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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 07:57 PM Jul 2018

Indiana Brewery Apologies After Naming Brews 'Black Beers Matter' and 'White Guilt'


by Caleb Ecarma | 4:18 pm, July 19th, 2018

An Indiana brewery has apologized after giving a few of their brews politically and racially charged names, such as “Flint Michigan Tap Water,” “Black Beer Matters,” and “White Guilt.”
Just a few days after owners Jon Duncan and Rodney Chlebek released the new beers at Lakeville Brew Crew — which is based in Lakeville, Indiana — and ginned up a good amount of media controversy, the two issued an apology recanting the names.

“During this time, we have had numerous conversations about the best way to move forward with the partnership. The first thing that we had to do was accept that we made mistakes,” said the owners in a statement, per the South Bend Tribune. “We neglected to put ourselves in the shoes of other people. As a result of ongoing conversations, the list of beer names has been wiped clean.”

The statement comes after the brewery’s Facebook page was hit with a flurry of negative reviews, including users calling it “Absolutely appalling. Inappropriate. Rude. Tasteless.”

However, according to co-owner Duncan, they initially meant for the names to “bring awareness to the issues” — not cause another controversy.

“If people can come and talk to us about (the names), that would be fine,” Duncan said, prior to apologizing. “None of this is done out of hate, none of this is done out of making fun of it.”

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https://www.mediaite.com/online/indiana-brewery-apologies-after-naming-brews-black-beers-matter-and-white-guilt/
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Indiana Brewery Apologies After Naming Brews 'Black Beers Matter' and 'White Guilt' (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2018 OP
People seriously have jobs pitching this stuff? JonLP24 Jul 2018 #1
Indiana... Figures. MrScorpio Jul 2018 #2
Those fellas live in a bubble. procon Jul 2018 #3
The little snots were singing a different tune just a few days ago. johnp3907 Jul 2018 #4
Their looking-glass self is all white all the way down Solly Mack Jul 2018 #5
Talk about sampling too much of your product. nt Blue_true Jul 2018 #6
live nearby D_Master81 Jul 2018 #7

procon

(15,805 posts)
3. Those fellas live in a bubble.
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 08:09 PM
Jul 2018

Before the make their little advertizing boo-boo, they probably live in a community that is mostly all white, and they grew up with little contact between other folks who look different than them. They were normal. Their views were the same standard shared by everyone else.

Then the outside world came knocking.

D_Master81

(1,822 posts)
7. live nearby
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 08:35 PM
Jul 2018

Lakeville is literally 15 min from where i live, its about 10-15 minutes south of South Bend. while South Bend is a Dem area, Lakeville is very small and just had a highway bypass around the town, so it will be a slowly dieing community. Total Trump country.

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