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Worst/Best discontinued products that are taboo now but ok yesteryear (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Seeing another post about aunt Jemima products that were discounted due to racial stereotypes I was curious what's the worst product-fuckuo you have seen?

In Sweden we have a chocolate pastry ball that was called negerboll which translates to negro ball. Early 2000s it was deemed that it was not ok and it changed name to chocolate ball.

Bonus. https://www.testfakta.se/sv/livsmedel/article/bort-med-nidbild-pa-fazers-kinapuffar

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Not even a product but a childs game. "Wer hat Angst vorm schwarzen Mann? - Niemand!" Who is afraid of the black man? Nobody!

It's basically about catching each other (with a ball) where you say those words in the beginning.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Fellow German here. As a child I always thought that the black man must be Death himself, wearing a black robe, his face on eternal shadow, bringing darkness to all who meet him. And of you get hit by the ball, death will come and "reap" you from the game. THAT'S someone to be afraid of.

It was only much later I learned that it could also be interpreted as a hurtful stereotype that should be avoided.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Oh man, I totally forgot. In the 90s we had a schoolyard ballgame called Nger. One person in every square. 4 Total. You bounced the ball in another square and if you couldn't catch it, you were the Ngger. It was 3rd to 6th grade.