Ben & Jerry’s Apologizes for Jeremy Lin Inspired Ice Cream

I was looking forward to an apology...

Ben & Jerry’s tweeted an apology to anyone who was offended by its new limited-edition Taste the Lin-Sanity frozen yogurt flavor.

Exclusively sold at the company’s Harvard Square location in Cambridge, Mass., Taste the Lin-Sanity contained vanilla frozen yogurt, lychee honey swirls and fortune-cookie pieces.

The company tweeted, “On behalf of Ben & Jerry’s Boston Scoop Shops, we offer a heartfelt apology if anyone was offended by our handmade Linsanity flavor that we offered at our Harvard Square location.

The Boston Globe reported that the fortune-cookie pieces were replaced by waffle cones after some customers protested that the fortune-cookie pieces perpetuated an Asian stereotype, while others complained the cookies were too soggy. The lychee element, a fruit from Southeast Asia, also caused an uproar as arguments raged that Lin was not from Asia but Northern California.

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... but I was not satisfied with this apology. Ice cream was invented in ancient Persia ("In the Persian Empire, people would pour grape-juice concentrate over snow, in a bowl, and eat this as a treat, especially when the weather was hot.") and I'm 1/32 part Persian. I deserve an apology too!

Really? I don't think it is quite that serious but okay.

CinnamonGirl wrote: Really? I don't think it is quite that serious but okay.

If you were 1/32 Persian... you'd understand.

Lin wasn't upset about the ice cream. A little fortune cookie history, originally they came from Japan, but during WWII, the American Chinese started doing fortune cookies so most China probably have never heard about them.

Who gives a rats A...