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Posted on 08/03/2020 2:21:18 PM PDT by edwinland
After nearly 100 years, Eskimo Pie ice cream will get a new name.
"We are committed to being a part of the solution on racial equality, and recognize the term is derogatory," Elizabell Marquez, head of marketing for parent company Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, told CNN in a statement.
The chocolate-covered vanilla ice cream bar joins brands such as Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben's in overhauling long-used names and marketing strategies considered racially offensive...
The name "Eskimo" is commonly used in Alaska to refer to Inuit and Yupik people, according to the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska. "This name is considered derogatory in many other places because it was given by non-Inuit people and was said to mean 'eater of raw meat.'"
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When will the racist derogatory name Democrat be no more?
LOL.
How many millions have they spent on brand name recognition,
and now they just kicked it all away.
‘eaters of raw meat’ ???
ooookkkay, then call it Cannibal Pie
Not a fan of the wokesters but why should I care that a private company is changing the name of one of its products (which I have never bought) because they believe the new name will attract more customers than the old name? Maybe it will, maybe it won’t. Either way, meh.
It’ll end when everything is vanilla; umm, no, wait, that won’t work either.
“This name is considered derogatory in many other places because it was given by non-Inuit people and was said to mean ‘eater of raw meat.’”
But they were eating raw meat, right?
Q: What is the word for “Eskimo lesbian?”
A: “Klondike”.
“Tootsie Roll” is sexist and next!
What will they call it? Chocolate coated pie?
Indigenous Polar Population Pie!
Much better than “The Washington Thin Skins”.
I still call it the personnel office.
‘Klondike Bars are better anyway.’
Klon Dike? Be carefeul.
I don’t know but I’ve been told
Eskimo p(ie) is mighty cold!
I’ve been calling myself a Saltine American for a long time. Cracker is SO racist!!!
Klondikes are lesbian Eskimos.
how about Cow Pie?
No good man, Klondike bars denigrate dykes.
The word eskimo means “netter of snowshoes” not raw meat eater. Another lie from the left (commies).
https://uaf.edu/anlc/resources/inuit_or_eskimo.php
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