Land O Lakes finally removed the "squaw" from the package...but they took the land too.

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Some things never change. So is it Lakes O Lakes now? 🤔

[BBG]

1. Historically Accurate

They had to get rid of the Indian in order to take the land away.

[jberryhill]

2. Maybe it was her land, and they let her keep it

[catbyte]

5. Yeah, like that would ever happen.

Jaded Ojibwe here.

[BBG]

6. Beat me to it

My reaction exactly.

[2naSalit]

14. +1

[dem4decades]

3. Is it still sweet cream and natural?

[Victor_c3]

4. When I was a kid, I used to like to do a certain art project with the boxes

If you cut the knees out and paste them over the box of butter the woman is holding, it almost looks like she’s showing off her boobs!

You could get really creative and use a pencil to make nipples on them too



I didn’t have the internet when I was a kid....

[Dave Starsky]

7. The only porn we had back then was an occasional stash...

Of magazines found in the woods.

I don't know who was hiding porn in the woods back then, but God bless 'em.

[Victor_c3]

15. Yes, that is so true! Who the hell hides porn in the woods!?!?!?

As a kids, I think we came across 4-5 different poem stashes that way.

Funny!

[jberryhill]

31. Someone was hiding poetry in the woods?

Did you go out there to look at someone's Longfellow?

[Dave Starsky]

38. I have many friends around the country who report the same experience.

It's almost like those "survival caches" you find in random places in the woods in Tomb Raider video games.

I prefer to think that God, however we choose to understand Her/Him/It, was leaving them there for us.

[Hoyt]

25. That's true. We had lots of woods around us and found numerous stashes of books, magazines, etc.

I had forgotten about that. Now, like music, books, etc., I guess everyone carries it on their cellphone.

[winstars]

32. I later figured it was husbands throwing out the porn after "using" it... Maybe?

[Maeve]

13. Saw that one too

If you were really creative, you could fold the knees up instead and cut the butter box as a flap...

adolescent humor

[rickford66]

29. My Mother showed me this one day.

I sure miss her.

[edhopper]

34. Or if you folded it a certain way

[Victor_c3]

37. Thanks for the visual! This thread is full of laughs for me n/t

[LeftInTX]

39. I just saw this on the internet...I think that was a "thing"

I had no idea!

[Brother Buzz]

41. The graphic artist was a wicked cool genius and NO glue was needed

All you kneeded (pun intended) was a sharp pocket knife to cut out three sides of the butter box and some careful backwards folding and rolling. If done right, the knees would pop out the box flap like a tray; the knees magically turning into boobs.


Note: this version is hinged on the top, but the PROPER way is to hinge at the bottom to create a presentation tray

[demmiblue]

8. Live look at the likes and mentions on every single tweet crying about Land O'Lakes removing the...

Live look at the likes and mentions on every single tweet crying about Land O'Lakes removing the Native American caricature from their labels

Link to tweet

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11. Figures.

They're soooooooooooooooooooooo predictable.

[dalton99a]

18. +1

[NutmegYankee]

23. Why is every single one of them wearing sunglasses?

[DFW]

24. If I were that stupid and knew it

I wouldn't want everyone recognizing me on the street, either!

[OriginalGeek]

36. It's bright out there

For a snowflake.

[LeftInTX]

42. The responses on that thread!

Those Salty Whiny Whites can Go get some "I can't believe its not butter" and Move on.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

9. You can have this conversation without using the slur.

[catbyte]

10. I'm Ojibwe. I used it for a reason.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

12. Fair enough.

[catbyte]

16. Logos like that reduce us to caricatures of the "Indian Princess" (whatever the hell THAT is)

just like sports logos. It's insulting and that's what people see when they see images like that--"squaws", "Indian braves" etc. It's all bullshit. Sorry, this has been a pet peeve of mine for years.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

17. Yep, racist mascots and logos need to go.

No need to apologize. I figured you were using the slur in a well-meaning effort to make a point, but I also assumed you were white (or at least non-Native), which is why I commented the way I did.

[catbyte]

20. Maybe I should make my tagline a little clearer.

Not everybody knows what "Anishinaabe" means. Here's a short definition from Wikipedia:

Anishinaabe is the autonym for a group of culturally related indigenous peoples resident in what are now Canada and the United States. These also include the Odawa, Saulteaux, Ojibwe (including Mississaugas), Potawatomi, Oji-Cree, and Algonquin peoples.

Have a great and safe day!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

22. Oh, I do know -- I live in Minnesota.

But I was posting on my phone, which doesn't display taglines. All is clear now.

[Igel]

19. Patrick DesJarlait

He was the man who revised the logo in 1950.

Has work in art museums.

Was Ojibwe.

[catbyte]

21. 1950 was a different time.

[LeftInTX]

40. I understand

The packaging was always a selling point because from a design standpoint it was good art. It was colorful like a Currier and Ives print. It had focal points. (Well it never occurred to me, there were breasts under that package!..LOL) The butter she was holding was Land O Lakes and you thought, "Is there a Land O Lakes within the Land O Lakes". (Honestly I never ever thought about where she was holding the butter ..LOL...It never once occurred to me..I just thought there was more Land O Lakes, never thought what was underneath!!!)

However, it is cultural appropriation and it has run it's course. I heard they may put farmers on the packaging.

I'm white and my parents had a cabin near Lac du Flambeau. There was lots of cultural appropriation without understanding the pain involved.

[jberryhill]

26. I don't understand why they didn't have Lando on it in the first place

[cwydro]

27. Perfect.

[jberryhill]

28. That's why they call it...

[cwydro]

30. Lol, I bought some ham the other day that was labeled "gluten free.'

Too funny.

[DenverJared]

33. American "butter" is not really butter anyway

It is just centrifuged milk-fat.

Real butter comes from lactobacillus fermented cream.

I only buy "Buerre d'Isigny St. Mère" from France which is made properly and has an exceptional terroir.

If there are any chefs here (I am not a chef), they would probably agree.

[catbyte]

35. I'm partial to Kerrygold or Plugra--they're both readily available here & far superior to

any of the domestic brands. I bought a store brand on sale about 6 months ago and I couldn't stand it. It was more like margarine than butter. I'll have to try to find the brand you buy. It sounds intriguing.

[jberryhill]

43. She was drawn by an Ojibwe artist, incidentally

His son wrote an interesting piece in the WaPo today:

Link to tweet