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Critics seek clarity after Trader Joe's says it will keep "Trader Ming's" and "Trader José" products, denies they're racist
CBS News ^ | July 30, 2020 | Li Cohen, Victoria Albert

Posted on 07/31/2020 6:18:27 AM PDT by artichokegrower

The creators of a petition calling on Trader Joe's to change stereotypical product names like "Trader Ming's," "Trader José" and "Trader Giotto's" are seeking clarity this week, after the company doubled down on the names and said it doesn't believe they're racist.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: tradergiotto; traderjoes; traderjose; tradermings
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To: LouAvul

I don’t remember seeing a no firearms sign in the Utah Trader Joe’s we shop at. Unless I missed it.

Good for them for not caving on changing their branding. Let’s see if they can take the heat now.

More customers and businesses need to stand up against this foolishness


21 posted on 07/31/2020 6:44:52 AM PDT by skyman
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To: artichokegrower
"creators of a petition"

Who cares?

22 posted on 07/31/2020 6:46:50 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: artichokegrower; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; ...
How about we create especially for you Trader STFU!
We think alike.
...the company doubled down on the names and said it doesn't believe they're racist.
BLM isn't burning down any Trader Joe locations, and the Antifa twinks have backpacks full of TJ snack bars and mints.

23 posted on 07/31/2020 6:48:43 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: artichokegrower
Silly me! I always thought "Trader Joe's" was cleverly named after explorers and brave seafarers who opened up global trade routes over a thousand years ago. I figured they were celebrating the fact that global trader brought so many diverse products like silk and spices to far-away markets.

But stupid old me. I never realized they were slavers. Guess I need more coffee in order to get better woke.


24 posted on 07/31/2020 6:49:06 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: artichokegrower

Giotto is simply Italian for Joe.

My friend who has an Italian first name is happy to have people use the American equivalent.

My mother was legally given an American first name. My grandmother then gave her an ethnic name which my mother always used. My mother only found out about the discrepancy when she tried to collect Social Security at age 62.


25 posted on 07/31/2020 6:49:07 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: woweeitsme

It’s not conveniently located for me, but when I’m going to be near it I’ll swing in and pick up their very reasonably priced colon-blow type cereals, which besides being bargains are quite tasty. Plus, last time I was there for cereal, I picked up a plant they were selling (lavender I think) during Wretched Gretchen’s ban on plant sales.


26 posted on 07/31/2020 6:50:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: LouAvul
On their door, prominently displayed is a “no firearms” sign. But to me, concealed means concealed.

That has long been a reason for me to not enter a business. I do not go to gun-free zones if I can help it. Fortunately there are no Trader Joe's in my area. I can easily not miss going there.

27 posted on 07/31/2020 6:50:50 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." - George Orwell, 1984)
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To: artichokegrower

Headed to TJs presently.


28 posted on 07/31/2020 7:02:49 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: artichokegrower
The creators of the petition are now asking that the company clarify their intentions and plans.

Unmentioned in this CBS article is the fact that the 'creator' of this is a California High Schooler and the last I heard was that the petition was still at 4 digit count. Whatever the ethnicity of this petition creator, I am certain that the guiding thought was inspired by 'cultural appropriation'. I would therefore advise that this person live to that principal and eschew chewing any foods not specific to their ancestry. If not Italian, no pizza. If not Scottish, no McDonalds. etc.

Chew on that snowflake!

29 posted on 07/31/2020 7:04:17 AM PDT by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: artichokegrower

Clarify away, @$$holes!


30 posted on 07/31/2020 7:21:50 AM PDT by sauropod (I will not comply.)
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To: skyman
This is in Tulsa. Sadly, Tulsa has been infested with vermin from kalifornia, virginia, new york city, et al. It's also a college town and is distinctively purple. As is our only other metropolitan area, OKC.

They also proudly boast that they have the highest per capita number of fags than any city in America.

I used to live in kali and, back in the day, liked to visit san fran. But Tulsans who brag about highest per capita, etc, have never been to san fransicko.

31 posted on 07/31/2020 7:33:34 AM PDT by LouAvul (Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Psalms 9:20)
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To: artichokegrower
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts ... One other man, Giles Corey, was pressed to death for refusing to plead... From link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials

Good for Trader Joe's ... they should name a product after Giles Corey... the only way to stop these people is for all of us to stand up to them and to REFUSE TO APOLOGIZE...Refuse to say we're witches...

32 posted on 07/31/2020 8:30:24 AM PDT by GOPJ (Leo Terrell - Michael Shellenberger - Stephen Hsu - Bari Weiss - Bernell Trammell - John Kass)
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To: woweeitsme; KarlInOhio; dp0622; MAGAthon; LukeL; glennaro; LouAvul; cuban leaf; eyeamok; ...
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts ... Giles Corey, was pressed to death for refusing to plead... From link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials

Good for Trader Joe's ... they should name a product after Giles Corey... the only way to stop these white liberal elite thugs is for all of us to stand up to them and to REFUSE TO APOLOGIZE...Refuse to say we're witches... Refuse them... Refuse them...Refuse them until hell freezes over.

33 posted on 07/31/2020 8:37:42 AM PDT by GOPJ (Leo Terrell - Michael Shellenberger - Stephen Hsu - Bari Weiss - Bernell Trammell - John Kass)
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To: artichokegrower

So it is “Trader Joes” after all and not “Traitor Joes”.


34 posted on 07/31/2020 10:13:45 AM PDT by nonsporting (Death to tyrants is obedience to God.)
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To: GOPJ

take me off your mass mailer


35 posted on 07/31/2020 10:25:36 AM PDT by LouAvul (Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Psalms 9:20)
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