will be! IDIOTS!
GO CANADA!
Ridiculous! Those scarfs have been a staple in UK fashion for like 4 years.
Abercrombie and Fitch has the same scarves all over their forms. We should remove every single one in every single store…gawd
we still have trouble understanding and accepting other cultures. In this sense, it seems people are pissed because scarves are becoming popular in the U.S.
Fox news can go to hell
I thought her $%#%@! coffee was STARBUCKS
Sometimes people, a scarf is just a scarf! We, as a country, have all become to damn sensitive to the dumbest things! GET OVER IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is america and the last time I checked a scarf looked exactly like what RR is wearing, I don't give a poop what it stands for in Palestine, its like saying we can't wear the color red because that's a communist color or everyone who wear military style boots is a nazi. I will never eat DD again because they acted like such pansies.
are you FUCKING kidding me?!
since when do the conservatives care about hurting anyone's feelings.
IT"S A SCARF!
god you can't do or better yet wear anything these days without someone freaking out.
Dunkin donuts is clearly quite the cowardly company seeing as they didnt care until someone started to freak out.
People are so god damn paranoid.
ludicrous. those conservatives have too much time on their hands! why stir up trouble when it clearly was not intended to make a political statement?!?
Is it a crime to be arab now? Is it a crime to be Palestinian? Well, throw my family in jail then… That is just B.S.
I hate right-wing media, they make everything arabic or muslim terroristic. It's a sickening phenomena.
Its a SCARF! Are you kidding me? who cares who it offends! IDIOTS!
FUCK YOU! AND FUCK YOUR GOD!!!
That is so LAME!!!! Stupid conservative crazies! There's too much hate in this country.
the unabomber wore a hoodie, let's wear those either
I am sorry but that is not a "keffiyah" or what ever they called it. I am an Arab and that is not a symbol of terrorism it is part of the arabic culture it is what our elders wore to keep the sand out of there face an to protect them from the sun. My father and brother both wear them today because they are part of our culture. It is sad to see people taking and using it in a wrong way
In the words of the great words o John Lennon "Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace" i can't wait for that day to come 
people really NEED to find something better to do with their time instead of overanalyzing everything just to find something to complain and bitch about. its a fucking scarf.
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michelle malkin is a fucking idiot. she needs to be bitch slapped in the worst way. how can she defend internment camps?! that's like if blacks defended slavery. what a douche.
Glad to see noone is taking whoever the f**k wrote that article seriously. The right wing radicals, as I like to call them, are on the side of the Israeli zionists who hope to anex the Palestinian territories. The Israeli lobbiests spend much time and money on their PR (public relations) campaign in the USA. After all it is our tax dollars that is allowing for 3-4 billion dollars in foreign economic aid mainly towards their military to maintain their superior military capabilities throughout the Middle East. Israel doesn't want US foreign policy to change that might interfeir with their money recieved. Hence why the commercial was pulled - to supress any discourse about Palestine and Israel's illegal occupation of its territory. FREE PALESTINE!!!
What do I think of the controversy? I think I've had so much more than enough of the talking head conversative filipino cunt named Michelle Malkin. She should shut up about what someone is wearing in a commercial (and showing her lack of fashion sense — that scarf is not even close to a keffiyeh) and use that time to learn how not to be such an obnoxious bitch.
Everyone is so fucking sensitive now. It's fucking ridiculous.