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Political Correctness way back in 1955 …

posted 14 days ago by Satan2016 (23439)
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In 2012 Governor Rick Perry went to "Camp Niggerhead"! Several more examples in article.

https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/question/2017/august.htm

In 1953, a grocery advertisement in a Jackson, Tennessee, newspaper advertised Nigger Head Oysters for 45 cents a can.[1] There was nothing unique or even rare about the advertisement; Nigger Head Oysters were sold in many of the nation’s stores, particularly in the South. The product’s name offended many Americans, especially those in the young civil rights movement. In August 1955, Jet magazine reported that the Aughinbaugh Canning Company of Biloxi, Mississippi, had changed the name of its brand from Nigger Head Oysters to Negro Head Oysters. The change resulted, in large part, from pressure brought by the NAACP.

[–] Thaistickers (1103) 14 days ago

What's the point?

[–] Corbell (8345) 14 days ago

I think the point is, if they had stopped whining then, we would all be so much happier.

[–] moviechatterer (13382) 14 days ago

ikr ? imagine wanting civil rights!

[–] Corbell (8345) 13 days ago

Sorry, the moral capital from past injustices is long exhausted. That well is bone dry.

Try again in a hundred years. Or more. Maybe someone will be dumb enough to care then.

[–] Satan2016 (23439) 13 days ago

It makes today's PC look ridiculous. Unless you are uber woke the article is funny!

[–] Thaistickers (1103) 13 days ago

How so, it's exactly the same concept. Does seeing the n-word always give you the giggles?

[–] maixiu (521) 14 days ago

I was in a museum - in the racially Puritan north - a couple years ago that had an entire room dedicated to ads, products, and songs from the first half of the 20th century that depicted blacks in an unflattering light. That's all well and good. But how likely is it that we ever see a companion exhibit that compiles modern anti-white advertising? The below video compilation was made 6 years ago, prior to the death of St. Floyd of Fentanyl. Once that blessed event happened, the blackwashing of ads really kicked into high gear. In 2024 things are exponentially more anti-white male. Any chance we get the same pained introspection and apology?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvNNtBmA3SQ

[–] WandererFromYs (1676) 13 days ago

I just googled by negro head, and nigger head oysters, the imagery is pretty offensive. I don’t think this is an example of pc.