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German bakery selling blackface pastries stirs racism debate
Deutsche Welle ^ | 02.16.2020 | Melissa Sou-Jie Van Brunnersum

Posted on 02/17/2020 11:58:00 AM PST by Olog-hai

A bakery in the western German city of Cologne has caused a storm in local media for its selling of dark-glazed pastries with exaggerated facial features.

Some of the pastries — normally a kind of meringue on wafer covered in plain chocolate — were sporting eyes, nose and thick red lips, with some even carrying bones on top of their heads or comical hats.

The white-faced pastries have glasses and carry on their heads what is known as a fez, a felt hat with a tassel that was popular during the Ottoman Empire.

The pastry, now known as “Schokokuss” (Chocolate Kiss) is popular in Germany, particularly during Carnival every February.

Formerly known as “Mohrenkopf” (“Moorish head”), the name of the pastry was altered because of its racialized reference to Muslim inhabitants across what is now Europe and North Africa during the Middle Ages.

The Cologne-based bakery features the treats in its display entitled “Funny carnival heads.”

This year’s supply has stirred debates on social media after author and columnist Jasmina Kuhnke, or Quattromilf as she is known on Twitter, posted a picture of the pastries after a friend sent her a photo.

“Dear Café Konfiserie Fromme, your pastries disgust me!” Kuhnke wrote, adding that, “no, the white ones are not intended to represent balance, they represent North Africans.” …

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TOPICS: Food; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: blackface; eussr; germany; rop
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1 posted on 02/17/2020 11:58:00 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

They look tasty to me and those kids love them.

I suppose if one casts a dark shadow, it’s racist.


2 posted on 02/17/2020 12:03:10 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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3 posted on 02/17/2020 12:03:25 PM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree

looks like an easy solution, change the lips


4 posted on 02/17/2020 12:05:46 PM PST by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: NobleFree

Ummm. I also see “white faces”. So, STHU.


5 posted on 02/17/2020 12:05:50 PM PST by gathersnomoss (Welcf theome to North Mexico, Gringo's it...)
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To: NobleFree
What!!!!!! no muslim heads??
6 posted on 02/17/2020 12:07:40 PM PST by shadeaud (Stand up and be proud that you are Americans regards of color)
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To: Olog-hai

If I could get a fez and smoking jacket, I’d wear it here around the house, I don’t care what y’all think. *chuckle*


7 posted on 02/17/2020 12:10:43 PM PST by Viking2002 (There's a little Al Bundy in all of us. And we vote.)
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To: Olog-hai

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh


8 posted on 02/17/2020 12:11:03 PM PST by gathersnomoss (Welcf theome to North Mexico, Gringo's it...)
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To: Olog-hai
Ridiculous.

I'm not offended by the white ones. Same everything, just the flavors and colors are different.


9 posted on 02/17/2020 12:11:04 PM PST by Bon mots
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To: NobleFree

The white ones just look like Mick Jagger.


10 posted on 02/17/2020 12:12:08 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Olog-hai
I remember these from Mexico:

To be fair, they have changed the packaging - or so I understand...

11 posted on 02/17/2020 12:12:18 PM PST by Bon mots
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To: NobleFree
The pastry shop, which opened in 1893,

said it features its "Funny Carnival heads" display only during the busy Carnival season in February. During the rest of the year, Fromme sells the unclad version of the pastries and labels them either "Mohrenkopf" or "Othello" (a Moorish character in William Shakespeare's tragedy).

I wonder how many decades they've been making the cookies...

12 posted on 02/17/2020 12:12:28 PM PST by GOPJ ( http://www.tinyurl.com/cvirusmap https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm)
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To: gathersnomoss

OMG just looks chocolate to me GIVE ME A DAMN BREAK, are they going to outlaw chocolate now???


13 posted on 02/17/2020 12:12:39 PM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Olog-hai
I remember these from Poland:

This packaging has also been changed to not be offensive.

14 posted on 02/17/2020 12:15:32 PM PST by Bon mots
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To: Bon mots

Pexew IIRC were the stores in the PRL where you had to pay in dollars.


15 posted on 02/17/2020 12:16:32 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

s/b Pewex


16 posted on 02/17/2020 12:16:45 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: laplata
I suppose if one casts a dark shadow, it’s racist.

Some countries don't give a damn what the snowflakes think. Santiago de Compestela, Spain, a square right behind the Cathedral that draws hundreds of thousands of pilgrims every year:

guitar-player

17 posted on 02/17/2020 12:20:03 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

That’s right. Most people ignore the PC BS.


18 posted on 02/17/2020 12:20:56 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Makes sense. Let’s outlaw the following:
Asphalt
Cars of color
Belts of color
Roofs of color
The night
Cats of color
Dogs of color
Ju Ju Bees of color
Wallets and purses of color
Licorice of color
Thoughts of color
Crows of color
Tuxedos of color
Charcoal
Clarinets of color
33 1/3, 45 RPM records of color
Eight balls
The other side of ying.....


19 posted on 02/17/2020 12:25:23 PM PST by gathersnomoss (Welcf theome to North Mexico, Gringo's it...)
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To: Olog-hai

I find Homer Simpson offensive...they portray him as a fat white stupid union worker.


20 posted on 02/17/2020 12:25:30 PM PST by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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