The Sun-Maid girl is depicted performing a job that’s traditionally associated with slavery. Is depicting white people performing slave labor also problematic or is slavery only bad when it involves people of color?
Also, the job she’s doing is predominantly done by immigrants nowadays. Is depicting her as white not disenfranchising these people by denying them representation?
Sagifurius@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Man, if you looked at a bottle of Aunt Jemima syrup and thought that was racist, you’ve got some issues.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I too enjoy the white privilege of being able to look at something and judge it without thinking about context. It’s fantastic to be able to simplify things to just face value and not think about the racial history behind it. It’s one of my favorite privileges.
Unfortunately, I somehow never got that middle-aged white man’s confidence of instantly knowing what other people should be feeling, better than they do. I must be defective. But it means I tend to defer to the people that are hurt by something to judge if they’ve been hurt or not.
jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/question/2022/june.htm
Sagifurius@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Stfu. It’s not I ain’t heard this, it’s that I don’t accept it, in this limited case. And for someone don’t even know my race to instantly go with the white privilege line is fucking telling.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 9 months ago
You seem rather sensitive on the topic. Have you had issues with race a lot?
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 9 months ago
It’s literally based on a stereotype of black people being food preppers for rich white folks but sure buddy.
Sagifurius@lemm.ee 9 months ago
This might shock you, but some black people work in kitchens even today.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 months ago
Wasn’t the butter one just… A human shaped bottle? Looking at the logo from the beginning until the end it doesn’t look like it’s ever been a thing other than simply a depiction of a black woman. Not even a caricature of such, just like a painting of a person who could totally be real.
Sagifurius@lemm.ee 9 months ago
No the blue eyed Indian on the pound of butter
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Ironically, the butter one was actually designed by Patrick DesJarlait, an Ojibwe man, specifically meant to accurately reflect his culture. Here’s an article written by his son about the whole thing:
washingtonpost.com/…/my-ojibwe-father-drew-land-o…