Posted on 02/17/2020 11:58:00 AM PST by Olog-hai
A bakery in the western German city of Cologne has caused a storm in local media for its selling of dark-glazed pastries with exaggerated facial features.
Some of the pastries — normally a kind of meringue on wafer covered in plain chocolate — were sporting eyes, nose and thick red lips, with some even carrying bones on top of their heads or comical hats.
The white-faced pastries have glasses and carry on their heads what is known as a fez, a felt hat with a tassel that was popular during the Ottoman Empire.
The pastry, now known as “Schokokuss” (Chocolate Kiss) is popular in Germany, particularly during Carnival every February.
Formerly known as “Mohrenkopf” (“Moorish head”), the name of the pastry was altered because of its racialized reference to Muslim inhabitants across what is now Europe and North Africa during the Middle Ages.
The Cologne-based bakery features the treats in its display entitled “Funny carnival heads.”
This year’s supply has stirred debates on social media after author and columnist Jasmina Kuhnke, or Quattromilf as she is known on Twitter, posted a picture of the pastries after a friend sent her a photo.
“Dear Café Konfiserie Fromme, your pastries disgust me!” Kuhnke wrote, adding that, “no, the white ones are not intended to represent balance, they represent North Africans.” …
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They look tasty to me and those kids love them.
I suppose if one casts a dark shadow, it’s racist.
looks like an easy solution, change the lips
Ummm. I also see “white faces”. So, STHU.
If I could get a fez and smoking jacket, I’d wear it here around the house, I don’t care what y’all think. *chuckle*
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh
I'm not offended by the white ones. Same everything, just the flavors and colors are different.
The white ones just look like Mick Jagger.
To be fair, they have changed the packaging - or so I understand...
said it features its "Funny Carnival heads" display only during the busy Carnival season in February. During the rest of the year, Fromme sells the unclad version of the pastries and labels them either "Mohrenkopf" or "Othello" (a Moorish character in William Shakespeare's tragedy).
I wonder how many decades they've been making the cookies...
OMG just looks chocolate to me GIVE ME A DAMN BREAK, are they going to outlaw chocolate now???
This packaging has also been changed to not be offensive.
Pexew IIRC were the stores in the PRL where you had to pay in dollars.
s/b Pewex
Some countries don't give a damn what the snowflakes think. Santiago de Compestela, Spain, a square right behind the Cathedral that draws hundreds of thousands of pilgrims every year:
That’s right. Most people ignore the PC BS.
Makes sense. Let’s outlaw the following:
Asphalt
Cars of color
Belts of color
Roofs of color
The night
Cats of color
Dogs of color
Ju Ju Bees of color
Wallets and purses of color
Licorice of color
Thoughts of color
Crows of color
Tuxedos of color
Charcoal
Clarinets of color
33 1/3, 45 RPM records of color
Eight balls
The other side of ying.....
I find Homer Simpson offensive...they portray him as a fat white stupid union worker.
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