Bakery changes the name of 'nega maluca' cake to 'Afro-descendant'
The union warned that "traditional names previously viewed favorably are no longer accepted and may generate embarrassment and accusations of racial crime, sexism, and prejudice."
247 - The Aveiro bakery, in the southern zone of São Paulo, had to change the name of its "nega-maluca" cake to "afrodescendente" (Afro-descendant) after guidance from the São Paulo Bakery and Confectionery Industry Union, the Association of Industries, and the Institute for the Development of Bakery and Confectionery, urging the establishment to pay attention to "new social behaviors."
In the document sent to the establishment, the union warns that "traditional names previously viewed favorably are no longer accepted and may generate embarrassment and accusations of racial crime, sexism, and prejudice."
The change gained traction on social media, and the president of the Palmares Foundation, Sérgio Camargo, known for his racist views, said the request was just whining.
"They want to criminalize cakes. This needs to end," she wrote in her first post. "We have an emotional connection with these sweets. They're part of our lives. Enough with all this whining. Nobody can take it anymore," Camargo wrote in a social media post.
Besides the cake, other treats have been renamed by the bakery. 'Teta de nega', 'língua de sogra' and 'maria mole' are now called nhá benta, pão doce mole and sorvete mole, respectively.
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