PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--B&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE:BGS) today announced that we are initiating an immediate review of the Cream of Wheat brand packaging.
Is the cream of wheat guy a racist stereotype? Honestly it just looks like a standard chef to me.
I can buy the aunt jemima thing but what's the argument here
Unless it’s an image of a black wo/man dunking on someone, engaged in a TD celebration, fist pumping after a Tennis or Golf tourney victory, it is now insensitive cultural appropriation.
MARYLAND (AP) — The recent national debate over racism has renewed calls for the NFL’s Washington Redskins to change their name, with Native American advocates believing the climate is right for action despite no evidence owner Dan Snyder is considering it.
It could take pressure from the other 31 owners and the league office itself to force Snyder’s hand. A Redskins spokesman said the team had no comment, while the NFL did not immediately respond to questions about the future of the name.
“(It) might be easier if the NFL as an institution or a corporation mandates the change because then it takes the pressure off of the Washington team themselves and Dan Snyder,” University of California, Berkeley, assistant professor of psychology Arianne Eason said Wednesday.
Helen Bannerman (born Brodie Cowan Watson) was the Scottish author of a number of children's books, the most famous being Little Black Sambo. She was born in Edinburgh and, because women were not admitted as students into British Universities, she sat external examinations set by the University of St. Andrews and attained the qualification of LLA. She lived for a good proportion of her life in India, where her husband was an officer in the Indian Medical Service.
The heroes of many of her books are recognizably south Indian or Tamil children from the illustrations. However, despite the plots having no really racist overtones and usually celebrating the intelligence and ingenuity of the children, the name Sambo has become a slur against people of colour and the books have often been banned or censored. As a result of this controversy, a politically correct version co-authored by Fred Marcellino, The Story of Little Babaji, changed the names of the main characters
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Aunt Jemima’s Great-Grandson Is Furious That Her Legacy Is Being Erased
After Quaker Foods announced its rebranding, the great-grandson of the real Aunt Jemima expressed his fury that cancel culture is erasing her legacy.
https://www.themix.net/2020/06/aunt-jemimas-great-grandson-is-furious-that-her-legacy-is-being-erased/
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200617005854/en/BG-Foods-Statement-Cream-Wheat
PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--B&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE:BGS) today announced that we are initiating an immediate review of the Cream of Wheat brand packaging.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/503368-company-behind-mrs-butterworths-now-doing-complete-brand-and
I can buy the aunt jemima thing but what's the argument here
Lol probably been trying to change branding to justify their jobs for like 5 years and now they are thinking
Successful branding based on African Americans is now bad?
Piss Dan Snyder Off, nothing else matters
so here is the book 'little black sambo ' and it is racist as all shit. They should change the name to 'Little Dawntay"
Actually kind of gay looking cover
https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Story-of-Little-Black-Sambo-Audiobook/B07GL6QWPB?source_code=MSNGBWS0929169043&cvosrc=ppc.bing.&cvo_campaign=367588670&cvo_crid=77103379696863&Matchtype=e&msclkid=1f40f60f4b8517c68823a8e1db2d9cdc&gclid=CN2l7ry7keoCFVMBfwodRNAAVg&gclsrc=ds
https://www.bing.com/shop?q=little+black+sambo&FORM=SHOPTB
Helen Bannerman (born Brodie Cowan Watson) was the Scottish author of a number of children's books, the most famous being Little Black Sambo. She was born in Edinburgh and, because women were not admitted as students into British Universities, she sat external examinations set by the University of St. Andrews and attained the qualification of LLA. She lived for a good proportion of her life in India, where her husband was an officer in the Indian Medical Service.
The heroes of many of her books are recognizably south Indian or Tamil children from the illustrations. However, despite the plots having no really racist overtones and usually celebrating the intelligence and ingenuity of the children, the name Sambo has become a slur against people of colour and the books have often been banned or censored. As a result of this controversy, a politically correct version co-authored by Fred Marcellino, The Story of Little Babaji, changed the names of the main characters