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| Eskimo Pies to drop ‘derogatory’ name over racial insensitivity |
| 2020-06-20 |
| [NYPOST] The maker of Eskimo Pies will change the 99-year-old brand name of the ice cream treat, the company said Friday — becoming the latest organization to overhaul the marketing of a product with a racially tinged moniker in recent weeks.The owner of the Eskimo Pie, Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, said in a statement they had been considering renaming the chocolate-covered ice cream bar and popsicle for some time. "Yeah. We been thinkin' about it. We decided to wait until there's a nationwide PC hysteria." "We are committed to being a part of the solution on racial equality, and recognize the term is derogatory," the company’s head of marketing said in a statement. "We've decided to call them Esquimeau tarts. Much more dignified, don'tcha think?" "This move is part of a larger review to ensure our company and brands reflect our people values," the company added. "People values come before loyal customers." Along with the name change, the company will alter the treat’s marketing scheme, which traditionally featured a young boy dressed as an Eskimo in a snowy environment. "We just gonna dress him as an Injun." The move comes after brands such as Aunt Jemima’s syrup and Uncle Ben’s rice have said they will would overhaul their controversial imaging amid online criticism. Right. It's not like you're turning success into failure, not like you're tossing iconic brands into the trash. We can go with the house brand. Or with Klondike bars. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #18 Excerpt from NPR article (and they still say it's bad for other made-up "reasons"): According to the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, linguists believe the word Eskimo actually came from the French word esquimaux, meaning one who nets snowshoes. Netting snowshoes is the highly-precise way that Arctic peoples built winter footwear by tightly weaving, or netting, sinew from caribou or other animals across a wooden frame. |
| Posted by: JHH 2020-06-20 17:58 |
| #17 "jerk water" pre-ejaculate So is Oreo next? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-06-20 13:21 |
| #16 #14 was explaining to someone the other day that "jerk water" referred to jerking a rope to start the flow of water from a tank into a locomotive. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-06-20 11:44 |
| #15 How about, Aunt Trudeau |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-06-20 11:16 |
| #14 And poured by a "soda jerk". |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-06-20 11:12 |
| #13 Back in the twenties and thirties, a sugary, carbonated beverage was called a "dope." Just sayin'... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-06-20 10:53 |
| #12 and contain seal blubber Which each of those tribes have a different unpronounceable word for, which will be duly misspelled on the regionally target wrappers. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-06-20 10:49 |
| #11 and contain seal blubber |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-06-20 10:17 |
| #10 Correct ethnic names for ice cream sandwies will be as follows: In NW Alaska they are called Inupiaq Pies. In western Alaska they are now called Yupik Pies. In Greenland they will be known as Inuit Pies. These are just a few examples. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2020-06-20 09:57 |
| #9 Cincinnati chili may be next on the hit list. It's hard to worry about what they call ground beef and ketchup on day old spaghetti. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-06-20 09:54 |
| #8 Cincinnati chili may be next on the hit list. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-06-20 09:38 |
| #7 Or with Klondike bars. Nope. That's on the list too. As we know from the Kung Flu, naming things after their geographic point of origin is racist. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-06-20 09:36 |
| #6 Walrus nuggets. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-06-20 03:15 |
| #5 Dunno..."Inuit Bars" just doesn't have the same pizazz. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2020-06-20 02:56 |
| #4 Klondike Bars next? |
| Posted by: gorb 2020-06-20 01:52 |
| #3 Fruit Loops won't get cancelled - Toucan Sam's beak looks like a gay pride flag. |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-06-20 01:15 |
| #2 By this time next year I expect Minute Rice to be under attack by those unable to tell time. I've watched videos by African American commentators on YouTube saying if Aunt Jimima isn't on the product anymore they won't buy it. Besides, all that fake "maple" syrup tastes like crap. Dont skimp. By the good stuff. |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2020-06-20 00:28 |
| #1 I can see why they want to change the name. The word 'Pi' has to be triggering to anyone (Afro-Americans, and Vagino-Americans especially) who flunked high-school trigonometry. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-06-20 00:21 |