Rachael Ray's Scarf Controversy

Rachael Ray recently appeared in a Dunkin Donuts ad wearing a scarf that is causing a major firestorm. The kind of scarf is called a keffiyeh, which is traditional wear for Arab men.

Fox News' Michelle Malkin blogged, "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."

At first, DD dismissed it, saying that the scarf is just a trend right now, and that the scarf is not a keffiyah. But then someone on the ad campaign must have gotten nervous, because they pulled the ad. It's all the stylist's fault!

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gevo

Get a life people, after she broke up and lost half her money she has grown a double neck and chin, she is just covering up

Posted 6 months ago

Suzanne

Michelle Malkin is a psychopath. Anyone who takes her seriously needs their head examined. While I don't think Ms. Ray's scarf is very fashionable, I fail to see the connection to arab terrorists. It's just a fringed scarf. Geez!

fahad

what??? by the way i am an Arab not Palestinian but i now them and the thing she is wearing is called gattra and actually it is not even like it only the color is the same so what is the deal did the media became so boring and they could not find anything to talk about except this well get a life and stop plying with the life of others thank you

fed up with religious bullshit!!

You have got to be kidding me?! After knowing the kind of controversy this scarf has made. I would wear it all the time. She is probably sitting back, eating an eclair, and laughing about this whole ridiculous thing. People are upset about a scarf?? WTF!!

joy

this is the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard!

John

So now the wearing of a scarf is a sign of a terrist. Oh boy, are we in trouble. Ok people. Just remember , come winter, you better not become a terrorist just because you want to keep your eats warm.Ms. Malkin would make a poor Muslim anyway. After all, she is allowing her attractive hair to show, which is taboo for a Muslim woman. Also all the black American women muslims that do not want to wear a burka, should uncover their faces, The people objecting to this must not be too intelligent.

Correction on the above: "Ms. Malkin" should read Rachael Ray,

tiger

Wow. I can't believe the paranoia and stupidity. Is that low cut fitted T shirt a sign of terrorism too? I'm going to wear scarfs more often in the winter now.

ann

everyone should boycot the dunkin doughnut places and anything else they are connected with. a scaff day should be declared in america. to show the support for racheal ray.

Mary

We all know that Arabs are the owner of DD, soo its just a trend. Give that a thought.

Briana

I think that everyone is taking this too far.It's just a scarf!I would understand if she were wearing it somewhere else other then her neck that it would be offensive but come on now.This is just ridiculous.

Ivan

Sometimes a scarf is just a scarf. I can't believe people have gotten so paranoid to equate a scarf with terrorism. That's the most ridiculous logical reasoning I've ever heard. Meanwhile, as people are arguing about this, Ms. Malkin is laughing all the way to the bank, making money on non-issues and distorted logic.

Rebecca

Hmmmmm! Come on America wake up and educate yourselves. Its a piece of cloth. And really here again the American media always has something to say to stir up and make trouble for someone. So educate yourself and make your own decision!!!!!!!!

Tammie

DD needs to get off their sugar & caffeine high and come back to reality!!! That is one of the most ridiculous comparisons I've heard lately,,,, outside of the democratic BS thats going on!

Sandra

wow how stupid! Yes this scarf (or one similar to it) is something Arab men do wear BUT it is like the baseball cap which MANY american men wear. Just because Timothy McVeigh happened to wear one or any one of the numbers of people who have held schools as hostages here in America does not make the baseball cap a sign of terrorist affeliation. Get a live Ms. Malken.

hmm

Malkin probably is schizophrenic or something. Reading unhidden messages from random stuff. I think this woman needs to get a life. With that said, that scarf doesn't even go with the outfit!!!

Anna Banana

Wow. You people are so fuckin gay! this is the biggest bs ever and Michelle is fuckin retarded! its a freakin scarf pple. doesn't symbolize crap!

Joe Canadian

Americans are so racist.

michael

that scarf is fabulous! Where can i get one?

john

Michelle Malkin was wearing the exact same scarf when I fucked her in the ass.

iman

this absolutely ridiculous! It's a scarf for God's sake! I LOVE RACHAEL RAY!

charlotte centorino

Only in America!!!!! I'm so glad us Aussies are far far away from this crazy country!

ERICA

This whole thing is just stupid, I can not believe that a scarf could cause controversy. But what I found even more sad is that Dunkin Donuts would actually pull the ad, one minute they are using Rachael Ray for her fame and popularity to promote their product and the next minute they don't want to know her because she was wearing a scarf that some STUPID ASS Person didn't like. This is really tragic that people have nothing better to do than look at what someone else is wearing. I hope Rachael Ray is laughing her ass of at this, I know she has better things to do with her time than to think, "What will people come up with if I wear these shoes?" - This ladies stunt didn't work sorry but I know it isn't gonna stop me from watching her shows and buying her product.

Lee

The language used in most of these comments lend me a hint to the lack of formal education and virtue these people posting statements have. This site should monitor the vulgarity used and not allow a comment with such disregard for others.

MARIANGELES SANCHEZ

I ABSOLUTELY HATE MICHELLE MALKIN...I CAME ACCROSS HER RACIST STUPID BLOG A WHILE AGO AND WAS ENRAGED AT THE STUPIDITIES AND HATRED SHE HAS AGAINST IMMIGRANTS AND YET WHEN I LOOKED AT HER PICTURE SHE IS CHINESE!! HELLO?!? I DONT THINK SHE HAS REALIZED IT YET BUT SOMEBODY IN HER FAMILY HAD TO BE AN IMMIGRANT FOR HER TO BE IN THIS COUNTRY. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT ANYBODY CAN TAKE HER MORONIC COMMENTS SERIOUSLY...ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO A SCARF. SHE IS OBVIOUSLY OLD BECUASE SHE DOESNT KNOW THAT THESE SCARFS HAVE BEEN "IN" IN THE PAST MONTHS SO IM GUESSING MANY OTHER YOUNG AMERICANS ARE ALSO TERRORISTS SINCE THEY ARE ALL WEARING THEM.

mike

The scarf makes her look like she got caught up in a fishing net. Who cares what terrorist think anyway, they burn our flags and are anti-american...I think everyone should wear one.

Luis

Extremists like Michelle Malkin are luring American society to the wasteland. Don't fall for that, people. Having said that, I'm gonna cut my yard.

BETSEY JOHNSON

I HAVE A SCARF LIKE THAT I GUESS IM A TERRORIST!!!! LMAO. SO SILLY. THE MEDIA NEEDS TO FIND SOME FRESH MATERIAL :-]

sus

coooooooool Rachael Ray the scarf is really cool.

Anna

Please a scarf now, on and on we go in this country about issues that aren't even issues. Rachael can't wear a scarf, but we let the Enemy Terrorist wear them in our Country. What's up with this situation?

pappy

Its racism of course, plain and simple. Its like if Coke pulled a Bill Cosby ad because his black skin was insensitive to people who had had crimes committed against them by people with black skin. I don't think Dunkin Donuts or capitalism in general is racist in itself. Its just a basic tool in the toolbox for splitting people up, keeping them disorganized and breaking down the social bonds that lead people to have supportive feelings about each other. This de-socialization is really a key element in getting wealth and decision making into the hands of private power. Divide and conquer. Identity politics. Its complicated 'tho. You have to pick a vulnerable target to match the situation, and you can't go too far, or it can backfire. Right now in many situations of course Arabic peoples are the vulnerable target. A good media person has good instincts here, that's how you get ahead in the game and maximize funding from the advertisers. This Michelle Malkin's nationally syndicated column is doing very well. On her web site it looks like she's also having fun with several other people dividers. Illegal immigrants is a great program of course, it attacks us on so many levels. It incorporates racism, but also increases the percentage of the working class who have no political or social rights at all. It drives down wages, pitting legal and illegal sectors of the working class against each other instead of uniting in common interest against the ruling class, etc. That's why we have it, not porous borders. Other countries with more difficult borders maintain 100% control when they want to. In Europe they chose to use the "guest worker" program to split people up, some of the ruling class wants to implement that in the US now, that's what they're talking about on the TV when they say "immigration reform". More interesting is how Malkin is working on splitting up the coffee drinkers. Dunkin Donuts ("conservative") vs. Starbucks ("liberal"). This corresponds to a big effort here throughout the media, check it out on your computer. Its usually in the context of "conservative" verses "liberal". Consistent efforts to portray country music as "conservative" and rock music as "liberal", gun nuts as "conservative" and non-gun nuts as "liberal", Christians as conservative, etc. Which of course in the reality of everyday people is bullshit. The Beach Boys are Reaganites and Merl Haggard loves Hilary Clinton, etc. Right wing gays and hippys abound, I know some. The actual social mores of a "conservative" bible belt person of course exceed the wildest decadent fantasies of your stereotypical "east coast liberal" intellectual.

ThrowRocksAtStupidPeople

Hmmm... I think I'll go buy some and send it to Malkin and every other person whose ever agreed with her right wing views. Alongside the scarf will be a notecard saying: "You created a new American fashion industry: Terrorist Wear for Americans. Felt you needed to be part of the fad. So, here you go. :)"

Rachel Fan

Hmmm, maybe if she had an AK-47 and was yelling "You infidels...drink this frappuccino or I will put a jihad on you." I love Rachel Ray.

A Dissapointed american...

So pointless. I won't even waste my fingers to type anymore.

Jenn

So we have a problem with Rachael Rays scarf but what about “You Don’t Mess with Zohan” who actual wears a kaffiyeh. Let’s Protest that too!

Charlie

These scarfs are sold in all the major department stores and have been fashinable for years. Malkin is a paranoid nut job who should never be taken seriously. I have seen pictures of John McCains daughter wearing one as well as a picture of Malkin with one on the back of her chair indicating that she also has worn one. I guess she should boycott herself.

Olivia

Wow, okay — wearing a ratty-ass scarf now is equatable to being a terrorist. Seriously? That is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. How can people be serious??

Posted 5 months ago

Yojimbo

Terrorist fashion! Oh noes! Conservatives are getting more delusional and insane every day.

Posted 4 months ago

Crane

People are dying in Darfur, Iran threatens us with nuclear war, gas prices are on the rise and America get's worked up over a celebrity's stupid scarf?! Some Americans really need to sort out their priorities.

talapoku

In your opinion, what's the best movie ever created?


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