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Trader Joe’s to eliminate product names criticized as racist
Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Trader Joe’s has responded to criticisms about its packaging by announcing that it is in the process of eliminating labels that use ethnic-sounding names intended to be humorous.The offending products bear such labels as Trader Ming’s for foods and condiments related to Chinese cuisine, Trader José's for Mexican-style products and Trader Giotto’s for Italian-themed items.The company has come under fire in part from a petition, posted for about two weeks, on the Change.org website. It had collected more than 2,000 signatures by Sunday...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Trader Joe’s has responded to criticisms about its packaging by announcing that it is in the process of eliminating labels that use ethnic-sounding names intended to be humorous.The offending products bear such labels as Trader Ming’s for foods and condiments related to Chinese cuisine, Trader José's for Mexican-style products and Trader Giotto’s for Italian-themed items.The company has come under fire in part from a petition, posted for about two weeks, on the Change.org website. It had collected more than 2,000 signatures by Sunday...WW…
L.A. schools reopening: 20% of parents, 36% of staff are not ready for campuses to open
Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement About 20% of Los Angeles parents said they are not ready to send their children back to a campus this fall, and more than a third of employees said they are against returning amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to survey results that add to mounting concerns about the hoped-for in the state’s largest school system.L.A. schools Supt. Austin Beutner said Monday that no decision has yet been made on whether campuses will reopen in the fall for in-person classes but that the district’s recent survey compounded by the ongoing and...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement About 20% of Los Angeles parents said they are not ready to send their children back to a campus this fall, and more than a third of employees said they are against returning amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to survey results that add to mounting concerns about the hoped-for in the state’s largest school system.L.A. schools Supt. Austin Beutner said Monday that no decision has yet been made on whether campuses will reopen in the fall for in-person classes but that the district’s recent survey compounded by the ongoing and...WW…
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