tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658138279766595241.post8906098201871541377..comments2024-01-04T04:31:00.481-05:00Comments on Mixed Race America: Back at home in the SouthJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13261371053113519712noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658138279766595241.post-57652183345684226602008-05-29T10:52:00.000-04:002008-05-29T10:52:00.000-04:00Hey Everyone,Thanks for chiming in. I do think th...Hey Everyone,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for chiming in. I do think that, as Matt and Brian pointed out, that soda does taste different if it has cane sugar vs. corn syrup--perhaps not as strong as the difference between fake maple syrup and the real thing, but you get my gist.<BR/><BR/>And unlike the cans Jason is talking about, I do think that these were actually made for Chinese consumers because really EVERYTHING but the actual name of the soda was in Chinese script--whereas the Coke Olympic campaign that Jason is talking about just has the Coca-Cola symbol in Russian script on one side, and then everything else remains in English (I had one at a dim sum restaurant on this trip).<BR/><BR/>What bothered me about the flight attendant was her tone--which is something I should have been more explicit about in my post.<BR/><BR/>Her tone was dismissive/condescending towards the soda can. And I freely admit that I may be reading too much into her tone--maybe this is her normal demeanor or maybe she was having a bad day. But she was subtly and not so subtly suggesting that the cans were inferior. And really, at the end of the day, we're just talking about soda! <BR/><BR/>And this is where my hypersensitivity about race comes in to play. Because it's hard for me to hear dismissive comments about Asian soda cans that are also somehow Mexican (perhaps, as Matt suggested, all she meant to suggest is that they were processed in Mexico, but I suppose a good question to ask is: does that make them Mexican? An American soda processed in Mexico, for sale/consumption in China--truly globalization at its finest).Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261371053113519712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658138279766595241.post-72281799619145996862008-05-28T21:59:00.000-04:002008-05-28T21:59:00.000-04:00Not to make an excuse, but in general, there hasn'...Not to make an excuse, but in general, there hasn't been any awareness about this campaign from Coca-Cola. My sister bought a 12-pack over the weekend with the half-English/half-Russian label. While I think this is pretty cool, I'd imagine that many folks are puzzled by what they are seeing.<BR/><BR/>Of course, Coca-Cola could be well aware of how folks can misinterpret these cans as "wrong".Jason Clinkscaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658138279766595241.post-81378798001020623072008-05-28T14:09:00.000-04:002008-05-28T14:09:00.000-04:00The Coca Cola museum in Atlanta has samples of Cok...The Coca Cola museum in Atlanta has samples of Coke and other sodas from around the world, and there is a differnce in flavor. However, your flight attendant would seem a bit uncultured and out of touch with reality.Brian Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04734307636961609871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658138279766595241.post-27903885079249821582008-05-28T12:37:00.000-04:002008-05-28T12:37:00.000-04:00It's certainly possible that it was bottled in Mex...It's certainly possible that it was bottled in Mexico with Chinese script. And if so, it might very well taste different. What I find funny is that most people prefer the taste of <A HREF="http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041109/news_1b9mexcoke.html" REL="nofollow">non-American coke</A> (or kosher-for-Passover coke), when they have the chance. Real sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05146833770654841724noreply@blogger.com