O/T uncle bens rice.

[Pattylallacks2]

Here's one for you. The other night I watched a bit of the film 'Coming To America' starring Eddie Murphy. In the film, Murphy wears a latex mask and plays a white Jewish man in a barber's shop. Is anyone calling for this now to be banned? And to think they banned the Black and White minstrel show.

I'm calling for it to be banned!

[John2]

Here's one for you. The other night I watched a bit of the film 'Coming To America' starring Eddie Murphy. In the film, Murphy wears a latex mask and plays a white Jewish man in a barber's shop. Is anyone calling for this now to be banned? And to think they banned the Black and White minstrel show.

Brin, the reason blackface is offensive to many is because it has been historically been used by white performers to mock black people, usually to present them as evil or stupid.

The same is not true in reverse, it doesn't for most cause the same offence.

Were you genuinely offended by seeing a black person in whiteface? If so, why? Are you a snowflake?

[gm_gm]

People in Bristol and London will be happy

[John2]

I don't care what its called, just makes me laugh how much such things wind people up!

[Stovicmiller]

Brin, the reason blackface is offensive to many is because it has been historically been used by white performers to mock black people, usually to present them as evil or stupid.

The same is not true in reverse, it doesn't for most cause the same offence.

Were you genuinely offended by seeing a black person in whiteface? If so, why? Are you a snowflake?

what's good for the goose.

[rolymiller]

Chuffin ell brin. You've not got this putting an end to circular threads lark have ya!

[Shark27]

It's not correct, it's total b*llocks.

It's rumoured to have been a maître d'hôtel called Frank Brown, but hardly famous or particularly connected to rice. The line about being a rice grower was created by Mars for marketing purposes to give the fictional character of Uncle Ben a back story.

Still, people believe anything they read online, people can't differentiate fact from fiction or do even basic fact checking for themselves.

If this is correct I hope I never see that face on my packet of rice ever again!!!!! 😡😡😡

[John2]

If this is correct I hope I never see that face on my packet of rice ever again!!!!! ������

You're going to be gutted when you discover the Honey Monster was also invented by a team of marketers. Sorry.

[CAMiller]

I didn't see this level of outcry 20 years ago when Mars decided to change the name of one of it's best selling chocolate bars because of the racial undertones of it being called Ma Rathon.

[Pattylallacks2]

I didn't see this level of outcry 20 years ago when Mars decided to change the name of one of it's best selling chocolate bars because of the racial undertones of it being called Ma Rathon.

Not seen Ma Donnakebabs advertised lately