Coon Cheese rebrands in Australia after anti-racism campaign

bbc ^ | 1/13/2021

[rdl6989]

Hilarious.

[DesertRhino]

My daughter told me that calling Arabs dune coons sounded racist.

[Ed Condon]

If we gave an infinite number of racoons an infinite number of typewriters, would they beat the monkeys in writing all the great works?

[KarlInOhio]

Coon cheese? Sure they look cute, but they get mean when you try to milk them to make cheese.

[SJackson]

Thanks. Heck, we have a Senator named Coons. Sit's in Joe Biden's former seat. He's not changing his name.

Is it referred to African blacks, or for aboriginals as well?

[Veggie Todd]

I remember eating at Sambo’s.

[gundog]

Trash Panda works for me.

[americas.best.days...]

How else are they supposed to honor their goddess, Stacy Abrams?

[mylife]

Did you ever have racist thoughts while you ate your pancakes?

[Veggie Todd]

Only when they brought out the Aunt Jemima syrup. :)

[naturalman1975]

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.

[mylife]

Poor old Jemima! They got her too!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

And then they replaced her with

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Looks like the one in Portland is now Clyde’s Prime Rib. Probably something racist about that, too.

[piasa]

A Trash Panda!

[mylife]

:)

[piasa]

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.

[gathersnomoss]

Australia also had that classic steel wool product, Nigga Boy.

Good luck trying to find it....

Such a snappy jingle....

[dforest]

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?

[Fred Nerks]

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