Thursday, April 16, 2020

Huh?

Land-O-Lakes is introducing new packaging. Gone is the Indian woman that has graced their products for nearly 100 years. No mention is made of her removal, but North Dakota state Rep. Ruth Buffalo (D) welcomed the change in packaging, arguing the Native American woman goes “hand-in-hand with human and sex trafficking of our women and girls … by depicting Native women as sex objects.”
How does a representation of an Indian woman in traditional garb promote sex trafficking? Does  Ruth Buffalo use butter for butt lube? I don't want to know.
Land-O-Lakes has been under fire for a very long time over their logo. I guess I never saw any connection between the logo and their product. Indians didn't invent churning butter. I doubt they milked any animals. Prior to the arrival of Europeans on the continent their only domesticated animal was the dog. The mighty warrior galloping into battle is a myth. They walked everywhere they went, so while they were nomadic, they were less mobile than anything in Europe or Asia.
The only racism surrounding Land-O-Lakes products has been the constant hate heaped on them by naive American groups. Hope this puts an end to it, bet it doesn't.

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