From the 'What The Fuck Is Wrong With People' Department: "Burning Noose" Shaved Ice Flavor

[TheBlackAdder]

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Kansas shaved ice stand says it’s ‘100% against racism’ despite ‘burning noose’ snow-cone flavor

Update: The jerk's photo wouldn't paste here.


The owner of a shaved ice stand in Kansas said this week a controversial snow-cone flavor will no longer be sold by his business.

Tropical Sno owner David Schaper told KSNF that his “burning noose” flavor had caused too much controversy.

“I’m not even going to have the flavor anymore, I guess,” he lamented. “It’s caused so much controversy.”

Schaper explained that the “burning noose” flavor — which combines grape, watermelon, and cotton candy — was the idea of a “young African-American man.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/kansas-shaved-ice-stand-says-its-100-against-racism-despite-burning-noose-snow-cone-flavor/

Man, some people are just fucked up.

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[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. Seriously though, what the fuck?

Even if one were to buy into the dubious claim that a black kid did suggest it, that doesn't even begin to excuse it as a good idea that he should have followed through with.

[MagickMuffin]

2. Change the name campaign

Schaper says, “A young African-American man, 10 or more years ago, came with his friend. They would come with friends, and he wanted to make this flavor.”

He took to Facebook to apologize and further explain the origin of the flavor.

Schaper adds, “He chose the flavors, and he chose the ingredients of it.”

After seeing the comments, the young man who created the flavor, Keenan Carter, came to Dave’s defense.
Keenan Carter, creator of “Burning Noose” flavor, says, “We saw the opportunity to make a flavor there. We thought it would be fun, so we went down there trying to think of what flavors we would put into it, and we came up with the ‘Burning Noose.’”

Perhaps keep the flavor but call it the underground railroad . . . or . . . the Tubman . . . or . . . . the Carver . . . or . . the Ali