Greeley pizzeria's Thanksgiving smallpox ad spurs outrage, disgust, demands for public discussion

A Greeley pizzeria put out an ad in a magazine that refers to the genocidal deaths of Native Americans — and is facing an outcry.

The ad that Right Coast Pizza placed in the November issue of BandWagon — a Greeley-based music, arts and entertainment publication — shows a woman holding a pizza box in front of a kneeling native man wearing a headdress. The ad shows the woman saying: “Sorry about all the smallpox. ….. Who wants a slice of pepperoni?”

Right Coast owner Justin Vogel on Sunday evening said he was trying to prevent circulation of the ad after he and Right Coast employees received phone calls and electronic messages lambasting their conduct. BandWagon’s electronic versions of the ad have been removed.

Vogel was trying not to be delinquent in minimizing circulation of print versions of the magazine, he said, and planned to meet Monday morning with BandWagon’s publisher.

Read more: https://www.denverpost.com/2018/11/18/right-coast-pizza-thanksgiving-smallpox-ad/