A group of approximately 50 angry Gingers united and are seeing red! They came out in droves today to form a protest rally infront of a Wendy’s fast food joint in Manhattan. Their beef? They say they are offended by the Wendy’s logo. (Wait, hold your giggle and your “what the f*ck are you kidding me” comment.) They claim the logo is racist as it portrays redheads inaccurately, unfairly and the Wendy's girl has gotta go! The protesters belong to the NAARP - National Association for the Advancement of Redheaded People. To my knowledge, this is the first time the public is hearing their voices. With chants like “Biggie Size Bigotry”, their voices will certainly be heard and their message is clear with protest signs like these…
I have to admit, the NAARP has a good argument and reason for such beef. After all, how many redheads do you know that wear their hair in pigtails? Probably none, well I can think of only one. And not all redheads have pasty chalk white skin with dime size freckles on their face as the little Wendy’s girl logo would have us believe. So you see, there is reason to complain. No one likes being stereotyped. Blondes don’t like being called dumb anymore than redheads like being called fire crotches. Whether the carpet matches the drapes isn’t really anyone’s business. It doesn’t matter if you were born a redhead or you are a bottle redhead, you are still a Ginger kid in the eyes of the NAARP.
Famous redheads absent from the rally...Pippi Longstocking (a proud pigtail wearer), Carrot Top, Chuck Norris and Lindsay Lohan just to name a few. Apparently they didn’t get the memo.
Now I'm not sure how long the rally went on, but for those of you concerned, the redheaded protesters did spread on the SPF 50 to protect their fair skin from the mid-summer sun. (Remember Ginger kids, safety first.) Redheads make up just 1% of the world’s population and with the racial diversity in NYC, it’s probably an even smaller percentage. Despite their small numbers, it’s good to see them ban together for a common cause. And only in New York City could you see something like a Wendy’s racist logo protest while walking down the street. Just another reason to heart NY. Nobody will ever say the city is boring or uninteresting.
Want more? Then go behind the scenes of the Wendy’s racist logo protest with the NAARP mission report, photos and video footage on the Improv Everywhere blog.
15 comments:
Wow! Seems you can't get away doing anything these days without someone calling it discrimination and whatnot. Does this mean I should protest the Chicken of the Sea lady since I'm naturally (though not at the moment) blonde???
That is just about the stupidest thing I have ever heard! Here's an idea...how about they get JOBS? Don't they know that it is a little girl named Wendy? Morons!
Silly girls, it's a joke. Notice the name of their blog "Improv Everywhere". It's like improv comedy. Check out the video of the Wendy's protest on their blog. It's hilarious!
These guys are also responsible for the "No Pants Subway Day" I posted about a few months back.
Oh I've totally got to join them! As a natural born red head with a general dislike of most others who tan. Hell I'm surprised I didn't start this club! Then again I feel the pain more than they do for sure, as I used to work at wendy's and every one called me wendy! Did I wear pig tails, do I even have freckles on my face, NO! Shit happens though, I'm pretty full of hate for the tan community but I do agree it's a little silly to protest wendy. It's easy to not understand why they're being so upset and calling them silly, because if you're not a "ginger" you've never had to deal with all of the comments.
"why don't you go to the tanning bed?" answer: because I BURN!
"why don't you use fake tanning stuff?" answer: it turns me freaking orange
I am so sick of being called pale by people as I've heard it my entire life! What gets my goat the most is when people dye their hair red and call themselves red heads! Real red heads don't tan and these fake ass ladies that made fun of me as a kid are now wanting to be like me!
So you can laugh at them, but I actually understand how they feel. There is bigotry toward red heads more than we vocally let known.
Damn you got me going Diamond!
NAARP - National Association for the Advancement of Redheaded People??? seriously, lol since when did hair color become a race?
MsPuddin said..."seriously, lol since when did hair color become a race?"
When only white people can have red hair (naturally), other races became jealous and poof...racism was born?
I don't know, but that's my theory. ;)
I went to the site and it really looked like more of a fun thing for the protesters. It looked more like a reason to be noticed then anything else. They were all smilling and having fun. Wendy got a lot of free advertisment. And I think the little wendys girl is cute.
Red heads have feeling too, so do plants and the leather on my shit kickers.
Dave Thomas named the restaurant after his daughter. She is the only one who can complain about the manner in which she is depicted.
This cracks me up. I can't believe the author of this would go as far as writing a story without realizing it was a joke. The group Improv Everywhere coordinated this entire skit. Look at the link, it's a large scale improv group.
Doug, are you talking about me?
Of course I know it's a joke! (Although I barely remember writing this post since it's well over a year old.) How could anyone take a racist redheaded Wendy's girl protest serious?
I love the Improv Everywhere group. They're hilarious!
you know they weren't serious, right?
wait, never mind, I didn't read your last post. You really should have provided the link to the page so the people who were griping about how stupid it was could have pulled the stick out of their asses and had as good of a laugh as I just did.
wait, never mind, I didn't read your last post. You really should have provided the link to the page so the people who were griping about how stupid it was could have pulled the stick out of their asses and had as good of a laugh as I just did.
Post a Comment