Seriously? The product is caramel coated popcorn, you'd think they might give it a more appropriate name, such as..

Caramel Jills

Edit: For people that aren't aware, this is their rebranding of Cracker Jacks, to try to be inclusive or some shit. I think they did a terrible rebranding of this, for reasons already stated. :(

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[–] 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (3 children)

Sad to see a poster turn out to be an racist weirdo.

My guy you're obsessed with race. You see a black kid and think "she shouldn't be here, or they should make it about race"

To pre-empt the inevitable THEN I CAN SAY NI-" cracker here is not being use to refer to race. It never was. If it was, that's racist, it was not. You're just racist.

If a Spanish package used the word negro for a black coffee flavoured items that's not racist. Its not about race. Its about the the taste. You wouldn't care about that bud. But a black person on a package? FUCK STOP EVERERYTHING I GET TO SAY THE N WORD NOW! IT'S MY ONLY JOY

They aren't trying to be inclusive they're trying to sell sugar to children. They likely have a lower rate of girls buying it. People who like it won't stop buying unless they're like you. New people will. That's all. It's money. Also, there's you, and your free publicity. Anti-woke weirdos make good advertisments. You freak out about the green mnm no-longer wearing heals and the mars company sees a revenue spike

See you later culture warrior

Edit: OP legit did the "what if I say the n-word" thing

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  • [–] [S] -1 points 54 minutes ago (2 children)

    Popcorn is not a cracker in the first place, but the snack is indeed covered in caramel.

    Is it that hard to connect the dots? Hell, Caramel Jills even sounds nicer and prettier, at least to me.

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  • [–] 2 points 48 minutes ago (1 child)

    Cracker reffers to the "cracking" sound that the popcorn makes. Not the race of the character on the bag. This is jack, hear how his treats crack. These are cracker jacks, they crack, jack.

    That's a you invention. The racial bit

    Maybe it's a misunderstanding? It's a homograph. Something spelt the same, with a different meaning. Cracker jack never meant "jack is, racially, white". That would be racist.

    Changing it to caramel specifically because they're black is racist. It does sound better, I'll admit that though. If they made the change to caramel jills for non racial reasons I'd support it

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    Looks like its a special edition to to promote women's sports, not super obvious by the packaging but also not like a rebranding

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  • [–] 22 points 11 hours ago (16 children)

    Cracker doesn't refer to the skin color of Jack, but to the crackling of the caramel shell on the popcorn.

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  • [+] [S] -30 points 11 hours ago (14 children)

    Meanwhile, everyone else understands that Cracker is a racist insult towards white people, along with Honkey.

    God forbid anyone even quotes the N word though..

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  • [–] 19 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

    Is it racist? It's a reference of slave masters cracking the whip. Not white people having the same color as a saltine cracker.

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  • [+] [S] -18 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

    Is it racist to call a white man a cracker or a honkey?

    Is it racist to call me a red man? Ya know, Native American?...

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  • [–] 17 points 11 hours ago (6 children)

    Are you trolling? You seem angry it isn't acceptable in society to say the N word? You want to say it?

    I want to take the time to explain the reason everyone is calling you racist. You are insisting a product change its name BECAUSE of the color of someone's skin. You chose caramel because it is more appropriate for her skin color by your reasoning and doesn't use the products name, which you find offensive.

    The popcorn obviously isn't referring to race in any way, but you made it about that and came up with a pretty racist solution.

    Next time get the gum at cvs and not some popcorn. If you don't like a product, don't give them your money. Easypeasy. No need to get worked up.

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  • [+] [S] -16 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

    Cracker is to white as N***** is to black.

    Please explain the difference, and why I shouldn't be equally upset...

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  • [–] 8 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

    One term came from this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/removed

    The other was made by white people to describe other white people btw. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_(term)

    Get over yourself. Read a book.

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  • [–] 15 points 14 hours ago

    Jack is in heaven with Aunt Jamima and Uncle Ben now.

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  • [–] 9 points 14 hours ago* (15 children)

    I don’t think this is anyone’s attempt at being “inclusive”.

    “Amusing comeuppance” is the phrase that first jumps to mind. “Postmodern art“ is another. I would also love to have a package of this.

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  • [+] [S] -22 points 13 hours ago (14 children)

    Read the top right corner, do some research..

    "Women in Sports!"

    They literally were doing the inclusive thing, I took this photo June 15, 2023.

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  • [–] 18 points 13 hours ago* (13 children)

    I don’t need lessons on how to read

    You might get a lot further if you stop talking to everyone like they’re fucking idiots

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  • [+] [S] -21 points 13 hours ago* (12 children)

    Then clearly you don't know how to research...

    https://www.crackerjill.com/

    Did they really have to call her a cracker, when caramel would have been much more respectful and fitting?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

    It wasn't about race until you made it about race.

    It would be disrespectful. Like if you were playing white shirts vs dark shirts and said all the blacks had to be black shirts. It was about shirt colour, then you made it about skin colour for no reason.

    Massively disrespectful, massively racist.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 24 minutes ago (1 child)

    I went down a bit of a rabbit hole on this, and yes indeed the snack has serious historical cultural references.

    https://www.snackhistory.com/cracker-jack/

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  • [–] 1 point 20 minutes ago

    Ah you're a troll.

    That link doesn't mention race. A white kid wasn't even the first mascot.

    Link states the name was slang for "something good" at the time (a theory btw)

    The mascot was made after a member of the company lost their son on a boat. Sailor jack is in refference to him.

    Nothing about race, guys just a troll.

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  • [–] 18 points 13 hours ago* (8 children)

    Doubling down on calling everyone else an idiot only buries your message

    No one will listen to you when you call them an idiot

    BECAUSE YOU COME OFF AS A RACIST, ELITIST PIECE OF SHIT

    (Because you are)

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  • [+] [S] -20 points 13 hours ago (6 children)

    Okay, you're the only one that's used that 'idiot' word, so please kindly fuck off.

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  • [–] 12 points 13 hours ago (5 children)

    Are you done throwing your tantrum now?

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  • [+] [S] -16 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

    Oh this is easy. Fuckoff.

    Blocked.

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  • [–] 11 points 13 hours ago* (2 children)

    Time to change your diaper, baby, lol

    Your racist, arrogant, pretentious diaper

    But go on and explain to everyone how somehow you are the victim here, lol

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  • [–] 0 points 13 hours ago (5 children)

    And of course the Jill is black, otherwise it'd be problematic for calling a white girl "cracker".

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  • [+] [S] -20 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

    That's the point, yes.

    Their marketing department might have done better by calling their new dark skinned young lady "Caramel Jill"...

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  • [–] 17 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

    We get it: you’re an asshole. You don’t need to keep trying to convince everyone.

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  • [+] [S] -18 points 11 hours ago (1 child)

    No, you don't get it. I was forced by a Flock camera to go into and make a purchase in a CVS, otherwise they were gonna tow our vehicle away.

    So I had no choice but to go in and purchase something, to keep the vehicle from getting towed.

    It wasn't my vehicle by the way, I was 'vehicle sitting' so to speak.

    I never called anyone any sort of slur, but seriously, FUCK FLOCK CAMERAS!!

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