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response topic I am going to talk about today is the BC Metro Vancouver woman
launching a human rights complaint to the famous chain restaurant Earls. The
woman’s name is Ikponwosa (I.K.) Ero who has albinism
complaint that it was inappropriate to use a genetic condition to be named
after a food and found it offensive. At the Earls restaurant Albino Rhino and
Albino Wings has been used for many years and is a trademark for many customers
and there defense to the complaint was that the Albino Rhino was first named 25
years ago and was in no way meant to be discriminatory or to offend anyone who
has albinism. In my opinion I support the Earl restaurant because they have
been using the name for many years and the logo is a white rhino so it’s intention
is not to discriminate or hurt any individuals. This is my thoughts on the
story and comment if anyone disagrees with anything or agree!
WILLIAM W
"Using the name for many years" I believe that is an appeal to tradition, just because its been around for a while does not mean it is okay, or right. Noted that they did not mean offence they have nonetheless committed offence. A truly apologetic establishment would change it wouldn't they? Albinism is a disease that is present in all vertebrate species, and they must have known that when they came up with the logo.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I can see your reasoning behind supporting earl's, I personally think that Earls should accept the complaint and change their dish name. Earls, only loses it's own reputation through this publicity, and the costs of changing the name itself is far outweighed by the bad publicity Earl's will receive through this reception. Therefore, in the principle sense I do agree that Earl's does not have to change their dish name because of a single complaint, however as a business, I think Earl's would be hurt more by fighting for their label.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I think Earls should not change their dish name. As they said, the name, “Albino Rhino” was used for 25 years ago and was in no way meant to be discriminatory or to offend anyone who has albinism. Furthermore, I am pretty sure other people with albinism had this dish since 25 years ago. This proves that people with albinism were not offended by the dish name in the past because there were no human rights complaints about the dish name in the past. Therefore, in my opinion, changing the dish name would be unnecessary.
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