I would maybe say tasteless (no pun intended), though I don't know about the background of the guy. It sounds like they're just riffing on an old drug conviction, which has nothing to do with race. Just strange to reference a guy who wasn't necessarily that famous nor currently culturally relevant.
I'm tired of the reach that if you satirize a black person it's racism. It's making fun of his cocaine habit, not his skin color. And people wonder why the word racism has even less meaning than it once had
Reminds me of the rodeo clown who used to wear the current president's mask as his clown costume. Fine when he lampooned Clinton and Bush, but the moment he put on a Obama mask, suddenly its double plus un-good racist and he has to be canceled.
"I just think it’s racist. In this city, it is outrageously racist. You can print that. It’s racist and disrespectful," Cora Masters Barry, Barry’s wife, told DC News Now. She said she wasn't contacted by the pizza chain about the dessert.
Barry's wife wanted a payout for using his name, and now she's harassing the business until she gets it.
Mot racist at all. This is very specific to one individual. If anyone sees racism here that's on them. It's literally named after the guy for God's sake
Crack, maybe, but nose candy is mostly associated with corrupt politicians and bankers.
I think she's just programmed to cry racism when something makes her upset.
Crack users are as black as meth users are white. So there is that angle. But it didn't come up here.
If you don't want people laughing at you for getting mixed up with drugs, maybe don't get mixed up with drugs?
But, whatever, it's current year where black people can do any crime they want and pointing it out gets you canceled.
I mean he was mayor. Now I’m reminded of the In Living Color skit where he appeared on Arsenio Hall
I would maybe say tasteless (no pun intended), though I don't know about the background of the guy. It sounds like they're just riffing on an old drug conviction, which has nothing to do with race. Just strange to reference a guy who wasn't necessarily that famous nor currently culturally relevant.
He's a big deal in DC. From the article it suggests the owner is going back to be a "punk rock pizza place". So it's just an attempt to be edgey
At the time, it was particularly embarrassing that the mayor of DC was a crackhead, and therefore many people knew him for that reason only.
No. (I bet the owner isn’t white either)
Classless and tasteless? Yeah.
I'm tired of the reach that if you satirize a black person it's racism. It's making fun of his cocaine habit, not his skin color. And people wonder why the word racism has even less meaning than it once had
Look up the in living color skit if you haven’t seen it. Funny
Reminds me of the rodeo clown who used to wear the current president's mask as his clown costume. Fine when he lampooned Clinton and Bush, but the moment he put on a Obama mask, suddenly its double plus un-good racist and he has to be canceled.
I saw the word pizza and DC and thought this was going in another direction
Same.
What’s your opinion on pizzagate after all these years? I’ll never forgot the disturbing Instagram photos from the pizza place
At this point I expect the usual suspects to show up at a party with naked kids and say we are Sexist and racist for not letting them enjoy the orgy.
Barry's wife wanted a payout for using his name, and now she's harassing the business until she gets it.
Mot racist at all. This is very specific to one individual. If anyone sees racism here that's on them. It's literally named after the guy for God's sake
You’ve got John Podesta’s attention
Literally has nothing to do with race but they always find a way.
D.C. is the crown jewel of racism
Baby-penis-suckers run the country from the same place where our Black brothers and sisters live in squalor and don’t even have representation
I hope Putin erases it from the planet