The Middle finger of the world

Indra Nooyi, President and CFO, PepsiCo was lambasted by the folks at Powerline for comparing USA to the middle-finger. Ms.Nooyi also compared Africa to the little finger, Asia to the thumb, South America to the ring finger and the index finger to Europe. I don't want to waste my time on the merits of her analogy, especially one that was delivered during her speech at the Columbia Business School MBA recognition ceremony. Let's leave that argument to the well-read brethren, both readers and writers, of Powerline.

I have a question for Scott @ Powerline: Replace Nooyi with a white American. Would you still make so much noise? I don't think so.
What's funny is a bunch of conservatives complaining of 'cultural insensitivity'. If I am reading the whole thing wrong let me know. I am culture-blind too.

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