Posted on 06/22/2018 6:06:13 PM PDT by EdnaMode
The mother of a mixed-race family is asking a popular ice cream manufacturer to change the name of one of its flavors to be more inclusive. Traci Schmidley says she is a mother of six and a foster mom to more. Some of her children are black and some are white. She says it was her 10-year-old son who first noticed the name of the ice cream, "The Great Divide."
"The Great Divide" is half vanilla and half chocolate. The container has a line right down the middle dividing the off-white vanilla from the chocolate brown. When the family bought a tub of it for a celebration, her oldest child said the line down the middle reminded him of the Mason-Dixon line.
"[He] jokingly commented that the Great Divide flavor should be called the Civil War flavor," Schmidley wrote in a blog post on "Love What Matters."
She says her son is "talented academically and adores all subjects, but math and history are his favorites." The ice cream immediately reminded him of "a time in history when our nation appeared to be irrevocably divided," the mother wrote.
Schmidley says her son noticed the mixture of black and white people around their table -- all of them family. They are not divided like the ice cream.
The mother from rural Louisiana wrote the blog post to call attention to the message the label sends and to urge Blue Bell to change the name and packaging. "My husband and I are both teachers and together we teach our children, along with several of their friends, out of our home," Schmidley wrote. "We have a huge dining room table that is almost always full of people, which is just the way we think it should be."
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This would be great for my wife and myself. My wife is black and likes vanilla ice cream and I’m white and prefer chocolate. Same goes for cake as well. Some people need to get over it.
Blue Bell shouldn’t answer period.
If the company has a set they should rename it to “FU, SnowFlake” Made from the tears of unicorns and snowflakes with extra Gluten. Would that not put them on your got to buy list?
“My husband and I are both teachers and together we teach our children, along with several of their friends, out of our home,” Schmidley wrote. “We have a huge dining room table that is almost always full of people, which is just the way we think it should be.
Do you teach others to “MYOB” and to not make public fools out of themselves” Which is the way I think you should be.
We’re fine! A little soggy as we’re WAY ahead on rain, but the garden is loving it, as are new trees that I planted this year! Can’t complain - though I will! :)
Dont let these idiots know about the black and white cookie.
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The black and white cookie.
It’s like David Duke and Farrakhan down there.
— Seinfeld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aamDcMU9C2Q
Buy a tub of each and they are segragated not inclusive as in the single container....
Well played!
Neapolitan ice cream has been around since I was a kid and that is a long time ago as I’m now 70. My 3 Biracial great grands don’t care what it’s called as long as it’s Ice Cream they like the taste of.
How about NiggaPlez
and (GASP!!) dark at night.
= = =
Has any species evolved to blend in with the night?
How about Half ‘n Half
They see everybody else (in their bubble) demanding changes and getting them they want to try it for themselves. I bet they think they’re teaching those kidlets something worthwhile.
Blue Bells are the National Flower of Texas.
Do the Houston Astros play with Blue Balls, it does it impact their play?
I assume you meant the State Flower.
Texas is a nation?
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Blue BONNETS are the National Flower of Texas...
Only in our dreams ...
Wait till the little brown ones grow up and begin to bitterly hate and resent their mom because she’s white. They may beat or kill her, jmo.
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