‘People were very offended’: ‘Tone deaf’ corporations facing backlash for Juneteenth themed products

CNN (on their own site) ^ | June 15, 2022 | Nicquel Terry Ellis

[Da Coyote]

ISGAS - I scarcely give a s....

[IYAS9YAS]

Proof that, at their core, all liberals/leftists are racist.

[fhayek]

I eat corn beef and cabbage and drink beer (and whiskey) on St Patrick's Day. I am such a bigot!

[OHPatriot]

Rosenberg Anniversary? June 19, 1953? Sing Sing Prison.

[alexander_busek]

From the Indianapolis Children’s Museum’s watermelon salad to Walmart’s swirled red velvet and cheesecake flavored ice cream to Dollar Tree’s Pan African-themed plates and napkins, inclusion experts say corporations are missing the mark with Juneteenth. By failing to provide any historical context with these items, the companies don’t appear to have considered how they could promote stereotypes or offend Black people, experts say.

So, I guess that the burning crosses they added to "provide context" didn't help any, either?

Regards,

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

it’s a stupid name and a stupid propaganda holiday

they should call it what it is, national hate whitey day

[Jamestown1630]

We should probably always have had some commemoration of this. (If we made it the day of the actual Proclamation, it would have been lost in New Year’s day.)

[bert]

They have created another day to celebrate Kissing Black Ass

[FlingWingFlyer]

How many friggin’ holidays does 12% of the population need?

[FamiliarFace]

I LOVE watermelons, but became allergic to them later in life. Not just watermelons either. All melons. No cantaloupe or honeydew for me either. It makes me very sad, but it’s not worth it for me anymore. I think it must be how an alcoholic must feel. There is temptation, but I have to deal with it, and let it go.

[FreeperCell]

All of them.

[alexander_busek]

What's the problem with watermelon? I'm as white as white can be and I *love* watermelon. Why is it a problem if some (or,perhaps,many) black people like it too?

So you're White, huh?

Well, wouldn't you be offended if you had been invited to a predominately Black celebration, with chiefly Black attendants, and were offered Jell-O with mini-marshmallows and grapes floating in it? How about N. Dakota style potato salad?

(I jest!)

Regards,

[ConservativeMind]

That is a nice Children’s Museum.

Really enjoyed it, as a kid.

[Jamestown1630]

I’ve made this. It’s very good, but the watermelon doesn’t hold up long:

https://www.yummly.com/recipe/Watermelon-Salad-1263628?prm-v1

[God luvs America]

Watermelon salad is actually good. They shouldn’t complain

[waterhill]

Texas has always had Juneteenth. It should stay here in Texas.

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

What holiday has not been overly commercialized? Losing the real meaning of a holiday is a sign of total acceptance into the mainstream culture.

[GreenLanternCorps]

[jeffersondem]

“. . . freeing the last of the democrats slaves.”

Not quite.

The United States clung to slavery well after economic and political rivals in the CSA were destroyed.

[JBW1949]

Congress passed The Juneteenth National Independence Day Act in June 2021...