I will reach the minimum if I am not banned.
By marguicha
@marguicha (223795)
Chile
July 22, 2021 11:52am CST
My country has started to use the same change of words for things that"might" look raciasts. OMG!!!
The last was a change of name of a wonderful cookie that I ate since my cildhood. All the time this cookie was called Negrita because it had a chocolate cover. It was delicious.
Now Nestle decided that the name was racist so they changed it to Chokita.
During all my childhood I was called Negra and Negrita because both of my siblings were very blond. I loved the name.
The words depend on how they are said. One of the best latin american (from Argentina) singers, Mercedes Sosa, was called "La Negra". She was proud of that.
I will not buy any Chokitas. I want my Negrita back
During all my childhood I was called Negra and Negrita because both of my siblings were very blond. I loved the name.
The words depend on how they are said. One of the best latin american (from Argentina) singers, Mercedes Sosa, was called "La Negra". She was proud of that.
I will not buy any Chokitas. I want my Negrita back32 people like this
30 responses
@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
22 Jul 21
I would even add "stupidly sensitive" sometimes.
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@Vikingswest1 (6304)
• United States
22 Jul 21
I think it has little to do with the color of one's skin. It's the thickness that's at fault.
Everyone is offended at everything.
Even one of the responders to this discussion.
But they have no problem calling you a child. Go figure.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
22 Jul 21
I thought as much when I read the answer but chose to let it pass. 
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
22 Jul 21
@Vikingswest1 I have found out that there´s no point in explaining some things to some people.
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@Vikingswest1 (6304)
• United States
22 Jul 21
@marguicha
I wanted to comment on that too, but didn't want to splash mud all over your discussion.
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@kaylachan (71798)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Jul 21
I think people are getting way to sensitive thease days.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
22 Jul 21
I hope some day they will come back to their senses. People are people, no matter if they are checkered. But I DO prefer a chocolate cookie and the name Negrita was perfect.
@marlina (154130)
• Canada
23 Jul 21
@marguicha I am SUPER TIRED OF THE WHOLE THING
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
22 Jul 21
I wonder why all of a sudden race is more important. It is being considered an insult instead of a compliment! My mother's heritage was from Prussia, the family spoke German. Why would this be considered an insult?
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
22 Jul 21
People have to go from one extreme to the other . I hope some day they will reach a middle. Some things are just stupid though, such as being worried about the name of a cookie. OMG!!!
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
22 Jul 21
@marguicha And if nobody mentioned the name of that cookie, noone would even care! Our school team is the Tawas Braves. In time, they will have to change this name. It's been the same for over 100 years!
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
23 Jul 21
@kobesbuddy The only one that started with that "politically correct" nonsense was the Swiss company. We use the word Negrita as a term of endearment.
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@YuleimaVzla (1505)
• Maracaibo, Venezuela
22 Jul 21
In Latin America there is no racism, in all the countries here calling a person with a dark complexion "Negrito or Negrita" is very common and something very beautiful. My father called me "Precious Black" because my sister is blonde. It is ridiculous that corporations intervene in our culture.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
22 Jul 21
For me it was a term of endearment. I wholly agree with you, Yuleima. And as you could almost be my granddaughter, I can call you Negrita preciosa as your father did.
@shaggin (72252)
• United States
23 Jul 21
If the company wants to make a change that's okay in my opinion. When I was little Jesus loves me the song said Red and yellow black and white. When my kids were babies it was then sung as Red Brown Yellow Black and White to be more inclusive. I thought it was weird to change a song and my aunt said it was to be more politically correct. Change is inevitable.
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@shaggin (72252)
• United States
24 Jul 21
@marguicha that’s okay definitely your choice. I think it’s nice when people care so much about an issue they are willing to stop buying something or shopping somewhere etc.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
24 Jul 21
@shaggin Although I was not in the US I learned bout that from one of the people I most admire, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
24 Jul 21
Still I will ban the cookie from my list
It will be good to my weight
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
24 Jul 21
There is a famous women that calls her boyfriend "Mi Negro" she says that is an affectionate term for anyone from Cordoba Cádiz around those areas a lot of them use that.
He is very dark skinned its simply an affectionate term that´s all.
Its not me saying that its her saying it and she is very proud of it too.
She is morena and he is her lets say Morenito.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
24 Jul 21
I know. I call my youngest daughter "Negra" and my eldest is Flaca
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
24 Jul 21
@lovinangelsinstead21 THere are some differences between the Spanish from Spain and the Spanish from the Americas. There are even diferences depending on the part of the America where you live.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
24 Jul 21
@marguicha
Here they would call her "Palito" in a lot of places instead of Flaca.
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@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
22 Jul 21
You won’t by a cookie because they changed the name becuaee it’s mildly offensive to a whole group of people. Now who sounds like a child not getting there way?
A lot of those changes are for a reason not because it might be hurtful to a group of people but it could be hurtful to the original peoples like Uncle Ben’s rice and that one pancake syrup which I can’t remember the name right now. It has to do with doing the right thing not preserving your child hood and what you called a cookie it’s a cookie get over. Most people call the half and half’s or dipped cookies.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
22 Jul 21
@ShyBear88 Not all companies are US based, Nestlé is a Swiss company paying its taxes in Switzerland. Their choice may have been motivated by their brand image in the USA, though, the use of the name Negrita in a Spanish speaking country being not offensive for any generation. The choice of a name is done by a company, but the consumer can protest, it is what is doing Marguicha in this discussion.
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@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
22 Jul 21
@topffer what does being Spanish have to do with what a company choices to rename things. Nothing it’s up to a company that is probably mostly US based to change a name that is target for a general mixed population. Especially to a younger generation that knows very well anything that points and uses names/ slurs is not correct or mindful of others.
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@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
23 Jul 21
I have read two days ago on the local newspaper. I hope that the Rum Negrita will keep its name.
Two years ago a Swiss long-existing carnival band had its site shut down because their name was “Negro-Rhygass”.
I think it is time to stop this craziness.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
23 Jul 21
Some people are getting insane. I wonder if it is the virus?
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@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
24 Jul 21
@marguicha My fear is that most people get insane despite the virus.
My fear is that most people get insane despite the virus.1 person likes this
@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
23 Jul 21
@marguicha
ok and do you think if you write to them and ask to to give it back its name they might do it?
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
23 Jul 21
No. There are even people more important here that have mentioned how stupid that is. But a company can change the name of its products if they want. I can only stop buying them.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
24 Jul 21
@Hannihar THere are lots of good things to buy. It is not the only one.
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
24 Jul 21
@marguicha
That is very true you can stop buying the product and never buy it again if you do not want to.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
22 Jul 21
Yeah it seems the name is racist but malice towards none it's not. That's my point of view for I'm not a racist.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
23 Jul 21
@Nakitakona No. They are words and words depend on how they are used. Negrita, in the case of the cookie, alluded to the chocolate color. You cannot say that colors mean racism. And I was called Negrita in my childhood as a term of endearment. One of my friends still calls her husband "Flaco" as he was called that way by his chums when he played football. He was thin then. I call my youngest daughter "Flaquita" too. I never thought about my race until I went to the US as a child. I think that I have a lot of different bloods from my grandparents who came to Chile.
@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
23 Jul 21
@marguicha I'm referring it to the term you used, Negra and Negrita. They're racist term. Don't they?
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@Hanbinandaeyo (3301)
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23 Jul 21
Maybe they just want t pay respect for the negros...
But I hope they are not getting into something worst
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
23 Jul 21
In my country there is no problem with negros although we now have many immigrants fron Haiti.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
23 Jul 21
@Hanbinandaeyo Be caredul with what? If there´s no racism, we are all just people. I´m no different from my siblings whose skin color took after my father´s father. In fact, my poor brother (very blonde) has to wear a sort of Indiana Jones hat when he goes out in summer
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@Hanbinandaeyo (3301)
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23 Jul 21
@marguicha I see...But it is better to be careful tho
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@S4mmyboy (3266)
• Mumbai, India
22 Jul 21
Why are these corporate industries are over conscious, I just don't understand. Maybe they don't want to get into trouble losing out money in compensations.
In our country we had this almost 40 years old popular fairness cream ointment named 'Fair & Lovely.' It is being manufactured by Hindustan Unilever Ltd ( a part of Unilever Ltd) and now they have renamed its popular product as 'Glow & Lovely', days once it set out to get rid of words that propagated racial stereotypes. They declared that it'll drop the word 'Fair' from its name and prohibit using discriminatory words.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
22 Jul 21
In that case, they were even showing a lack in their language. Fair is more than just color.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
23 Jul 21
@Alwayshopeful I´m very happy with my skin color. I have realised that us, brunettes, wear better in the long run
@LeaPea2417 (37381)
• Toccoa, Georgia
23 Jul 21
Those things are happening big time here in America. It is sickening.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
24 Jul 21
It is a pity. For me, an excess of sensitivity means hidden racism.
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@cacay1 (83577)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
23 Jul 21
I love Black Choco, I hope it will not be banned for it's truly the best choc. Others feel bad about the color of their skin. My sisters ' skin are mestiza mine just fair and inherited my skin's color from my father. I love my skin color.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
23 Jul 21
In the Americas (North, Central and South) most of us are mestizos. Most of us descend from immigrants. Only in the US President Obama could be called black when his mother was Irish. He is a mulatto as many Americans. And his parents were never slaves.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
23 Jul 21
@cacay1 Or just another White President. He is fifty fifty. Black and White
@cacay1 (83577)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
23 Jul 21
@marguicha 
lucky president, the first Black to become US President.
lucky president, the first Black to become US President.1 person likes this
@LindaOHio (181717)
• United States
23 Jul 21
I know what you mean. People are getting too sensitive over things that have been the same for decades.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
23 Jul 21
I wish people started being sensitive over important things and not about words. I am against "Woman´s Day" because what I think secretaries need is nor a rose from their bosses on March 8th but more respect and a raise in their salaries.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
22 Jul 21
That would be too much If I buy them, I will eat them. So I will get other sorts of cookies.
If I buy them, I will eat them. So I will get other sorts of cookies.1 person likes this
@porwest (92624)
• United States
23 Jul 21
@marguicha I guess you have a solid point. lol
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@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
23 Jul 21
There were times too in my childhood that I am called a negrita because of my color. I am not fair skinned.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
24 Jul 21
Me neither. I´m a brunette. And my skin is better than my fair siblings skin in spite of the disaster that chemotherapy did to it.
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@ThatDisha (4010)
• India
23 Jul 21
This useless racism issues are being given much importance then the real issues that should be looked upon..
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
23 Jul 21
I agree. In fact, I think that to center the issue on names is racist. The real issue is respect for everyone and it does not arrive with the change of name of a cookie.
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