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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Watch out Dairy ‘queen’.
They got a jump start this year with the stupid “COVID” instead of “CCP Disease.”
In Alaska the word Eskimo is consider a pejorative, For folks in Rio Linda, Eskimo = the N word.
Real fast way to start a fight in some places.
My wife said next they’ll go after brown cows ice cream bars.
Can you imagine the counseling these p*ssies would need if they found it there was such a thing s funny face drink mix? They couldn’t even imagine I drank Injun Orange as a kid. But that’s probably what caused me to be a “racist.”
-PJ
Call it Obama pie. Black on the outside, white on the inside. Well it is.
So what are they going to do? Revert to the old name of Esquimaux?
We are witnessing a total collapse of sanity.
“Cracker” is another well-known racial slur. It is not acceptable for manufacturers to market products using these racist terms.
Anthony Quinn as an Eskimo in The Savage
Innocents by Nicholas Ray. Ain’t that sumpin’.
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/manfred-mann/quinn-the-eskimo
This from the eponymous film is a headache inducer/party ender
https://youtu.be/zpJqF4LFjks
Whale blubber pies might work.
Another Bob Dylan song where the cover version is more famous.
OFHS!!
Now that Aunt Jemima is no more, there will be thousands of inner city Black Astrophysicists and nuclear engineers.
“My wife said next they’ll go after brown cows ice cream bars”
My understanding is they still make Black Cow Candy, well not for long. Next thing you know Hookers will complain that they want “Slow Poke” candy banded. It cuts down on the daily turn over of John’s.
Dairy Queen feels pretty safe tonight
No more eskimo kisses, too.
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