Say goodbye to Aunt Jemima

How about not buying it because its junk, even by my low standards?

Who is next?

Cracker Barrel

reer wrote:

There are a lot of reasons I laugh at this, but one of them is the irony that these sorts of actions (along with ones like "defund/disband the police") are spearheaded by people who hate Trump, yet it only serves to help Trump get reelected. No one who was on the fence is going to see these headlines and decide to go for Biden. But there are plenty of people who might be undecided who say "Jesus Christ, what's wrong with these people, can we all stop being so hysterical and irrational" and will vote for Trump. Rightly or wrongly, they see him as not caving to the mob and acting as a check on the cancel culture types that create these fake controversies left and right.

I think you're projecting your views on other people, because the current poll numbers show the opposite is happening.

You think defunding police and changing product names are the things helping Biden?

economists wrote:

You think defunding police and changing product names are the things helping Biden?

No, but they're clearly not hurting him.

Would getting rid of Mr. Clean somehow help Trump if getting rid of Aunt Jemima helps Biden? These products were okay with Biden when he was VP and he should have done something.

Holy fake news you ignorant troll. The archetype of the mammy based on minstrel shows needs to go. You want to make this stuff up to justify keeping these images around? You must have a degree in history reading O’Reilly revisionist schlock. And Uncle Ben and Mrs. Butterworth are next.

bloviating wrote:

Holy fake news you ignorant troll. The archetype of the mammy based on minstrel shows needs to go. You want to make this stuff up to justify keeping these images around? You must have a degree in history reading O’Reilly revisionist schlock. And Uncle Ben and Mrs. Butterworth are next.

Lighten up Francine.

You mean my white rice is going to stay this color?

high school xc coach wrote:

yup. they are basically starting a new brand from scratch. they will LOSE a lot of money on this. up your stock in mrs butterworth's NOW!

She will now be know as Mr. Buttersworth. He will be transitioning soon.

Time to say Good-bye to Dan Snider and the Washington Redskins

NotPCPrincipal wrote:

MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:

Who's next? Uncle Ben?

Why yes. You guessed right. I personally will stop buying either product based purely on the principle that they caved to absurdity and stupidity.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-mars-inc-uncle-bens-rice-changing-logo-combat-racism-20200617-tizex4vbrbglvcnmo4o2lswzje-story.html

The person who wrote that article looks like a fat Karen.

Surely "Uncle Ben" approved that his face is used on that package and he made money from it, so exactly is the problem???

Giles Corey wrote:

Time to say Good-bye to Dan Snider and the Washington Redskins

Funny how that continues to survive over the years of everything else changing logos and names. The one legit racist term lol.

Runner10287 wrote:

Giles Corey wrote:

Time to say Good-bye to Dan Snider and the Washington Redskins

Funny how that continues to survive over the years of everything else changing logos and names. The one legit racist term lol.

Snider is in the ruling tribe that is above the law and everything else

economists wrote:

These companies are dumb. Their identity will be lost along with market share.

Brands that have been around a long time get stale and new competitors enter the market. My guess is the brand had been losing share for a while and they needed to do something to shake things up. All of the BLM stuff provides the perfect timing opportunity to announce the change and get customers to take notice.

reer wrote:

There are a lot of reasons I laugh at this, but one of them is the irony that these sorts of actions (along with ones like "defund/disband the police") are spearheaded by people who hate Trump, yet it only serves to help Trump get reelected. No one who was on the fence is going to see these headlines and decide to go for Biden. But there are plenty of people who might be undecided who say "Jesus Christ, what's wrong with these people, can we all stop being so hysterical and irrational" and will vote for Trump. Rightly or wrongly, they see him as not caving to the mob and acting as a check on the cancel culture types that create these fake controversies left and right.

If you think Trump has any chance of getting re-elected after the debacle of 2020, you've been smoking too much colorized high fructose corn syrup. Nothing anyone does or does not do will save his sorry ass from his own ineptitude. Seriously, you'd have to be hugely ignorant to still support this guy after so many f@#k ups.

who would eat that sh/t anyway?

get real maple syrup or get out

Col. Cyrus Sugg wrote:

More hysteria over history. The real Aunt Jemima was General George Washington's slave and during the revolution faithfully followed him and cooked the meals for the General and his aides-de-camp. Because of her cooking skills and happy personality, she was considered an inspirational figure by the troops. Legend has it that she fixed up her famous pancakes and sausages for the future President before the crossing of the Delaware. Because of her loyalty, Washington in his will he freed her and she became a Free person in 1799. Aunt Jemima is a figure the African American community should applaud rather than tear down. Sad.

It's really hard for me to believe anyone is this stupid. So much so that I'm telling myself this is just a troll post.

But, like, wtf.

What's next!!?? Ben & Jerry's "Cherry Garcia" name has got to go! My GOD! Naming an ice cream after a druggie!

I think "Ben & Jerry's" is safe as a name...unless "Ben" is really Uncle Ben, or "Ben" stands for "Ben Wa balls".

Funny how you mention the poll numbers. Remember back in 2016 when all the polls were saying "Hillary has a 96% chance of winning. Trump will never win." How'd that turn out on election day?