More bullshit: Creole Cream biscuits are "racist"

[A*O]

Oh give me a fucking break. I am getting SO pissed off with this "everyone and everything is racist" bullshit. The people who whine about this nonsense do more harm to their cause than good and make themselves look like the fools they are. Do they spend their entire lives (and generous Govt grants no doubt) looking for specious things to take offence at?

Question: Does the term "creole" have a negative or racist connotation in the US where the word actually originated and isn't it rather presumptuous for an Australian aborigine to assume that just because he's offended others will be too?

Coles backs down over 'racist ' biscuit
JOSHUA HOEY
October 27, 2009 - 10:21AM


The name of Coles' Creole Creams has come under fire from University of Queensland academic Sam Watson.

Supermarket giant Coles will change the name of an in-house brand of biscuits amid claims it is racist.

Coles Spokesman Jim Cooper said the name of the "You'll Love Coles" brand of chocolate and vanilla biscuits, called Creole Creams, will be changed as part of the company-wide rebranding of Coles products.

The name change comes on the back of claims of racism, with the word Creole used to describe a person of mixed European and African ancestry.

"The word Creole comes from a period when people's humanity was measured by the amount of white blood they had in their bloodstream. This is the same kind of thought that underpinned horrific regimes like the Nazis," Sam Watson, the deputy director of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at the University of Queensland, told brisbanetimes.com.au yesterday.

But Mr Cooper today disputed the racist claims and said the name Creole Creams referred to the "well-known Creole cuisine style that originated in the US.''

"The biscuits in question were named in reference to the well-known Creole cuisine style that originated in the US. It was certainly not intended as a racial reference, nor intended to cause offence," Mr Cooper said this morning.

He said the product had been stocked on Coles' shelves for three years and the company had never received a complaint.

However, he said the name would be changed as part of a rebranding exercise.

"That said, the product is about to undergo a packaging redesign, as part of our broader re-branding of 'You’ll Love Coles' products to simply 'Coles', and the product will be re-named as part of that process."

Opinion on the naming of the biscuits Creole Creams has been divided, with some internet blog posters and radio talkback callers unaware of its racial meaning.

Mr Watson said yesterday the use of a racially-loaded word for a chocolate and vanilla biscuit was thoughtless.

"The word Creole comes from a period when people's humanity was measured by the amount of white blood they had in their bloodstream. This is the same kind of thought that underpinned horrific regimes like the Nazis," Mr Watson said.

"People need to exercise their intellect. This so-called blending was actually the institutionalised rape of black women. They were victims of brutal regimes of rape and victimisation."

Mr Watson described the biscuit name as deeply insensitive and indicative of a "deep undercurrent of racism in white Australian society".

"It virtually infects every level of Australia's consciousness, language, culture and history," he said.

"Why the need to use that sort of language to market a confectionery?"

Creole cuisine is a style of spicy cooking originating in Louisiana.

It combines influences from Europe, Africa, North and Latin America, and India, and is known for dishes such as Jambalaya, Gumbo, and Pecan pie.

Coles’ Creole Cream is a chocolate and vanilla biscuit similar to Arnott’s Delta Creams and Oreos.

Source: brisbanetimes.com.au

[Grimmlok]

he Godwinned the shit right from the start

fail

[WhoAmI]

Remember when people used to call white-acting black people Oreos? (Nothing to do with the story; just thinking out loud.)
For some reason white people who are wannabe Native Americans are called Twinkies.

[heart_leigh]

Originally Posted by WhoAmI

Remember when people used to call white-acting black people Oreos? (Nothing to do with the story; just thinking out loud.)
For some reason white people who are wannabe Native Americans are called Twinkies.

That's interesting. Where I'm from, Twinkies are Asians who are yellow on the outside and white on the inside.

All this food talk is making me hungry.

[WhoAmI]

Are you Japanese? We're offering up some tasty natto on the "Would you eat this?" thread.

[kingcap72]

This story is ridiculous. How is calling a food 'creole cream' racist? Political correctness strikes again.

Originally Posted by WhoAmI

Remember when people used to call white-acting black people Oreos? (Nothing to do with the story; just thinking out loud.)
For some reason white people who are wannabe Native Americans are called Twinkies.

They still get called 'oreos.'

[heart_leigh]

Originally Posted by WhoAmI

Are you Japanese? We're offering up some tasty natto on the "Would you eat this?" thread.

Oh, I'm Filipino. I've never had natto, but I'd give it a try.

edit: I posted the wrong pic the first time. I think I have it right...I hope.

[McJag]

He'd go berserk in NewOrleans. Silly twit.

[MysTerious]

I saw this on tv tonight, simply ridiculous. Definitely going too far.

[darksithbunny]

Anyone for gumbo?

[Mel1973]

its beyond ridiculous. what doesn't offend people now? red beans and rice??? oh noez, that sounds like you're making fun of white men raping the Indian women. fuck all this shit. I was born in Baton Rouge & spent years on the bayous over there & "creole" was never used as an insult or any such thing. People are proud to be creole/cajun whatever - just like any other person is proud of their heritage. I am so sick of this shit - there is no such thing as the white man anymore either, hell we all have a little something colorful running in our bloodstreams!

[Honey]

Ott

[katerpillar]

Right. Well, while they're at it, how about bunch of redheads start kicking up a fuss over any biscuits with "ginger" on the label? And brownies will definitely need to be renamed! Eskimo Pies, too... some Inuit person somewhere might get offended by that name, right?

Good thing this guy hasn't noticed that there's a brand of raspberry candy over here called Redskins.

[lurkur]

If it would make sense if it involved Creole cooking. Otherwise it's kind of iffy. I didn't care for the "Moolatte" drink in the States, chocolate and vanilla flavors mixed, and I don't remember, but please don't tell me there were oreos in it. Koles Kreole Kreams would've been a clear cut case, though.

[Sojiita]

Utterly ridiculous. 'Creole' is not a commonly used derogatory term. I guess someone should tell N'awlins that their renowned culinary specialty(Creole cooking) is racist! Hells bells! What is the world coming too?