PepsiCo announced this week that it has officially changed the name of its Aunt Jemima pancake and syrup products to Pearl Milling Company. Aunt Jemima was always my favorite pancake mix and syrup when I was growing up, I hope nothing changes with the "new" name. Aunt Jemima Officially Has A New Name: Pearl Milling Company (msn.com)
Uncle Ben's Rice = gone Aunt Jemima = gone Can't call it Chinese Food anymore Students can no longer be called freshmen = now first year and you better not call those saltines "Crackers" either
And if you like that... Mark Cuban has decided no more national anthem before Maverick games. Guess NBA wants to be like NFL...lose half their audience
What's next? Where does it end? Maybe Lucky Charms cereal gets pulled because some college kids from Boston decide it's too vulgar? Is Cap'n Crunch too insensitive towards the seafaring community? Then what? Is MAIN STREET not inclusive enough to all the sideroads on the outskirts of town and therefore must be renamed NONDESCRIPT OFT-TRAVELLED ROAD #473 in order to become more culturally acceptable? What strange times we're living....
My uncle showed me the news paper from the day he was born. Big headline "Japs Surrender!!!" I thought that was hilarious.
In 50 years you'll be able to tell some youngster how we used to use the term "man" or "woman" to describe another human being... but then that youngster will turn you in to the authorities for uttering those derogatory words and you'll be sentenced to "reeducation" and hard labor for the rest of your days.
Such a Brave new world we live in. Maybe Drill instructors will have to ask recruits to do pushups in the future. Who knows.. maybe our military services will be as offensive as the police, and require defunding.
I can only imagine what the mandatory sensitivity training will be like in the next decade. Edit.. Deleted statement that would reflect poorly on FHC