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Re: Watermelon Oreos

Posted by **murray** on Jun 20, 2013 at 10:02:43 PM:
In Reply to: Re: Watermelon Oreos posted by **BlackMonk** on Jun 20, 2013 at 9:57:24 PM:

*********** Seems that watermelon Oreos are creating some controversy... The company has tried a couple of different limited-edition flavors and this year's choice is watermelon...
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***********Some people seem to think the very concept is racist...
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*********** Is it?
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**********Racist, no. Doesn't sound too tasty though. Watermelon and chocolate don't really go hand in hand. I could see watermelon with their golden creme cookie, that might be tasty.
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********* That's another thing... Are they really Oreos?...From the picture of the package I saw, looks as though the cookies are vanilla and not chocolate...
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*********As far as the taste factor, I can't say as I'm not big on sandwich cookies in general...
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********Technically I think they are called golden creme. They are Oreos in the same sense that soft and chewy chips ahoy cookies are still chips ahoy chocolate chip cookies. But to me an Oreo is chocolate cookie with creme filling.
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*******The article I read mentioned that some people obviously have a problem with Watermelon Oreos...
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*******Now, if African-Americans say that the concept is racist, does that make it so because they are qualified to make that call?
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*******Suppose the response was mostly positive...Most people liked this flavor. If a small amount of people had a problem with the very idea of it, should this limited edition product have an even shorter shelf life?
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******No. Because Oreos have nothing to do with black people (save the black people who eat Oreos). They are a chocolate cookie that is black and white. Now if they said New Sambo Edition Oreos: Watermelon! That would be racist. But the cookie has no ties to black people whatsoever. It's people making a big stink about nothing.
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*****Actually, "oreos" has been used to accuse black people of "acting white." It's possible the juxtaposition of that and a watermelon flavor makes the concept seem racist to some.
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*****Of course, I've seen no evidence that many people do find this racist, just a handful of tweets, and you can pretty much find people who dislike anything on Twitter. That's assuming all of those tweets were serious.
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**** Didn't the Oreo slang version originate in the black community?
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****if so, how can a black person be offended by something their own people created?
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***Have you ever said anything to a close friend or a family member that they would have taken differently if someone they did have the same relationship with had said it? Context matters.
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** Nabisco made a cookie.. They didn't have a damn thing to do with the slang version of Oreo... Yet now they're going to be slammed for something over which they had no control?..
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*Life's like that. Everything has context. Nothing is outside of history.
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**I'm sorry but it smacks of a power trip..."We created the seond meaning and you didn't but we demand you acknowledge and respect the meaning we assigned or we'll accuse you of racism."
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*No. Your posts sound like a power trip. "If you're white, you should be able to do whatever you want and not care about the context."
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Can you truly not see the danger in this picture? A company can innocently name a product, a minority group can conjure up a slang usage for that product name with negative connotations...Then they can use this against a company which had absolutely npthing whatsoever to do with the negative connotations..



I cannot believe anyone could fail to see what's wrong with that...

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