Girl Guides of Canada to rename its Brownies program to be more inclusive

[bazokajoe]

Girl Guides of Canada to rename its Brownies program to be more inclusive

The Girl Guides of Canada announced Tuesday they will be renaming their Brownies branch to be more inclusive. "We made that decision because we heard from girls and from former members and current members that the name caused them harm," Jill Zelmanovits, the CEO of Girl Guides of Canada, told...

ca.yahoo.com

Someone please tell me how the name "Brownies" can make a young girl "not feel like they belong"?
The article doesn't specify how or why they would feel that way, and says it has nothing to do with race.
Anybody have any ideas?

 

[Ref]

This does make any sense unless someone believes that the name "Brownies" is somehow associated in a negative way with brown skinned people.

If that is the case, then the people in charge of the Girl Guides should immediately resign and go seek psychological help.

 

[Mr Deeds]

Well you can't call the brownies and you sure can call them whities so I guess you could call them the rainbow girls but that's been taken too. Sometimes I think some things should be left alone

 

[shack]

Well you can't call the brownies and you sure can call them whities so I guess you could call them the rainbow girls but that's been taken too. Sometimes I think some things should be left alone

Blondies

 

[Spunky1]

Another case of clueless wannabe tryhards creating a solution for a non existent problem.Did they issue a press release for this?
They probably have a woke badges the kids could get if their parents give them hormone blockers.
If anything, They should start by mixing the chocolate and vanilla girl guide cookies together instead of two separate segregated rows. Now thats offensive.

 

[NotADcotor]

I'll take people who desperately crave to be offended for 200 Alex.

Perhaps change their name to "Kill Whitey and the Hetronormitive Patriarchy" That should tick off the boxes.

 

[IM469]

" Originally the girls were called Rosebuds, but were renamed by Lord Baden-Powell after the girls had complained that they did not like their name. Their name comes from the story "The Brownies" by Juliana Horatia Ewing, written in 1870. In the story two children, Tommy and Betty, learn that children can be helpful brownies instead of being lazy boggarts."

I had to look it up. I was a cub [scout] as a kid. I only took issue with the shorts I had to wear. I never gave any thought good or bad to our female counterparts the brownies.

 

[FunTimez9999]

I have no words. I'm just very afraid for the future as it's only getting worse. Unbelievable!!