Anything Black Sale Angers other Steamboat Minorities

Written by Howdy Notseethatcoming Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Goose Dropping Trading Company stirred up a severe controversy this week when it unveiled its latest marketing campaign found in the local newspaper on page 4: Black Week. For a limited time only, anything black in the store can be purchased at 20 percent off its retail price.The owner of Goose Dropping Trading Company was shocked to learn that its Black Week ad campaign could possibly be misconstrued as geared toward a race of people. "I just don't think in terms of color, except as a sales promotion," said owner Pat Entlyoblivious.

This seemingly innocuous campaign, which couldn't possibly be seen as anything offensive toward any particular group of people, has been seen as a slight by Steamboat Springs' other minority communities.

"We would like to know why there has never been a Hispanic Week or an Asian Week," said Carlos Bandana, spokesperson for Steamboat's Hispanic Awareness and Fairness Tribunal (SHAFT). "It's blatant minority favoritism by Goose Dropping. And by minority favoritism, we mean racism, plain and simple."

When contacted by The Pirate & Yesterday about the brewing controversy, Goose Dropping owner Pat Entlyoblivious was shocked that the ad campaign could be construed as targeting the selling of black people.

"Wait ... What?" said Entlyoblivious as she looked over their ad currently running in the paper. "Oh, crap."

After a few moments of silent reflection and not-so-silent cursing of her manager for not pointing out the obvious, the owner insisted that by no means could a black person be purchased at the store, with or without a 20 percent discount. Unfortunately, SHAFT was not deterred in its protest of Goose Dropping Trading Company.

"SHAFT members are once again getting the shaft, so to speak, in Steamboat," added Bandana. "We'd happily accept such a distinction and week of spotlight. We're used to accepting 20 percent less money for our services, so I'm surprised Goose Dropping didn't come looking for a big SHAFT entry into its private sales."