Damn. Soon I won’t be able to call sweet and sour chicken balls Chinese food, or Taco Bell Mexican food ? https://www.cleveland.com/entertain...-changing-its-branding-and-packaging-too.html
First they came for Aunt Jamima, then they came for Uncle Ben. Now Mrs. Butterworth, everyone’s favourite grandma, might be canceled.
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I'm tired of it all, I'm gonna buy the pecan pancake syrup with no one on the label. The name hopefully won't magically become racist last week. I won't mention it in hope to protect it from the radical left ..... 
This "movement" left the average black person behind long, long ago.
Eskimo Pie re-named? Has anyone ever been offended by this? Will Polish and Hungarian sausage be next? Black Forest Ham?
But she's curvy and sweet! Beloved! Wonder what Mr. Butterworth thinks about this whole business.
I think Betty Crocker was Hitler's first wife. You know, someone on the internet said that so I assume it must be true.
But seriously, from a marketing POV, a nice friendly smile helps raise the positive feeling for a product, which raises the likelihood of purchase. Thus where is the line? Shall all human images be removed? Sylvia's soul food in NYC sells versions of her food in supermarkets, with her smiling face in a chef hat, and she's an African American. Soupman too (aka soup nazi). Ok, so they are the owners hence empowered...but Chef Boyardee? The Quaker oats guy? We do draw lines all the time, the outright racist stuff removed, and now onto stereotypes...but where is the line there? The NY times had an article about the Native American who proudly drew the land o lakes butter Native American for the package. His son (i believe, maybe grandson) was disappointed that his father's work was removed.
It seems we do have to draw a line, but I cannot envision one that would please everyone. Hopefully I'm wrong.
