Moorhead’s are made of a Marshmallow type,

foamy mixture mounted on a wafer biscuit and covered by dark chocolate couverture. Not ever did I think I would be insulting a black person by eating this traditional Swiss specialty when I was a kid! Racism never came to my mind. I think if someone, while buying or eating a Mohrenkopf, has any racist or prejudiced thoughts, then they definitely have underlying serious other problems, to begin with.

Coop, Migros, Manor, and Volg, the leading Swiss Supermarket retailers, take the Moor’s heads off the shelves now because of their name. Is that the right approach? In view of what is going on in the world at this time, It is good that all the retailers have taken the “Mohrenkopf” off the shelf. The name belongs to the garbage heap of language history, right next to the N-word for black people. In order to understand this, there is no need for historical research into the term “Mohr” or for racism investigations among customers.

It is enough to listen to a person who has no white skin. “When I was a child, the word ‘Moorhead’ always stung me,” Says Lukas, who is half Swiss and half Nigerian, It is not so much a question of the individual term, but of “the sum of discrimination that permanently gives you the feeling that you are worthless”. I can understand a black, or colored person to feel insulted by the name, my wife feels the same way, as she is of Indian heritage.

Those who are now distributing “Mohrenkopf” out of solidarity with the manufacturers should ask themselves whether it is really too much to call a candy “Schokokus”, “Schocoturm”, or  “Neigeturm”, ( Turm, meaning Tower) instead of “Mohrenkopf” if this means that blacks feel at least one less stitch in everyday life? 

Mr.Dubler,

the main manufacturer of Mohrenkopf’s and companions were also warned. Three years ago, an online petition asked for a new name for the “Mohrenkopf”. It is therefore fair and proportionate that traders should finally banish the name now that the topic arises with new urgency all over the world.

Migros, the largest Supermarket in Switzerland

made the start and removed the Dubler “Mohrenkopf” from its shelves, other retailers followed suit. This has little to do with the heroic fight against discrimination. Migros’ decision follows a different pattern: a multibillion-dollar company cuddles up to a small, but very noisy minority who cannot re-educate society quickly enough. Would a name change mean that Swiss people wouldn’t be eating Mohrenkopf’s anymore? Aren’t we eating it for what it is, not for what it stands for??

In the Dubler case, an outraged tweet was enough to bring Migros to its knees. “We no longer consider the name to be up-to-date,” comments a Migros spokesperson. In a mature society, such as Switzerland, every consumer should be allowed to decide for themselves. Migros does not have to relieve them of this decision. Especially since “Mohrenkopf” boss, Robert Dubler made his position crystal clear: “As long as I live, the name remains.”

If you think that is wrong, just avoid buying the “Mohrenkopf”, I don’t think there is another, compatible product on the market, but there are enough, other Swiss chocolate products to choose from.

Swiss Citizens can be expected to do that much, especially on sensitive issues such as racism and discrimination. Eliminating the product is not the right resolve, renaming it would probably be more logical. But then what about names such as “Schwarzkopf”, a German Company which has been producing Hair and Beauty products for the past 120 years, what about “Black Friday” isn’t that racism? Are we going to ask them to change the name? Where does it end?

Definition of “Mohr”

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Mohr (disambiguation).

Mohr is an outdated German term for people with dark skin tones. Historically (Old and Middle High German) it initially referred to residents of Mauritania (Moors), already in the Middle Ages also generalized people with dark skin tones, since the 16th century exclusively in this expanded meaning. [1]

The word has rarely been used since the end of the 20th century, and if so, in historical or literary context or as part of terms, e.g. B. as a coat of arms figure in heraldry. The name and the image of the Moor also found their way into numerous subsequent names, for example in the area of ​​fauna and flora. Pictorial representations of the Mohren served as a company logo and in advertising for certain products, but also in the context of different customs.

Since about 1960, there has been an ambiguity in the word between historical development and use as a stereotypical term, which arouses a certain idea of ​​a black person, which has led to discussions about its discriminatory character.

I know, obviously,

my blogs are supposed be intended to provide informative tips, recipes, and sometimes funny stories, about food and travel. However, since traveling came to halt due to Covid-19, there isn’t or wasn’t too much to write about, and now that we got just barely over the consequences of the virus, the isolation, the lockdowns, etc. we are in the midst of watching what is unfolding in the United States of America over the last few days.

I have been watching the news networks, and listening to all their guest speakers, from activists, lawyers, and black community leaders to politicians, everyone is talking about the racism still going on in the USA. Unfortunately, prejudice is not ever going away! It’s embedded in the human race, you can witness it all over the world through conflicts and war everywhere! Some erupt through religious discrimination, some through pure greed, and many of them through hate and racism.

The Israel-Palestinian conflict;

The history of the conflict is much more complex than to give a simple explanation here, but the religious and historical differences are very important to their story. On another level, the reasons for the continual fighting are easy to understand. They have been fighting for over 60 years, and each war, each death, and each act of terrorism, only deepens the hatred and the reluctance to give in to the other side. There will never be peace in that part of the world, the hatred is too far embedded on both sides over the last few decades.

Racism in the United States has been going on for 400 years,

and will never go away, humans cannot help themselves, as long as there are people on this earth capable of killing, decapitating, torturing, acid attacking, raping, and bombing another human being and or nation, there will not ever be a prejudice-free society. We can not change the mindset of the human race, it’s too late for that, all we hope for is that restraint, respect, understanding, and love will prevail.

What the US population need

to concentrate on is what is happening throughout the country within their police districts; what is happening right now on the streets of the US, has, of course, a lot to do with racism, however, the core problem on hand as we speak right now is within the police departments, the police officers are human beings just like the rest of us, and there are some police officers that are prejudice, it’s human nature, remember! What needs to happen is to root out all the bad apples in all police districts all over the country, which could easily be implemented by using the proper tests, lie detectors, and whatever else physiologists, therapists, or whoever is capable of implementing such tests, may come up with.

What happened to George Floyd is an absolute disgrace, no matter what that man did before the cops arrested him, there was absolutely no reason, nor excuse for how these cops handled that situation. Therefore the laws have to be amended, changed to be able to prosecute policemen that do not follow the rules and regulations of an arrest, and it should be done within 72 hours. It doesn’t take four officers to manage one unarmed man.

The whole world witnessed how that man was murdered, what on earth takes so long, and what more do they need to bring these guys to justice!?