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THE PICTURE that accompanied a New York Times article about the founder of Chobani yogurt showed him with a giant American flag in the background. That was fitting, because Hamdi Ulukaya epitomizes the American success story immigrating here, working hard, overcoming adversity, building a successful business and now giving back by helping others. Unfortunately, there is another strand to his story, and it is one of xenophobia that too often has marked the countrys reaction to waves of immigration. Even more distressing is that this ugliness has been enabled by the rhetoric of a presidential candidate who extols brute nationalism as a badge of honor.
Mr. Ulukaya, a Turkish immigrant of Kurdish descent who has built a flourishing business making a popular Greek yogurt, has become the target of racist attacks on social media and negative articles on alt-right websites. Mr. Ulukayas sin? Employing some refugees at his plants in upstate New York and in Twin Falls, Idaho, and advocating that other companies do more to assist immigrants.
The attacks have been encouraged by a series of conspiratorial articles. American Yogurt Tycoon Vows to Choke U.S. With Muslims headlined one article on the far-right website WND. Breitbart, the conservative website whose former executive chairman Stephen K. Bannon is now running Donald Trumps presidential campaign, ran what the Times characterized as misleading articles tying the hiring of refugees to two rape cases in Idaho as well as a spike in tuberculosis in the state. Now there are calls to boycott Chobani.
It is hard not to see the events as an outgrowth of the overheated debate about immigration in the presidential race. That Mr. Trump has opposed resettling refugees, summarily dismissed one nationality as criminals and rapists, and proposed a ban on immigrants of a certain religion has helped to feed the hate. It is no mere coincidence that Mr. Ulukaya, an immigrant, was targeted while other executives who have aided refugees were not.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/xenophobes-turn-their-hatred-toward--greek-yogurt/2016/11/02/bc6d5de4-a06f-11e6-a44d-cc2898cfab06_story.html?wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,004 posts)Wilms
(26,795 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Could be because people have tastes different than your own.
Wilms
(26,795 posts)But beyond that??
I wonder if flavorings are what make yogurt palatable to some, whereas others would just eat it plain.
ronnie624
(5,764 posts)Imagine that.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,004 posts)Wilms
(26,795 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(10,004 posts)Wilms
(26,795 posts)Have you tried their plain yogurt?
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)whenever I make chicken tikka masala or pork vindaloo.
Wilms
(26,795 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)share it with someone. My wife can't do spicy stuff anymore. She has Sjodren's syndrome, which affects saliva production. So far I have only used the Patek mixes, to which you add yogurt. It is pretty good, but I want to try it from scratch. Maybe next paycheck...
Skittles
(153,164 posts)LOVE all other kinds of yogurt
Wilms
(26,795 posts)Maybe that will do the trick.
Skittles
(153,164 posts)and if you tell me it's bad for me, well, I eat pretty much only junk food and my stats are fantastic - and I have never, ever had to go on a diet
Wilms
(26,795 posts)Unless you're washing it down with a giant bag of potato chips!
bhikkhu
(10,718 posts)have that as a side with any spicy dish - its divine.
A friend from Mumbai showed us that years ago (among many other more complicated dishes), and its still one of my favorite things. "Raita" is the name for it, I believe.
Skittles
(153,164 posts)sorry, I HATE spicy, and not a fan of onions
bhikkhu
(10,718 posts)...and I think I burned away most of my spicy-sensitive taste buds years ago; there's nothing like sriracha on just about anything (:
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)...it's like eating sour cream with a spoon.
I like the black cherry, strawberry, & pomegranate, too.
But lately I've been buying Fage.
Vinca
(50,276 posts)I'll definitely give it a try. Love Chobani!
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,004 posts)Last spring they had a good maple flavor I begged them to keep.
Vinca
(50,276 posts)I could live on the pineapple.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,004 posts)Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)right now I'm on to the caramel apple and I like the Coconut and the plain (I use walnuts, chia seeds, dried cranberries and mini chocolate chips!)
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)I suggest everyone here on this site that buys yogurt to switch to this brand if you don't already get it.
Ms. Toad
(34,074 posts)Which most stores don't carry. Fage is the only one I can consistently find.
(Can't have any of the flavored ones).
Dorian Gray
(13,496 posts)I usually buy the Icelandic yogurt for him (Siggys), but he can deal with Chobani for awhile.
Orrex
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,010 posts)Not enough intestinal bacteria.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Somehow, I don't picture these knuckledraggers as yogurt eaters.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)3catwoman3
(24,005 posts)...lemon with fresh pomegranate seeds stirred in is quite delicious.
hunter
(38,316 posts)Amazingly, the same right wingers who hate Chobani are perfectly happy eating chicken processed by immigrant workers who are frequently abused and simply fired when repetitive stress injuries slow them down.