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New England ice cream brand quietly drops name after cancel culture takes aim THIS IS ANOTHER CASE OF A COMPANY FAILING STAND PROUD OF ITS HISTORY. CANCEL CULTURE HAS REACHED IT DATE OF EXPIRATION. SINCE TOILET PAPER IS WHITE. AN WHITE IS THE BUZZ WORD THE WEAKMINDED USE AS EXCUSE FOR FAILING IN SOCIETY. Let's MAKE SHYTPAPER BLAC THINK OF THE ROLLS UWILL USE TILL U THINK UR AZZ IS CLEAN I THINK IT IS SOMETHING LIKE WHITE PRIVILEGE. WHAT IT IS SIMPLY COMNNAIES NOW R AFRAID OFFEND THE WEAK MINDED PANSIES/PUSSIES THAT LOOK FOR ANY AND EVERY WAY BLAME OTHERS DUE THEIR LAZY LIFE OF SUCKING ON TH GOVT TEET, BLAME GAME. WHITEY HELD ME DOWN.. FIRST THE STATUES, OH WAIT. FIRST WAS OUR FLAG. THE THE STATUES. THEN THE FOOTBALL TEAMS LOGOS, BASEBALL TEAM LOGSO. NECT UNCLE BEN RICE, AUNT JEMIMA SYURP. . NOW ICE CREAM B FLAVOR. WANNA READ SOMETHING FUNNY. ?/ CHECK OUT MY ATTACHED NOTE. OH YES BEFORE DUSTY ID/CP ID CHIMES IN. IT IS INDEED THE CHOICE OF THE COMPANY DO AS IT CHOOSES WITH ITS NAME AND OR BRAND. TEH SAD THING IS WHAT DROVE THE COMPANY MAKE TEH CHANGE Some say the regional name for sprinkles has a racist history Jimmies are named in honor of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute's Jimmy Fund, a popular charity in the Boston area that seeks to cure childhood cancers. Back in the forties Brigham's started charging an extra penny for chocolate sprinkles on cones, proceeds were donated to the Jimmy Fund. What’s in a name? If the name is “jimmies,” it’s hard to say, but one ice cream producer in Massachusetts isn’t taking any chances. Brigham’s Ice Cream changed the name of its “Just Jimmies” flavor to “Just Sprinkles” sometime last year. “Jimmies” are what some New Englanders call the ice cream topping most Americans call “sprinkles.” The history of the term “jimmies” isn’t clear – several companies have claimed to have invented it and the topping – but some people now say that it’s a derogatory term related to Jim Crow, the racist caricature that came to stand for discriminatory laws and segregation put into place following the Civil War. Brigham’s Ice Cream changed the name of its “Just Jimmies” flavor to “Just Sprinkles” sometime last year. (iStock) Even the fact-checking website Snopes has ruled the Jim Crow connection “unproven.” So why change the name if it may or may not be racist? Lynne Bohan, a spokesperson for Brigham’s parent company, HP Hood, told the Lynnfield Patch this week that, “While the origins of the word ‘jimmies’ is unclear, Brigham’s made the decision to change the name to ensure the brand reflects our values and meets our consumers’ expectations” “Just Sprinkles remains the same flavor/recipe that Brigham’s fans know and love,” Bohan told Patch. Brigham’s Ice Cream changed the name of its “Just Jimmies” flavor to “Just Sprinkles” sometime last year. Readers in the Patch article's comment section were mostly against the change. “Yikes. Stupid,” one wrote. “Please stop the madness.” Another lamented it as a case of “cancel culture.” “They can do whatever they want, but to me, they'll always be ‘jimmies’ and I'll never stop calling them that,” they wrote. “How in the world could that word have ANYTHING to do with a company's or a person'svalues’ is beyond me.” The name change just made the news this week, but it appears to have actually happened last summer when larger brands formerly known by names like Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima were also changing their names over accusations that they were rooted in racism. BLUE LIVES MATTER |
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3/10/2021 4:01 pm |
AS PAUL HARVEY SAID "THE REST OF THE STORY" Jimmies are named in honor of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute's Jimmy Fund, a popular charity in the Boston area that seeks to cure childhood cancers. Back in the forties Brigham's started charging an extra penny for chocolate sprinkles on cones, proceeds were donated to the Jimmy Fund. BLUE LIVES MATTER
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