Reverse Oreo (experience)

[cardero]

This afternoon, CNN "Open House" host Gerri Willis came by CNN Newsroom to discuss the economy. Willis joked with anchor Kyra Phillips that if she could predict the stock market, she and Phillips could run off to an island, prompting Phillips' co-anchor, Don Lemon, to ask not to be left out of the girls' getaway. This resulted in the following exchange:

Gerri: Alright Don, you come too.
Kyra: We could bring him along with the girls.
Gerri: Come on!
Kyra: He's paying! Thanks, Gerri.
Don: A little sandwich!
Kyra: Ooh!
Gerri: Whoa, I have to go now!
Kyra: Yeah, good time. You don't want to talk about the reverse oreo!

Willis was visibly embarrassed by Phillips' joke, though Lemon seemed to enjoy it, laughing out loud and announcing, "Oh, she said it! I'm glad she said it."

Full story and video can be found here.

CNN's Kyra Phillips Jokes About Making "Reverse Oreo" With Black Cohost Don Lemon - Media on The Huffington Post


Would you find this offensive? If so, why? If not, why?

Are these people just having fun or is there a time and a place for this?

Could this be likened to the Imus experience?

Should these reporters be reprimanded in some way for these comments?

[Francine]

Reverse Oreo? I haven't seen something that is simultaneously racist and sexist since the heyday of the band "Whitesnake".

[MidnightBlue]

Originally Posted by cardero

Would you find this offensive? If so, why? If not, why?

Are these people just having fun or is there a time and a place for this?

They are just having fun, and there is a time and a place for this -- and the news isn't it.

[Willamena]

I agree with MidnightBlue.