Racist Product

Platinum2121 said:

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? MD

(I don't know if I'm posting this in the right area.) I ran across a very offensive product in a grocery store. Basically, it was a beverage with a cartoon picture of a very dark-skinned black girl with big, bright pink lips eating watermelon on the front of it. Everyone, (different races) I showed this too thought it was appalling as well. My question is 1.) How do I go about suing the company for this blatantly racist lablel?
2.) What type of lawyer would handle something like this? I don't know what category it would fall under.

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Platinum2121 said:

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? MD

(I don't know if I'm posting this in the right area.) I ran across a very offensive product in a grocery store. Basically, it was a beverage with a cartoon picture of a very dark-skinned black girl with big, bright pink lips eating watermelon on the front of it. Everyone, (different races) I showed this too thought it was appalling as well. My question is 1.) How do I go about suing the company for this blatantly racist lablel?
2.) What type of lawyer would handle something like this? I don't know what category it would fall under.

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BelizeBreeze said:

While you're at it why not sue those companies who empoy cute little white girls playing with barbie dolls, or mexican boys kicking a soccer ball around or hell, let's not stop there, what about all of the blond hair german boys who advertise gas ovens....

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Platinum2121 said:

Do you really have to be so ignorant with your responses? In case you didn't know, there's a thing called Tact, use it.....

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Platinum2121 said:

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? MD

(I don't know if I'm posting this in the right area.) I ran across a very offensive product in a grocery store. Basically, it was a beverage with a cartoon picture of a very dark-skinned black girl with big, bright pink lips eating watermelon on the front of it. Everyone, (different races) I showed this too thought it was appalling as well. My question is 1.) How do I go about suing the company for this blatantly racist lablel?
2.) What type of lawyer would handle something like this? I don't know what category it would fall under.

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Platinum2121 said:

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? MD

(I don't know if I'm posting this in the right area.) I ran across a very offensive product in a grocery store. Basically, it was a beverage with a cartoon picture of a very dark-skinned black girl with big, bright pink lips eating watermelon on the front of it. Everyone, (different races) I showed this too thought it was appalling as well. My question is 1.) How do I go about suing the company for this blatantly racist lablel?
2.) What type of lawyer would handle something like this? I don't know what category it would fall under.

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Platinum2121 said:

You two see you're the only two idiots replying to this right? I have a life and it doesn't revolve around being on a computer and seeing who I can reply to on the forum. You two probably get excited when you see a new post, it gives you something to do. Reply and prove my point. My complaint is being handled so your comments to my original question mean nothing......

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oneofmany said:

Exactly how is Platinum2121 a racist? And I'm sick of hearing that free speech, words don't hurt crap. Racist words and images dehumanize the targets and make it ok to see them as inferior. It's easier to hurt people if you see them as less than human. I don't think if someone hurled racial slurs at you, you would just brush it off. You two are members of that moronic group of people that think that racism is over. Try seeing things from somebody elses's perspective before you make a mockery of them feeling violated.

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I AM ALWAYS LIABLE said:

My response:

You better not be eating pancakes! Aunt Jemima with her big ol' Negro lips might want to kiss you!

You're undoubtedly the same type of idiot that got Sambo's Restaurants shut down.

Who cares about what a label, or what some advertisement depicts? Oh, you do. Get a life, will ya?

IAAL

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ediecap said:

Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben have new updated images. I think that is interesting that even though people know that something offends, they throw up the first amendment. You think that that brand wouldn't sell if they changed the packaging? Marketing and advertisers try new packaging all the time. Then again maybe they know their target audience, those "I'm not rascist, I am an American" consumers.

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