Eskimo Pies to drop ‘derogatory’
name over racial insensitivity
by
Ben Feuerherd
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
6/19/2020 8:06:22 PM
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. “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. “This move is part of a larger review
Reply 1 - Posted by:
sanspeur 6/19/2020 8:09:49 PM (No. 450271)
next they come for sailors ..No more lee shore ,hard a lee , leeward .
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Folsomguy 6/19/2020 8:12:38 PM (No. 450273)
I used to think there was a special school that taught STUPID because no one can be born that way. Now I know there are and they are issuing Doctorates.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
tsquare 6/19/2020 8:13:59 PM (No. 450274)
No more eskimo pie for me. Whatever they are names
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
tsquare 6/19/2020 8:16:27 PM (No. 450275)
Anything I buy in the future will. Have to have a “white” name and provenance...lest I could be accused of cultural appropriation or racism. ,
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
jimincalif 6/19/2020 8:17:01 PM (No. 450277)
No more selling ice cubes to Eskimos either, I suppose.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Ribicon 6/19/2020 8:18:17 PM (No. 450279)
Klondike bars are good, but the "dike" part might prove triggering for some and briskly empowering to others. An angry Rosie O'Donnell as the new mascot?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bad-hair 6/19/2020 8:19:57 PM (No. 450281)
Where did all the sane people go?
The only way I know of to offend an Eskimo is to not buy him a beer.
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My God!!!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
EQKimball 6/19/2020 8:46:15 PM (No. 450292)
Derogatory name for ice cream? Like English toffee, French apple pie, Irish whiskey, Polish sausage, Italian meatballs, Hawaiian rolls, Chinese noodles, Russian and Jewish rye bread, German beer, Colombian coffee and the thousands of product names evoking them? Have the Eskimos or Aleuts ever complained?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
lakerman1 6/19/2020 8:56:30 PM (No. 450299)
#6, with Rosie involved, the new name of the product should be Clown Dike bars.
20 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
Penney 6/19/2020 9:02:31 PM (No. 450304)
The anarchists who busy themselves erasing EVERYTHING apparently would like to make this a dull, boring world with no history, no weather, no color, nothing at all. It ain't gonna happen.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 6/19/2020 9:19:30 PM (No. 450314)
New name for the ice cream pie - - - - Grandma On An Ice Floe
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
ginadee 6/19/2020 9:21:46 PM (No. 450316)
For gosh sake! This entire rename "this or that" has just gone passed being ridiculous.
It all means as much to me as the word "racist". Doesn't exist in my vocabulary. Utterly meaningless.
8 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Blizzard 6/19/2020 9:25:40 PM (No. 450319)
The world has lost its collective mind. Just amazing these people can get out of bed and dress themselves without thinking that is racist too.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
fayebeck 6/19/2020 9:46:31 PM (No. 450332)
#14 getting out of bed and unable to dress could trigger a portion of the 57 genders.
4 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
privateer 6/19/2020 10:04:18 PM (No. 450347)
From now on, I'm eating nothing but white bread with mayo. Maybe some crackers.
6 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 6/19/2020 10:12:24 PM (No. 450354)
Thank goodness the don't make "Chocolate Soldier" anymore... they'd have to rename it "Tuskegee Airman Drink" instead.
A few others on the Virtue Signalling chopping block:
'Bazooka" bubblegum - teaching young boys to kill, one chew at a time (militaristic)
"Black Jack" gum - need we say more? (clearly racist)
"Air Heads" - too offensive to blond leftists (sexist)
"Frooties" - offensive to homosexuals (homophobic)
Slo Poke" - it's dark in color and refers to a stereotype "shiftless" black men (racist)
"Sugar Daddy" - too close to "Mac Daddy" and offensive to black pimps (racist)
"Snickers" - sounds too much like "{ni@@er" (racist)
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
earlybird 6/19/2020 10:36:36 PM (No. 450385)
Never mind the name. They are awful.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
coyote 6/19/2020 10:43:43 PM (No. 450393)
Don't be stupid and cowardly.
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All these companies dropping trademarks sounds like an opportunity.
I may start selling uncle bens rice and Eskimo pies
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Faithfully 6/19/2020 11:23:16 PM (No. 450423)
Fisherman's Friend Lozenge?
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Safari Man 6/19/2020 11:47:13 PM (No. 450431)
Nobody is quite sure how they arrived at the new name “Defundpol Ice” but the company assures they were only acting on their own conscience. No pressure from any political interests.
4 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
4Justice 6/20/2020 1:07:00 AM (No. 450469)
Let's all start petitions and stop these companies from engaging in this insanity!! We all made a big deal when Twinkies were closing shop. Another company stepped in because of the economic impact.
Why can't we, the majority of SANE consumers, be heard and stop this NOW!!! We can tell them we will NOT buy their brands anymore if they keep changing their names, images, and logos that we identify with. They all have competitors. Let's do it!!!!
2 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
DVC 6/20/2020 2:48:12 AM (No. 450513)
They really are all lunatics, and all the companies are run by the whiniest cowards in the world.
3 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
anniebc 6/20/2020 5:47:42 AM (No. 450584)
So, change the name, donate the company and all your wealth to black people, and then off yourselves. Maybe that will be enough, and you can all rest in peace.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Goose 6/20/2020 5:50:51 AM (No. 450587)
News Flash: all copies of the classic film, "Nanook of the North" to be taken out of circulation.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 6/20/2020 8:06:46 AM (No. 450681)
They could call the product "No Name Pie."
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
JackBurton 6/20/2020 8:32:26 AM (No. 450698)
Hang on a second. For years everyone's home, certainly all the white ones, was flooded with propaganda pictures showing black people as happy, helpful, nice, even indispensable. Our syrup. Our rice. And, I am sure more. Since blacks are only 13% of the population and usually reside in the big cities, most whites only saw blacks thru these nice, carefully manicured images. Think about that. We were presented with the best picture of what it was to be black.
Now these are being removed.
Well, I say, replace them with nice, well manicured, happy helpful pictures of white people. Black people (like any people) like rice and syrup. Let them take into their homes boxes and bottles of daily consumed products with images of non-=threatening, welcoming, happy white people. Maybe it will change a few minds?
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
franq 6/20/2020 9:38:50 AM (No. 450769)
Soon, all labels will be limited to: "Edible Stuff" or "Drinkable Stuff".
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