Yes, yes, yes, black lives matter. We’ve been hearing that slogan ad nauseam. But the burning issue of the day is this: do Black Olives Matter?

My husband, along with his four siblings, would give a unequivocal yes! When they get together at Christmas, they pop black olives like candy. The hubby will even buy a multi-pack of canned black olives at Costco, which he eats all by himself.

The owner of an Italian restaurant in Albuquerque, NM, thinks black olives matter, too. This is how Rick Camuglia, owner of Paisano’s Italian restaurant, decided to advertise his new black olive tapenade on his sign marquee:

He then posted a picture of the tapenade atop a seasonal seared ahi tuna dish on Facebook. Camuglia was proud of this culinary accomplishment, and threw in a little humor on the side.

That’s when social media outrage broke loose.

Black Olives Matter – What a shameless way to mock the Black Lives Matter Campaign! I would rather buy this https://t.co/GfOSKYfMeC

— Ifra Nadeem (@IfraAshraf) August 16, 2016

Seeing this 'black olives matter' crap gets on my nerves a bit because Its degrading the Blm movement and making it seem like a joke.

— Fiona (@fionareinhardt_) August 16, 2016

https://twitter.com/TheAvgBlackMan/status/765525287887106048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Ever the entrepreneur, Camuglia decided to answer the social justice outrage with . . . you guessed it, hats and T-shirts! You can view them here.

Do you remember the days before social media when we were able to laugh — albeit sometimes nervously — at edgy racial humor?