In a time where the West tries to be avoid ethnic charicatures, Latin America rules otherwise
In a time where the West tries to be avoid ethnic charicatures, Latin America rules otherwise
Pictured: A bag of "El Negrito" flour, literally translated as "The Little Black Boy".
Farina is cream of wheat, not flour. Also afro-latin is the dominant culture in the Dominican Republic, so I don't think this is stereotyping in the way you think it is, or in the way it would be if a white-dominated corporation used this branding
Yeah, this feels very much like people getting mad at Crayola have 'nergo' crayons.
My bad for not seeing the small text about cream of wheat. I found this while cleaning out my home and thought of you guys.
I'm not offended or anything, I just think it's funny that this sort of thing is so normal here but so frowned upon up North.
In my anecdotal experience, most people here are light brown, and get somewhat offended if you call them black. Being really dark is associated with being Haitian, and people are kinda racist towards Haitians.
It also says crema de trigo (cream of wheat) under El Negrito
Rebuplica Dominicana numero uno!!!
This is normal.