I don't care what its called, just makes me laugh how much such things wind people up!
If this is correct then it's actually counter productive to the BLM argument.
This would actually ensure a successful black person is shoved out of the history books.
Rather than change the name, what they could do is do some research on the grower and put a bit of history on the packaging.
But like John, I don't give a sh1t. If they want to forget about him so be it.
Chuffin ell brin. You've not got this putting an end to circular threads lark have ya!
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.
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.