Starcastle
Well-Known Member
If ever there was proof of how moronic and idiotic this country is about race it is with those 2 brands.
Companies are always looking to modernize and update their brands and the way they sell them. They could give Uncle Ben or Aunt Jemima a new look. They could change the design or colors on the box and change their ad strategies. In both cases the brands were retired as they existed. One completely and we have been told that showing images of a black person on a box is somehow racist!
Amazing that there was little push back when these companies announced they would do this. It is just assumed that these brands were racist and that was it. The companies themselves admitted they branded those products with racist steerotypes for decades! Why? In reality there was not a damn thing racist about either brand. Quite the opposite. Just more proof how the libtard race ideology is a cancer in this country.
1. Aunt and Uncle. From what planet is that ever disrespectful or racist to call an older person aunt or uncle even though they are not biologically related? Everybody does this including black folks. Perhaps black folks more often.
In the movie "The Joy luck club" the daughters call the best friends of their mom "auntie". This is not and never has been an indication of disrespect in any shape or form. It is the opposite!
2. Images of black people on products. Racist! That's what we have been told. The simple fact there is an illustration of a black face on a box of converted rice or pancake mix is racist now? Nobody would say that an image of LeBron is racist or Michael Jordan but an illustration of an older person represents what negative stereotype? None! So because Uncle Ben can't play B-ball or rap he is not useful enough?
3. Black folks are good cooks. Racist! Most people would agree with that, that black folks are good cooks. So what is wrong with it? Well nothing of course. You have to get real creative with the stupid to say that is racist. A positive thing is bad in today's race ideology. WTF? So what were the professions of Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima? I think of them as cooks or chefs. WTF is wrong with that?
There was a third brand that changed for racial reasons with less fanfare. Cream of wheat. A hot cereal product that is not as popular as it once was. That brand sported a black guy in a chef's hat on the cover for decades. How is an image of a black chef racist?
4. Black folks cannot be happy. The images of these products depicted a happy smiling person. Of course! Only an idiot thinks that blacks need to be constantly angry or miserable.
I know blacks were depicted in an excessively happy way once in film and stage and jazz great Louis Armstrong was criticized for being happy and smiling all the time. These images are not like that. They are simply showing a happy inviting smile.
Companies are always looking to modernize and update their brands and the way they sell them. They could give Uncle Ben or Aunt Jemima a new look. They could change the design or colors on the box and change their ad strategies. In both cases the brands were retired as they existed. One completely and we have been told that showing images of a black person on a box is somehow racist!
Amazing that there was little push back when these companies announced they would do this. It is just assumed that these brands were racist and that was it. The companies themselves admitted they branded those products with racist steerotypes for decades! Why? In reality there was not a damn thing racist about either brand. Quite the opposite. Just more proof how the libtard race ideology is a cancer in this country.
1. Aunt and Uncle. From what planet is that ever disrespectful or racist to call an older person aunt or uncle even though they are not biologically related? Everybody does this including black folks. Perhaps black folks more often.
In the movie "The Joy luck club" the daughters call the best friends of their mom "auntie". This is not and never has been an indication of disrespect in any shape or form. It is the opposite!
2. Images of black people on products. Racist! That's what we have been told. The simple fact there is an illustration of a black face on a box of converted rice or pancake mix is racist now? Nobody would say that an image of LeBron is racist or Michael Jordan but an illustration of an older person represents what negative stereotype? None! So because Uncle Ben can't play B-ball or rap he is not useful enough?
3. Black folks are good cooks. Racist! Most people would agree with that, that black folks are good cooks. So what is wrong with it? Well nothing of course. You have to get real creative with the stupid to say that is racist. A positive thing is bad in today's race ideology. WTF? So what were the professions of Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima? I think of them as cooks or chefs. WTF is wrong with that?
There was a third brand that changed for racial reasons with less fanfare. Cream of wheat. A hot cereal product that is not as popular as it once was. That brand sported a black guy in a chef's hat on the cover for decades. How is an image of a black chef racist?
4. Black folks cannot be happy. The images of these products depicted a happy smiling person. Of course! Only an idiot thinks that blacks need to be constantly angry or miserable.
I know blacks were depicted in an excessively happy way once in film and stage and jazz great Louis Armstrong was criticized for being happy and smiling all the time. These images are not like that. They are simply showing a happy inviting smile.
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