Ben & Jerry’s found itself with an unwanted part of the Linsanity spotlight over the weekend.
The Harvard Square Boston franchisee of Ben & Jerry’s apologized after the scoop shop offered a handmade flavor called “Taste the Lin-Sanity†last week whose ingredients included fortune cookies.
It became the latest instance nationwide in which the ascendance of Taiwanese-American star Jeremy Lin in the NBA had led to a company running afoul of stereotypes or inappropriate language regarding Asian Americans. Read full article.