tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post7847612073942703291..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Natives protest Yum Yum logoRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-16959438363424869722013-11-29T08:52:42.208-08:002013-11-29T08:52:42.208-08:00For more on the subject, see:
http://www.calgaryh...For more on the subject, see:<br /><br />http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/national/Quebec+snackmaker+criticized+bringing+back+native+logo/9175386/story.html<br /><br /><b>Quebec snack-maker criticized for bringing back native logo</b><br /><br />"Indigenous peoples are more than these stereotypes," one person posted. "This kind of image does not belong in the 21st century. I'm sorry if this racist image is part of your childhood."<br /><br />The grand chief from a Mohawk community near Montreal told a radio station last week the campaign was in bad taste.<br /><br />And the editor of the local paper in that community, Kahnawake, said some people can't believe the image has resurfaced.<br /><br />"It's a horrible caricature of what one person thought that all native people should be represented with," said Steve Bonspiel, editor of the Eastern Door.<br /><br />"What if they'd used any other ethnicity? What kind of outrage would there have been?"<br /><br />Bonspiel said he remembers Yum Yum Chips growing up but, back then, no one made a fuss about the logo. Bonspiel says perhaps people weren't as politically active or conscious about history and debunking myths.<br /><br />"Because it's native people, it's accepted and it's been done for so many years, people think (it's) no big deal," Bonspiel said.<br /><br />"But we see everything wrong with it."Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.com