Growing Afro Controversy: Walgreens Ban Chia Obama
Apr 5, 2009 8 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Look, whether anybody’s going to say it or not, let’s face facts. It’s the similarity in style to an afro that the chia plant ultimately obtains, that is at the heart of the controversy here.
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TAMPA – Some local Walgreen’s stores are pulling a supposed likeness of President Barack Obama off their shelves. The ‘Chia Obama’ will no longer be sold there.
Walgreen’s spokesman Michael Polzin explained to FOX 13 that local store managers have the ability to purchase and market products — like the Chia Obama — on their own.
But now, the corporate office has asked stores to pull the product from their stores because, he said, it is not appropriate for the company’s corporate image.
The Chia Obama is a version of the Chia Pet line, which features a ceramic figure upon which fresh greens are planted and allowed to grow, filling out the likeness of the subject.
