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An Australian food company is finally renaming its racially offensive cheese brand

from CNN

An Australian food company is finally renaming its racially offensive cheese brand CNN An Australian dairy company is rebranding a controversial line of cheese products that share a name with a racial slur, in an attempt to "eliminate racism" from its brand. "Coon" cheese — which has been sold in Australia for more than 80 years — has been the focus of complaints for decades. The company has insisted that the brand name paid homage to American cheesemaker Edward William Coon, who, according to its website, "patented a unique ripening process." But the word is also a deeply insulting racial slur directed at people of color. READ MORE

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