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Re:Year old racist toothpaste is finally getting a rebrand by mytailorisrich on Friday July 03, 2020 @08:25AM (#23723349)
How will it be called in Chinese? They can change the name in English while keeping the original name in Chinese.

Not sure what the point of stopping the sale of whitening creams in Asia is, though.

And as a non-American can someone explain the issue with the Aunt Jemima brand?

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Re:Year old racist toothpaste is finally getting a rebrand by qohen on Friday July 03, 2020 @12:29PM (#23725321)
And as a non-American can someone explain the issue with the Aunt Jemima brand?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aunt_Jemima#Controversy

(For more information on the origins of the character, you can scroll up the page to the start of the "Character" section or just click this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aunt_Jemima#Character )

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