I really don’t care as I won’t shop there anyhow. I can’t stand they’re checkout system.
How about Trader Karen’s?
They arent stereotypes
People in those demographics actually have those names
Reality isnt a stereotype
“said Briones Bedell, 17, who started the petition.”
This sums it all up. This whole cultural moment is the psyche of fragile, spoiled 17-year-0ld girls. Totally full of themselves and ready to tell us all how it is. Such wisdom. Such arrogance.
Leave Trader Joes alone!
It ain’t broke.
All you hall monitors are what’s broken.
Don’t accept the premise, and buy plenty of shotguns...
These people are crazeeeeee
A 17 year old girl named Briones started a petition. She’s probably upset that her parents gave her such a peculiar name and is trying to take it out on people with normal sounding names.
The cancel culture is like the joke about the Puritans of old —they’re always concerned that somebody somewhere might be having a good time. The Trader Joe’s names are fun and we can’t have that around here.
Trader José,... Briones Bedell, 17,
Trader Jose is a clone of Corona beer.
So, how does Briones Bedell, SEVENTEEN, know about this?
PS Local Trader Generic Joe today had no Trader Jose beer.
I asked (like a good journalist, why, and:) The Mexico Brewery (I did capitalize Brewery) that supplies them is currently shut down.
So Corona virus scores a victory for Corona beer.
>>“They’re racist because they exoticize other cultures, present ‘Joe’ as this default normal, and then the other characters — such as Thai Joe, Trader José, Trader Joe San — falling outside of it,” said Briones Bedell, 17, who started the petition.
Has Briones ever worked a day outside of being an “internet influencer” or webcam star?
Whatever you or I think of the liberal image of TJ’s (it looks full of LibTard yuppies when I shop at the one in Louisville, logical because L-Ville is full of LibTard yuppies), it is a very well run operation with high quality products. The Trader Joe’s brand products are very good.
I haven’t gotten in there since the ScamDemic started because I don’t live nearby, but it is an outfit that fills a niche well. That’s just good business.
IF YOU ARE a people watcher then Joe’s is the place to go for more comedy than the Comedy Club.
Warning: Be sure to supplement your attire with a barf bag for some of the non comical characters you might be subjected to.
Have to admit they have the best Brioche Bread from France for the best French Toast ever, and an interesting assortment of pizza’s, and Tortes.
They should. And that very same ‘Cancel Culture’ apparatus should be canceling some other things. Such as:
The airing of the movie Pulp Fiction ..... especially for it’s scene concerning Bonnie, sheets and coffee and storage of a certain individual https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idV4GQRflHM
The airing of the movie Elf ..... wasn’t it not too long ago that many wanted the song Baby It’s Cold Outside taken off the radio because of its strong innuendo about rape, etc. I’m thinking that Buddy the Elf committed rape, false imprisonment and a whole host of other felonious crimes during this event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7RMy7Vg0LU
Oh wait.....all of these are done by liberal icons and therefore are untouchable.
One has to wonder if Whole Bezos or Targay put her up to this...
https://www.change.org/p/trader-joe-s-remove-racist-packaging-from-your-products?use_react=false
“Furthermore, the Trader Joe’s company takes pride in the fact that the founder, Joe Coulombe, took inspiration in building the Trader Joe’s brand from a racist book and a controversial theme park attraction, both of which have received criticism for romanticizing Western Imperialism and fetishizing non-Western peoples.”
“...The book White Shadows in the South Seas was also made into a silent film. This work demonstrates the horrific legacy of trading companies as they exploited and enslaved the South Pacific in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of these regions are still at a disadvantage today because of how traders ravaged their peoples, their societies, and their natural resources. Even though the story calls out the abuses of trading companies, (although it perpetuates other racist tropes such as that of the “noble savage” and “white god” narratives common during this period), “Trader” is still part of the grocery chain’s name. It leaves the question: What in particular about this book inspired the company?”
“Likewise, the Disneyland Jungle Cruise Ride has received criticism of misappropriating Indigenous culture and perpetuating stereotypes of native people as primitive and savage. The ride features animatronic people only identified as “headhunters” and “natives” dressed in some sort (of which culture it is unclear) of traditional dress, performing a dance, and playing music - and threatening violence toward visitors. It has been criticized as exoticism at its worst due to its exhibition of humans as an attraction that otherwise focuses on animals. Given the extensive history of “human zoos” in the United States, this attraction is unacceptable. In addition, these animatronic people only seem to serve as the punchline of jokes as part of the ride’s experience. This particular display of exoticism is especially confusing in the context of Trader Joe’s because it again leaves the question: What in particular about this theme park ride inspired the company?”
“The Trader Joe’s branding is racist because it exoticizes other cultures - it presents “Joe” as the default “normal” and the other characters falling outside of it - they are “Arabian Joe,” “Trader José,” and “Trader Joe San.” The book, White Shadows in the South Seas is racist because it perpetuates the myth of the “white god” and the “noble savage” stereotypes. It becomes even more racist in context because the founder of Trader Joe’s said that he was inspired by this book in some way when creating his company, a book which shows traders’ exotification of non-Western peoples turned into violent exploitation and destruction. The Disney Jungle Cruise is racist because it displays caricatures of non-Western peoples alongside exotic animals, as an attraction at a theme park to be gawked at.”
“The common thread between all of these transgressions is the perpetuation of exoticism, the goal of which is not to appreciate other cultures, but to further other and distance them from the perceived “normal.” The current branding, given this essential context, then becomes even more trivializing and demeaning than before. What at first seems, at worst, insensitive, further is called into question.”
““They’re racist because they exoticize other cultures, present ‘Joe’ as this default normal, and then the other characters — such as Thai Joe, Trader José, Trader Joe San — falling outside of it,” said Briones Bedell, 17, who started the petition. “
Cover up in bed and suck your thumb, Briones. You’re getting very torqued up over a label on a can of tuna. This can’t be good for your health.
Enough already!
The Slimes reports on 16 years old rants and petitions as news ?
They should close .
Trader Biden’s ... you know, for ethnic Ukrainian cuisine.