Uncle Bens Oh Dear ..

[alavahalf]

Had you asked me what the logo consisted of on Uncle Bens Products .. all I could have said was .. "It is Orange". Prior to reading this I had no idea what else was on the logo.
What will they change the logo to .. a white farmer or even a couple of mixed race farmers ?
This is getting totaly out of hand now .. where will it all end ?
Next thing will be removing the black jelly babies from the box .. my favourites !

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/18/uncle-bens-rice-firm-to-scrap-brand-image-of-black-farmer

[royfromaus]

I wonder what Aunt Bessie thinks of all this?

[Bobnunton]

Nooo please dont let them get rid of the black jelly babies as I love biting their heads off

[rowanwitch]

I am waiting for the backlash from the jolly green giant

[gulliver1]

Clubs and Spades, no more playing cards

[retrocop]

Are Uncle Ben's inferring that black farmers are incapable of working the land?

[margarettom]

We eat lots of Uncle Ben's rice and have already discussed how long we thought it would be before people started making waves about it. They are so predictable!

[ToraToraTora]

Perlease!

[alavahalf]

How many farmers do you know who wear a bow tie ?

[rowanwitch]

It's the old fashioned face, and the term uncle, uncle Ben as Uncle Tom

[david small]

Why is it a sin to mention the colour of the skin we live in?
What a silly species we really are.

[pastafreak]

And, like Aunt Jemima, he's probably a servant to well off whites.

[Prudie]

I just find it pathetic. I always assumed the Uncle Ben man was some well off farmer who'd made a great name for himself growing rice. Now I have to think he's a downtrodden soul who should never have been on there in the first place. Honestly most of these decisions seem to have been reached by a group similar to what I'd expect from white sixth-formers attending their first committee and looking for anything to rebel against.

[tiggerblue10]

I'd never heard of Aunt Jemima till today.

[retrocop]

If any good comes out of this lets hope people no longer smoke Phillip Morris cigarettes.
It's a total myth that the KKK on Phillip Morris brands are to do with Klu Klux Klan but lets not stop BLM and virtue signallers whilst they are on a roll of stupidity.

[The Builder]

While you're on the subject, Homer, I think it's about time snooker was brought up to date too.
The white ball should be worth 7points, and the black ball should be the one to do all that violent bashing into the pockets ;o)

[alavahalf]

Pasta .. Not necessarily so .. one of the first black slaves taken from the ivory coast was named Anthony Johnson, he went on to start his own tobacco plantation and had his own black slaves. He even sued his white neighbour who wanted him to release one particular slave who had served his seven years.Johnson kept him for life !

[alavahalf]

I'm pretty good at potting the white ... Perhaps I might win a game ?

[david small]

Ooop north, no more black pudding, just blood and fat roll. No more Blackpool, now called druggie benefits land. No historical blackouts, just thickish curtains time.
The list is blacklisted..Oo er....

[New Judge]

What puzzles me is that there must be people sifting through everything with a fine toothed comb. I use Uncle Ben's rice and I didn't even know what was on the packet. What objection exactly is there? Don't black people work farms?

People have too much time on their hands. Must be the lockdown.

[alavahalf]

Exactly .. it never crossed my mind what was on the label !