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So this article is pretty silly at the end at thinking that simply because Ben & Jerry’s has a liberal track record (bless their hearts) that they are perfect and can never accidentally perpetuate a racial stereotype.
And honestly. It literally takes less than a minute of Google research to know that Fortune Cookies have literally nothing to do with historical Chinese/Chinese-American culture. I realize they can’t exactly put fried rice into ice cream, but there are SO MANY ACTUAL CHINESE sweets and sweet flavors to choose from (and would have been a fantastic learning opportunity really), but the easy (and business-logical I guess) choice was to go with something that would be easy to manufacture (since it’s basically the same as waffle cones) and easily related to the stereotypical “Chinese American”.
Addendum: Just as a refresher I did a simple Google Image search for “Chinese Sweets” and got pages and pages of absolutely delicious sweets of all kinds that I love. Sesame balls, moon cakes, White Rabbit, New Year’s candy, gelatins, Egg Custard Tart, and more.
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fodderforfantasies said:
I LOVE SESAME BALLS. I don’t eat too much at Dim Sum because I’m vegetarian, but I always get delicious Chinese broccoli and sesame balls. :)
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squaredrooted said:
why is this important?
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kaechan91 said:
but when you think about it, Chinese sweets are nothing like American sweets. Chinese don’t eat chocolate - at least not historically - or other American sweets, and let’s face it, Ben & Jerry’s is an American company catering to the American public.
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