Posted on 01/13/2021 1:35:20 PM PST by mylife
Coon Cheese is to be rebranded in Australia to Cheer after a campaign by activists against the word's racist connotations.
The well-known brand, which has been around for more than 80 years, will disappear from shelves in July.
The cheese is owned by Canada's Saputo Dairy Australia which announced last year it would "retire" the name.
Coon is historically used as a racist slur, and Aboriginal groups have lobbied for its rebranding for decades.
It is one of a number of brands to face pressure to rebrand following last year's Black Lives Matter movement.
The cheese got its original name from American pioneering cheese maker Edward William Coon who patented a ripening process in the 1920s.
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Hilarious.
My daughter told me that calling Arabs dune coons sounded racist.
If we gave an infinite number of racoons an infinite number of typewriters, would they beat the monkeys in writing all the great works?
Is it referred to African blacks, or for aboriginals as well?
I remember eating at Sambo’s.
Trash Panda works for me.
How else are they supposed to honor their goddess, Stacy Abrams?
Did you ever have racist thoughts while you ate your pancakes?
Only when they brought out the Aunt Jemima syrup. :)
The people who use it use it to refer to anybody who is black. Historically it was mostly used for indigenous Australians because they were the largest black group around - there weren’t all that many African immigrants until Australia until recently, but I’m sure they cop the phrase.
Most Australians aren’t racist - but unfortunately we do have some who are. And I’ll happily condemn anybody who does use a slur against another - but I don’t think it does anybody any good to focus on things like the name of a cheese. That effort would be better off directed at the actual bigots who are still around.
I don’t even oppose changing some names where the names genuinely are racist on some level - but things like this just make that look stupid.
Poor old Jemima! They got her too!
Looks like the one in Portland is now Clyde’s Prime Rib. Probably something racist about that, too.
A Trash Panda!
:)
I don’t know about you but I’ll be looking forward to our Trash Panda overlords since they will unquestionably be more ethical thieves than the ones presently in congress. At least Trash Pandas steal indiscriminantly and wash their hands.
Australia also had that classic steel wool product, Nigga Boy.
Good luck trying to find it....
Such a snappy jingle....
The guy’s name was Coon. How is that a slam at black folks?How about Rocky Racoon? Should we change his name to Rocky Rackydoon?
wiki:
Coon is the Australian trademark of a cheddar cheese produced by the Warrnambool Cheese and Butter company. It was launched in 1935 by Fred Walker. Coon cheese is named after the American Edward William Coon of Philadelphia
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