How about Aunt Jemima?
The Quaker Oats guy. Quakers do not look or dress any different from anybody else.
Coon is about the most popular brand of cheese in Australia. It was named after a Dr Coon. It is vile bland garbage BTW.
AWB—Dammit, now you have the Frito Bandito song running through my head. I have a phonographic memory; the words were actually:
I yi, yi, yi
I am the Frito Bandito!
Give me Frito’s corn chips and I’ll be your friend;
The Frito Bandito you must not offend . . .
Oh, and you can still buy postcards of an old brand of fruit called “Gay Cock.” Big seller in the Village.
Or Uncle Ben?
We also still have Red Man Chewing Tobacco.
**KKK turbochargers **
Not politically incorrect, just unfortunately named.
The company started in Germany in the '50s (Kuhnle Kopp Kausch).
Now, it’s part of Borg-Warner, an automotive supply company.
One day I’ll learn to quote.
The Crisp Coon is in some town adjacent to Winter Haven FLA. When I went to the photo album to indeed confirm the name, I found a photo of me standing next to the “Cracker Country” sign at the FLA state fair, and my fave, the fry shack sign reading “Spiral Fries-America’s Love Affair With Fresh Healthy Food”.
How grody. Everyone knows corn fritters are God’s true manna.
it’s not quite as offensive as “ni&&er daddy,” but it DOES still exist…
the national temp-to-hire agency known as “Manpower” has always seemed a bit un-PC to me, especially considering that the company places jobs in all fields–not just heavy manual labor.
“Cheese-Nips” and “Coffee-Nips”
I should know, I am a quaker.
I can still find the Chinese cherry candies around my local stores…
The SNAFU Rim Job tires. Maxxis tires are almost as embarrasing to buy, with names like Hookworm, Slick Willy, and Ringworm. (My recumbent bike uses BMX-size tires so I have to buy these.)
I know of a Scandanavian motorcycle parts company that goes by the unfortunate name “White Power”.
oof.
[James Dean]
Boy Howdy!
[/James Dean]