It sounds way less offensive to those who decry the original terminology’s problematic roots but still keeps its meaning intact.

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Land O’Lakes butter – there was a brouhaha over a decision to remove a Native American woman from the packaging

    Maybe I just have no awareness but I have a hard time seeing how this was offensive. Master-slave, sure; coon, sure; those are directly something negative. However a Native American women is not inherently negative and they are using it as a positive symbol of something. What about this is offensive?

    Bottom line, I realize I’m not the one offended nor am I the one marketing it, so it really doesn’t impact me, but I also don’t understand

    • TheBananaKing@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Using an ethnic stereotype as a logo/mascot is a bit whiffy, no? Ramp it up a bit and take a look at the Robertson’s Jam ‘golliwog’ logo.

      Maybe a different degree, but certainly the same smell. It’s just not a good look in this day and age.