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.'"
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
“No Eskimos were harmed during the production of this Eskimo Pie.”
“I wonder if a certain brand of cut tobacco would be offensive today?”
I don’t think the boycott will work.
Do do that liberals must have power to cause fear and guilt, which charges of racism serve them for now.
SPJNK (Some People Just Need Klondike)
Can we call it Inuit Pie?
Maybe some suggestive (sexy) innuendo to help market the name change?
“The name “Eskimo” is commonly used in Alaska to refer to Inuit and Yupik people......”
No one in Alaska uses the word. No One except tourists, and only once.
Can’t wait to see how they deal with Blackened Red Fish...
We just need to give every label a generic name like “food” and “drink” with a small picture of it. THAT should offend no one.
Don’t you mean “UNCLE TOM PIE”?
What do you want to know?
Oh no!! How will we know what Chop Suey is?
What would happen if Oreos were white vanilla cookies with chocolate inside?
order number 5 lunch special. you want sticks with that?
The insanity keeps spreading! There is no freedom of speech if mobs, media, and big business define what words we can use. Will the “White House” be next, accused of being racist? We are losing our freedom to the radicals.
Wo xihuan kuai zi.
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