Land O'Lakes erases American Indian "butter maiden" from packaging

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[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I can see both sides.

As it approaches its 100th anniversary, Lands O'Lakes is marking the occasion with a new look. Namely, it's kicking the American Indian maiden off the butter box holding its signature product.

Land O'Lakes butter has been encased in packaging bearing the logo of a "butter maiden" since 1928. The American Indian woman depicted had a feather in her hair and was kneeling, holding up a container of butter in her hands.

The logo had long been criticized as racist and stereotypical, with North Dakota Rep. Ruth Buffalo telling the Grand Forks Tribune the image goes "hand-in-hand with human and sex trafficking of our women and girls."

[–]hennaojichan 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Nowadays, and for about thirty years, we call those people Native Americans.

[–]DffrntDrmmr 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Who's "we?" And who's "those people?"

How about just injuns?

I could see someone calling the squaw the butter bitch (since it's alliterative).

[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep.

[–]DffrntDrmmr 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The logo had long been criticized as racist and stereotypical, with North Dakota Rep. Ruth Buffalo telling the Grand Forks Tribune the image goes "hand-in-hand with human and sex trafficking of our women and girls."

Oh... muh... gawd.

[–]ItchMcConnell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This guy went hard. What you know Ruth Buffalo?

[–]ItchMcConnell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So we're still not done eliminating presence of a culture yet? I see.