From what I saw no one ever suggested it had to do with race or being woke.
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CrystalRaindrops — 7 months ago(August 28, 2025 09:43 PM)
It was most likely a publicity stunt, just like when IHOP claimed they were changing their name to "IHOb" and that they were going to focus on serving burgers.
Unfortunately, CrackBar didn't announce that they're not changing the logo until after Trump complained about it, so now some people think Trump helped change their minds.
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JustinCase — 7 months ago(August 28, 2025 09:57 PM)
It was most likely a publicity stunt, just like when IHOP claimed they were changing their name to "IHOb" and that they were going to focus on serving burgers.
Thank you for that reply which makes a lot of sense.
I can go with that vs changing it to try and draw in more non white races since they did not change it right after the murder of George Floyd as Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben's did by dropping their black faces along with the Washington Redskins who thankfully finally changed their name to not be a racist slur.
And also I read in an article about it how their sales are dropping.
One could argue that it was to draw in more non white races but the look and feel of the place still wouldn't attract those who are not into the country feel of living even though it's rustic charm is among urban, overdeveloped areas with parking lots.
I don't know why people thought removing the guy and barrel was "woke," though.
Perhaps based on my earlier examples after the death of Floyd.
All of a sudden business images that relied on minorities were afraid of being seen as racist and avoided and they don't want to lose money.
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CrystalRaindrops — 7 months ago(August 29, 2025 04:30 AM)
Thanks! I could be wrong, though. Maybe they thought the old logo was too old-fashioned or something.
along with the Washington Redskins who thankfully finally changed their name to not be a racist slur.
Did you hear about this:
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JustinCase — 7 months ago(August 29, 2025 07:23 AM)
I did indeed.
What a sensitive racist.
Trump says a lot of lies all the time that never happen since he is filled with these delusions of grandeur.
Like a few months ago he said they were going to reopen Alcatraz Island for inmates.
Just because it's Govt. property and he is the wanna be dictator does not mean it can happen just because he says it.
How you die does not redeem how you lived. - A black pastor on the life and death of Charlie Kirk -
Crashout — 7 months ago(August 28, 2025 10:52 PM)
Listen, I had no idea their brand was an old white man. I always see a barrel. Where is this old white man people are upset about?
And anyway I don't even eat at Cracker Barrel. Maybe once and I think it was chicken and dumpling soup….it was delicious btw. But that was like, 10 years ago.
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JustinCase — 7 months ago(August 29, 2025 07:27 AM)
Possible.
I doubt everything is a distraction that seems dumb and pointless.
Those things happen.
Perhaps some at least.
How you die does not redeem how you lived. - A black pastor on the life and death of Charlie Kirk -
-- wot -- — 7 months ago(August 29, 2025 04:39 AM)
I briefly watched PenguinZ talk about this buit did not watch the whole video. He showed a picture of what it was and what it became but I could not tell what was what. Did it change from the white guy next to a barrel to a standard name logo, or vice versa?
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-- wot -- — 7 months ago(August 29, 2025 04:52 AM)
I think people are just annoyed that it just another example of insane wokeness taking over. "
Oh we cant have a hhwhite guy on our logo, not when other races exist in this world
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CrystalRaindrops — 7 months ago(August 29, 2025 04:57 AM)
Maybe they were receiving complaints, like, "If there's a barrel in the picture and a white man in the picture and your name is Cracker Barrel, that means you're calling the guy a cracker! That's racist, you SOBs!"
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JustinCase — 7 months ago(August 29, 2025 07:32 AM)
LOL Crystal!
Too funny!
And it brings up other things.
I find being thought of or called a, "cracker," nowhere offensive as the N-word.
It's tame.
If I really was a cracker, literally, I think I would be a Ritz or a saltine.
How about you?
A Crystal Cracker?
Uh oh.
That seems racist!
Oh no!
We just can't win with woke.
I seem to recall some kind of Cracker Barrel racist incident from a few years ago and I don't think it had to do with the word of, "Cracker."
I'll see if I can dig it up and share it.
How you die does not redeem how you lived. - A black pastor on the life and death of Charlie Kirk -
JustinCase — 7 months ago(August 29, 2025 05:05 PM)
About a decade later, in 2004, Cracker Barrel was sued for a handful of racist practices toward African Americans, including seating them later than customers who arrived after them, putting them into a different section of the restaurant, and workers refusing them service. The establishment was fined $8.7 million in the settlement and was called upon to change the way it operates. However, it was as recently as 2022 that some Cracker Barrel employees were said to again discriminate against customers, allegedly using the term "Canadians" as a code word when referring to African Americans.
Even children have been targeted by the chain. In December of 2024, a group of elementary-level students with disabilities was brought into a Cracker Barrel as a way to further practice social interactions. But that effort was thwarted when they were turned away and forced to get takeout instead. The employees responsible were fired, though the damage was already done. These are sadly a few instances in which Cracker Barrel has received backlash, with the chain also getting into sexual harassment lawsuits and once declining a job applicant because they were deaf.
How you die does not redeem how you lived. - A black pastor on the life and death of Charlie Kirk -
JustinCase — 7 months ago(August 30, 2025 04:52 AM)
Cool.
I doubt it offends too many of us.
I was asking what kind of cracker you would like to be if you could be one.
(Sorry if my question got lost in those thoughts.)
All In The Family is more my bag where George did say the N word once.
TJ was a spin off from AITF.
Have you watched that show and seen the Jeffersons on it?
I loved the way Lionel would play around with Archie's bigotry.
How you die does not redeem how you lived. - A black pastor on the life and death of Charlie Kirk -
JustinCase — 7 months ago(August 30, 2025 08:21 AM)
I've watched AITF a bunch of times on TV and have a few seasons on DVD.
Ooooooooo!
That's thinking outside the box and I like that!
Though I should perhaps wear a cup protector around you.
How you die does not redeem how you lived. - A black pastor on the life and death of Charlie Kirk -
CrystalRaindrops — 7 months ago(August 29, 2025 04:59 AM)
The man is just a generic figure created by Nashville designer Bill Holley, who wrote it on a napkin in 1977. His aim was to “create a feeling of nostalgia with an old-timer wearing overalls,” according to Cracker Barrel.