Dixie Brewery to change name (1 Viewer)

[Cajun Mike]

They don’t even know how the name Dixie came about and no it wasn’t about slavery! Caving in

 

[No2DC]

I'll never forget a college party I went to at the old brewery on Tulane ave. That said, do you think the name "Dixie" make African-Americans feel all warm and sunny inside? Even the girl group is changing its name. It's 2020, not 1920.

 

[Cajun Mike]

That's not even close.

 

[No2DC]

That's not even close.

Try this.

Dixie | History, Definition, Meaning, Map, & Facts

Dixie, the Southern U.S. states, especially those that belonged to the Confederate States of America (1860–65). The origins of the name are debated, but it was popularized by the song ‘Dixie,’ composed in 1859 by Daniel Decatur Emmett. The tune was often considered the Confederate anthem.

www.britannica.com

 

[Cajun Mike]

Nice try but completely wrong!

 

[No2DC]

Nice try but completely wrong!

Okay, explain the part I'm missing.

 

[Cajun Mike]

Dixie came from American traders who came down the Mississippi to trade in New Orleans. The French paid them with French money. Mostly in tens the French word for ten is dix (dees). It got convoluted to Dixie.

 

[Taker597]

1. It needed to be rebranded anyways.
2. Why do you care?

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

i actually wish there was a way to reclaim dixie
it's a good reminder of the gallic influence on the region that reeks these days of obsessively anglo ways of seeing the world

but clearly the song is much more what is remembered than just about anything else (written just a few year after the civil war)
Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton,
Old times there are not forgotten,
Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land.

it's really not that ambiguous
it's just more 'heritage' bs

 

[Cajun Mike]

The reason I care cause it’s wrong.

 

[SweetT]

Why does a person, group, business, etc changing their name bother you so much? And who cares if they are “caving in”, you wear your own underwear, not theirs. No disrespect, but I hope you don’t lose sleep over it

 

[Cajun Mike]

Cause the reason is wrong! Show some backbone

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

The reason I care cause it’s wrong.

on balance your scale of right & wrong might need a recalibration

 

[Twyst]

Why is this on the main board?

 

[Twyst]

Show some backbone

They are. By standing up to all the people too racist or too dense to see that what has ben happening in this country for far too long is wrong. The reason the rest of the world has passed us by is because a large portion of the population is living in the past.