| Uncle Ben....Gone 14:52 - Jun 18 with 15902 views | sP7qupUf |
The black character that has appeared on Uncle Ben's rice packaging is being dropped to avoid causing offence. When is all this going to end? This example is ridiculous. |  | | |  |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 16:49 - Jun 18 with 1602 views | Professor |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 16:47 - Jun 18 by NotLoyal |
The Karl marx statue in Highgate has definitely got a slight smirk these days, he's as comfortable as a pig in shit. |
It’s his tomb. Not that we should have a statue of Marx either. | | | |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 17:24 - Jun 18 with 1553 views | felixstowe_jack |
Why are BLM people not protesting at the state visit of the French president.
Although France abolished slavery after the revolution 1794, Napoleon restored slavery in 1802 . Are BLM protesters going to tear down all the statues and monuments to Napoleon as he was responsible for restarting the slave trade in the Fench empire.
France finally abolished slavery in 1848 quite a few years after the British. | |
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| Uncle Ben....Gone on 17:30 - Jun 18 with 1536 views | raynor94 |
Swing low, is the next thing to be banned. Twickers fans will be outraged |  |
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| Uncle Ben....Gone on 17:39 - Jun 18 with 1516 views | Highjack |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 17:24 - Jun 18 by felixstowe_jack |
Why are BLM people not protesting at the state visit of the French president.
Although France abolished slavery after the revolution 1794, Napoleon restored slavery in 1802 . Are BLM protesters going to tear down all the statues and monuments to Napoleon as he was responsible for restarting the slave trade in the Fench empire.
France finally abolished slavery in 1848 quite a few years after the British. |
They’re too busy taking on the evil Uncle Ben’s conglomerate first. Once they and coco pops have been beaten into submission then they can concentrate on Napoleon. |  |
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| Uncle Ben....Gone on 17:42 - Jun 18 with 1509 views | NotLoyal |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 16:49 - Jun 18 by Professor |
It’s his tomb. Not that we should have a statue of Marx either. |
I don't care, he's got a big head on top of it. |  |
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| Uncle Ben....Gone on 18:04 - Jun 18 with 1481 views | Banosswan |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 17:30 - Jun 18 by raynor94 |
Swing low, is the next thing to be banned. Twickers fans will be outraged |
'Swing low
Sweet chariot
The only song the English know' |  |
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| Uncle Ben....Gone on 18:20 - Jun 18 with 1447 views | Darran |
My Aunt Bessie is very upset. |  |
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| Uncle Ben....Gone on 18:23 - Jun 18 with 1441 views | Highjack |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 18:20 - Jun 18 by Darran |
My Aunt Bessie is very upset. |
Aunt Bessie to me conjures up images of colonial Yorkshire and only serves to reinforce negative stereotypes that women just spend their time in the kitchen making Yorkshire puddings.
Ban her. | |
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| Uncle Ben....Gone on 18:34 - Jun 18 with 1426 views | Darran |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 18:23 - Jun 18 by Highjack |
Aunt Bessie to me conjures up images of colonial Yorkshire and only serves to reinforce negative stereotypes that women just spend their time in the kitchen making Yorkshire puddings.
Ban her. |
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| Uncle Ben....Gone on 18:41 - Jun 18 with 1402 views | ItchySphincter |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 15:38 - Jun 18 by londonlisa2001 |
It’s a stereotype not a black person advertising a food product.
No one has said that there can’t be pictures of black people advertising food. |
Is it unconscious bias? I’m not sure but what about cartoon pictures of Italian chefs on pasta packets and that kind of thing? What about Super Mario? |  |
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| Uncle Ben....Gone on 18:41 - Jun 18 with 1400 views | felixstowe_jack |
Will "Uncle Tom's Cabin " have to be renamed. | |
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| Uncle Ben....Gone on 18:42 - Jun 18 with 1397 views | ItchySphincter |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 16:04 - Jun 18 by londonlisa2001 |
The reason ‘uncle’ and ‘aunt’ were used for black people, is because they weren’t entitled to be called Mr or Mrs. It was either their first name, or Uncle or Aunt. Uncle is tantamount to ‘boy’.
That’s why many black people find the brand offensive. |
Ahh, that makes more sense when tied up with the imagery. [Post edited 18 Jun 2020 18:45]
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| Uncle Ben....Gone on 18:55 - Jun 18 with 1369 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 18:41 - Jun 18 by ItchySphincter |
Is it unconscious bias? I’m not sure but what about cartoon pictures of Italian chefs on pasta packets and that kind of thing? What about Super Mario? |
Itch, I don’t think there are murders still happening today of Italian chefs that are written off as ‘suicide’ with no evidence / note etc. There have been three black men found hanging from trees In the US in the past few weeks where the reason is only now being investigated after a furore. And a murder of a black woman that was part of the protests a week or so ago.
That’s the difference. | | | |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 19:08 - Jun 18 with 1338 views | WarwickHunt |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 18:41 - Jun 18 by felixstowe_jack |
Will "Uncle Tom's Cabin " have to be renamed. |
Uncle Tom’s Bungalow, despite being offensive to thick people (nothing upstairs), won after Uncle Tom’s Cottage was deemed to have homosexualist overtones. |  | | |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 19:10 - Jun 18 with 1326 views | Flashberryjack |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 19:08 - Jun 18 by WarwickHunt |
Uncle Tom’s Bungalow, despite being offensive to thick people (nothing upstairs), won after Uncle Tom’s Cottage was deemed to have homosexualist overtones. |
Are you still using your Black and Decker ? |  |
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| Uncle Ben....Gone on 19:18 - Jun 18 with 1308 views | felixstowe_jack |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 18:55 - Jun 18 by londonlisa2001 |
Itch, I don’t think there are murders still happening today of Italian chefs that are written off as ‘suicide’ with no evidence / note etc. There have been three black men found hanging from trees In the US in the past few weeks where the reason is only now being investigated after a furore. And a murder of a black woman that was part of the protests a week or so ago.
That’s the difference. |
No but 48% of murder victims in London are black and 48% of murder suspects are black. This is despite only 13% of London's population being black, 60% white and 27% others .
The real tradegy is the black community should be taking action about this rather than protests about USA policing.
Unfortunately it is considered racist to point this out | |
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| Uncle Ben....Gone on 19:19 - Jun 18 with 1308 views | waynekerr55 |
Why does anyone give a fùck?
Genuine question? |  |
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| Uncle Ben....Gone on 19:36 - Jun 18 with 1279 views | Andy1300 |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 19:19 - Jun 18 by waynekerr55 |
Why does anyone give a fùck?
Genuine question? |
I guess they do because it’s not going to stop at rice |  |
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| Uncle Ben....Gone on 19:38 - Jun 18 with 1276 views | waynekerr55 |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 19:36 - Jun 18 by Andy1300 |
I guess they do because it’s not going to stop at rice |
What's it going to stop at?
We've got a crooked government spending 900 bags on painting a fúcking plane, dishing out contracts to lackeys and giving our data away to Amazon for free; but yeah, removal of a black man from rice bags... | |
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| Uncle Ben....Gone on 19:39 - Jun 18 with 1275 views | Flashberryjack |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 19:19 - Jun 18 by waynekerr55 |
Why does anyone give a fùck?
Genuine question? |
I think most people don't actually give a f*ck about it, they just wonder where this lunacy will end, imo it does more harm to the BLM cause than it helps. | |
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| Uncle Ben....Gone on 19:41 - Jun 18 with 1274 views | waynekerr55 |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 19:39 - Jun 18 by Flashberryjack |
I think most people don't actually give a f*ck about it, they just wonder where this lunacy will end, imo it does more harm to the BLM cause than it helps. |
Genuinely - it's more lunacy that (too many) people roll over and let a fraud like Johnson take the pìss but explode about a picture of a black man being taken off a bag of rice. | |
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| Uncle Ben....Gone on 19:51 - Jun 18 with 1259 views | Flashberryjack |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 19:41 - Jun 18 by waynekerr55 |
Genuinely - it's more lunacy that (too many) people roll over and let a fraud like Johnson take the pìss but explode about a picture of a black man being taken off a bag of rice. |
The only ones exploding are those that lost the election and brexit votes.
As I said, I really couldn't give a flying f*ck what they rebrand to avoid giving offence, just seems a bit silly IMO. | |
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| Uncle Ben....Gone on 19:53 - Jun 18 with 1253 views | waynekerr55 |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 19:18 - Jun 18 by felixstowe_jack |
No but 48% of murder victims in London are black and 48% of murder suspects are black. This is despite only 13% of London's population being black, 60% white and 27% others .
The real tradegy is the black community should be taking action about this rather than protests about USA policing.
Unfortunately it is considered racist to point this out |
They are but due to abject levels of poverty and the general shit life chances they are attracted to county lines and the gang life.
It's a complex situation and the people from the black community I have interacted with (many in Harlesden/Neasden etc.) are up in arms about it. Nothing to do with swinging cuts to police forces/projects etc.??? | |
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| Uncle Ben....Gone on 19:55 - Jun 18 with 1248 views | Banosswan |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 19:38 - Jun 18 by waynekerr55 |
What's it going to stop at?
We've got a crooked government spending 900 bags on painting a fúcking plane, dishing out contracts to lackeys and giving our data away to Amazon for free; but yeah, removal of a black man from rice bags... |
Top comment in the Times:
The Times seems to be omitting key facts here in the interest of making a story.
It’s been reported elsewhere that the £900k includes changes to the interior configuration of the plane and installation of new internal comms systems and ground to air comms systems to enable the passengers to be contacted in the air. Presumably that means installation of satellite equipment etc.
The plane is also leased and has to be repainted every 7 years as part of the contract - it’s currently gone 7.5 years without a paint job so perhaps the Times could find out the incremental cost of the proposed white paint job over the standard military paint job that’s due anyway rather than “making” news? [Post edited 18 Jun 2020 19:55]
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| Ever since my son was... never conceived, because I've never had consensual sex without money involved... I've always kind of looked at you as... a thing, that I could live next to... in accordance with state laws. | | Poll: | How do you like your steak? |
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| Uncle Ben....Gone on 20:03 - Jun 18 with 1228 views | Drizzy |
| Uncle Ben....Gone on 17:24 - Jun 18 by felixstowe_jack |
Why are BLM people not protesting at the state visit of the French president.
Although France abolished slavery after the revolution 1794, Napoleon restored slavery in 1802 . Are BLM protesters going to tear down all the statues and monuments to Napoleon as he was responsible for restarting the slave trade in the Fench empire.
France finally abolished slavery in 1848 quite a few years after the British. |
You must have missed literally every protest in France over the last few years then. |  |
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