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So the CEO of Goya foods thanked President Trump for the good he did for Latin American businesses in the US, and now folks are boycotting Goya foods because “ how could the CEO of a Latin company praise a man who continues to lock Latin children in cages?!?!”
I get it, but this hits different for me as I am Cuban and Goya is a staple in EVERY Cuban home.
I don’t agree with the man, and I don’t agree with people being locked in cages (especially the niños), but at the same time people work at Goya foods, and I would rather not go through the process of recreating the foods that they already prepare, so I won’t be boycotting them. Get rid of the CEO, sure, but it’s not like they are locking the kids in the cages, or worse, having child slave labor create their product (hello smart phones and PCs).
But how do you judge the success of a boycott when the bulk of the consumers will continue to buy their products? You think abuela cares what’s going on on the Twitters? Do you think the Cuban Republican block is going to quit buying something because a CEO said something in support of a Republican President? Heck, once boycotters find out Goya’s competition also donates to the GOP, they will either be left with bland food, or find that making their own Goya products ain’t worth the fight.
I don’t know, these are just my thoughts on the Goyaway boycott.
I get it, but this hits different for me as I am Cuban and Goya is a staple in EVERY Cuban home.
I don’t agree with the man, and I don’t agree with people being locked in cages (especially the niños), but at the same time people work at Goya foods, and I would rather not go through the process of recreating the foods that they already prepare, so I won’t be boycotting them. Get rid of the CEO, sure, but it’s not like they are locking the kids in the cages, or worse, having child slave labor create their product (hello smart phones and PCs).
But how do you judge the success of a boycott when the bulk of the consumers will continue to buy their products? You think abuela cares what’s going on on the Twitters? Do you think the Cuban Republican block is going to quit buying something because a CEO said something in support of a Republican President? Heck, once boycotters find out Goya’s competition also donates to the GOP, they will either be left with bland food, or find that making their own Goya products ain’t worth the fight.
I don’t know, these are just my thoughts on the Goyaway boycott.
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