It seems soy sauce (and other stuff) manufacturers Amoy have pretty much lost the plot on Facebook.
No. No. No. No. NOOOOOOO!!!!
This seals the deal. So sad that the country has become so beholden to the company - eerily colonial. More reason to drink tap.
Nowhere in Fiji Water’s glossy marketing materials will you find reference to the typhoid outbreaks that plague Fijians because of the island’s faulty water supplies; the corporate entities that Fiji Water has—despite the owners’ talk of financial transparency—set up in tax havens like the Cayman Islands and Luxembourg; or the fact that its signature bottle is made from Chinese plastic in a diesel-fueled plant and hauled thousands of miles to its ecoconscious consumers. And, of course, you won’t find mention of the military junta for which Fiji Water is a major source of global recognition and legitimacy. (Gilmour has described the square bottles as “little ambassadors” for the poverty-stricken nation.)
hey folks, i generally like to keep things shiny and positive on urbanfoodie, but food and drink are personal…and as we know from Feminism 101: the personal is political. so there’s going to be some ugly stuff too.
enter the Chicago-Lake Liquors ads. WTF. this would NEVER fly in New York City, San Francisco, or Chicago…i do have my love for Minnesota but, sorry, you’ve still got a ways to go (another case in point, the widespread reverence and lack of critical race consciousness for Chino Latino. UGH. i am going to have to blog about that soon). are advertising folks really that strapped for creative ideas?
check out the nice analysis of the Chicago-Lake Liquors ads from Racialicious.
