Posted on 06/19/2020 5:56:10 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The maker of Eskimo Pies will change the 99-year-old brand name of the ice cream treat, the company said Friday — becoming the latest organization to overhaul the marketing of a product with a racially tinged moniker in recent weeks.
The owner of the Eskimo Pie, Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, said in a statement they had been considering renaming the chocolate-covered ice cream bar and popsicle for some time.
“We are committed to being a part of the solution on racial equality, and recognize the term is derogatory,” the company’s head of marketing said in a statement.
“This move is part of a larger review to ensure our company and brands reflect our people values,” the company added.
Along with the name change, the company will alter the treat’s marketing scheme, which traditionally featured a young boy dressed as an Eskimo in a snowy environment. …
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what will vanilla ice cream be called? ###
Honky Ice Cream
Gringo Ice Cream
Hmmm...never heard of “injun Orange”—how long ago was that? Green River is from my childhood. Injun Orange is just a little too close to “Agent Orange” for comfort.
Harvard should pay reparations. Maybe it should be demanded that they give away their entire endowment.
What I’m witnessing in America right now makes me wanna dose, or maybe like I already did.
How about ‘Cream Pies’?
Mao did considerable damage to the Chinese language . My daughter sat down one day with a friend from Taiwan. She showed her the traditional Chinese characters, the Maoist simplified characters, and the loss of nuances and depth of meaning which the simplification caused. Major dumbing down of an entire culture.
Mae West cakes from Vachon, a little too white???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-Rh7HFXBDk
What a great day for white people! All cultural references to anything OTHER than white is being systematically removed from our culture and the left is leading the charge.
Swat is a district in NW Pakistan. Will SWAT teams be renamed to avoid offending someone?
Obola is red on the inside.
I guess Klondike Bars are safe for now?
I am offended by General Mills Lucky Charms, St Pauli Girl beer, Beef Eater Gin, Swiss Rolls, the Boston Celtics, Mickey’s Big Mouth beer, all perpetuating offensive stereotypes. ;)
Well actually many of the Alaskan tribes consider Eskimo derogatory, and considering the history of the term I understand, the problem is they seem to be only slightly less thrilled with Native Alaskan but how are we to keep track of all their tribes? My question is how many of the 229 tribes that have tribal councils speaking for all of their people have registered complaints over the Eskimo Pie name.
All these companies could just use numbers to identify their products. Such as, you will enjoy a “number 6 ice cream”. Or can numbers also have racial stereotypes? I mean don’t get me started on the number ‘8’..........
That district had a famous monarch.
Brown Sugar played on one of my music channels today. I just don’t see Mick and Keith groveling over that, but it’s a strange time . . .
Is “Number 9” trademarked?
Can’t wait for Victory Gin.
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