Social Product cancel thread: If any product can be a little racist, surely crappy beer can?

[HockeyBjj]

List of fallen soldiers as of 7/1:
Land O Lakes Indian
Aunt Jemima
Poor ole Uncle Ben
Mrs. Thicc af Buttersworth
Whoever the dude on the Cream of Wheat box was
Eskimo pie ice cream bars
Dixie beer






Curious of all the marketing strategies by large corporations to appease the Twitter mobs out there, and how much stuff changes up, goes away, or apologizes.

Post any other products you see getting racial makeovers here. I'll update thread title whenever a major one goes this route.

 

[King of Fists]

To be honest we should all be more outraged about the crap they keep putting INSIDE those syrup bottles, that HFCS-ladel diabetes trap is still a danger to us as a society.

As far as the image on the the label, I'm pretty sure the syrup tastes the same without the image, not sure what the outrage is re: removing it.

In B4 fake conservatives start the screeching, "This private company removed a cosmetic image from their label that has no effect on the taste or composition of the product, how dare they!"

 

[Ramon Antonio]

Well I can only show some examples from my own culture. We used to have negerzoenen, which translates to negro kisses (neger is not as offensive as negro is in English).

 

[bobgeese]

This is literally the most pissed off I’ve ever been.

 

[Trotsky]

Can't say I disagree.

I hope they don't change the Cream of Wheat guy, though. Unless he is/was a slave, then okay.

 

[Gunny]

I guess Uncle Ben will be next. I was about to say Mrs Butterworth but upon reflection I’m not sure if she is, in fact, supposed to be black.

 

[King of Fists]

In B4 fake conservatives start the screeching

Whew, made it!

This is literally the most pissed off I’ve ever been.

 

[superpunch]

It was racist in the 1920s when they had some blackface vaudeville looking stuff in the advertisements. Now it's literally just a normal black woman though. Imagine how that woman in the picture would feel if she were still alive being told she's a racist caricature of herself.

I wonder if the people pushing for this stuff realize that what they're accomplishing is now food companies will just walk on eggshells at the idea of putting black women in their advertisements or on logos for fear of being racist.

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

The Land O Lakes meme is A Plus material

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

To be honest we should all be more outraged about the crap they keep putting INSIDE those syrup bottles, that HFCS-ladel diabetes trap is still a danger to us as a society.

As far as the image on the the label, I'm pretty sure the syrup tastes the same without the image, not sure what the outrage is re: removing it.

In B4 fake conservatives start the screeching, "This private company removed a cosmetic image from their label that has no effect on the taste or composition of the product, how dare they!"

That goes both ways. Imagine being so unhinged you actually care to remove the picture. I guarantee you 99.8% of people don't think of aunt Jemima or uncle Ben as racist imagery.

Have you ever thought that?

 

[Billy no mates]

This is good , at this rate racism will soon cease .

 

[Fawlty]

It was racist in the 1920s when they had some blackface vaudeville looking stuff in the advertisements. Now it's literally just a normal black woman though. Imagine how that woman in the picture would feel if she were still alive being told she's a racist caricature of herself.

I wonder if the people pushing for this stuff realize that what they're accomplishing is now food companies will just walk on eggshells at the idea of putting black women in their advertisements or on logos for fear of being racist.

It's still based on a minstrel show character, and it's understandable that people would not be cool with that.

 

[Natural Order]

Society is lost, nothing to do. No goals, no unified direction....just social anarchy. This is the result.

The dummies won, lol.

 

[Holic]

 

[The Stoat]

Curious of all the marketing strategies by large corporations to appease the Twitter mobs out there, and how much stuff changes up, goes away, or apologizes.

Post any other products you see getting racial makeovers here

What's wrong with the Indian and the black woman? Absolutely nothing.

Do leftists believe these companies are making fun of Indians and black people?

 

[Renard]

Just looking at the packaging, aunt Jemima is a likeable grandma archetype. It's the opposite of racist; it's a warm and positive AA depiction. Skimming through the wiki page on the character, I can see why some people have would issues with it though. The character name is from a minstrel show song, and the character as a cook is a corporate fabrication. Of course the model (Nancy Green) was well compensated for her work and she participated of her own free will. It's not clear cut one way or another, but there are very few warm & homely depictions of AA women in American society, I think the balance tips towards removing being a loss.

 

[Richie Madano]

Just some manufactured corporate bullshit to get people worked up. I’ll file this one under “don’t care”.

 

[jefferz]

Her apartment super isn't going to be happy when he has to call a plumber.

 

[TheComebackKid]

Schwarz = black

I think its time for Mr. Black-Nword to get a name change.

Until then...cancelled!

 

[Sketch]

It's still based on a minstrel show character, and it's understandable that people would not be cool with that.

Notice how this guy is defending this ^ Says all you need to know.