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one_old_coder@piefed.social ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  In 1994, the biscuit brand Biscuiterie Saint-Michel and the safari park opened the village, naming it “Bamboula’s Village” after its “Bamboula” chocolate biscuits, which had a black person with the same name as their mascot. The name of the biscuits was a racial slur, dating from colonial times.

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  • one_old_coder@piefed.social ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I forgot that part. Bamboula was the equivalent of the n-word in the 80s. Those biscuits were sold in supermarkets, and they made TV ads and other stuff. Fun times…

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  • troglodyte_mignon@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    For the anecdote, bamboula is originally the name of a kind of drum and of a dance. I think it’s super sad that we took a piece of some people’s art and culture and turned it into a heinous slur. Not that it’s the most horrible thing about the whole colonisation business, but still.

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• troglodyte_mignon@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I learned about that years ago and still can’t get over the fact that it was still running when was born.

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