posted by bfp
From the back of the can third from the right:
Lightly Sweetened
Green Tea with MintOn his trip down from Sri Lanka’s mystical mountain tops, Perrol carries a bamboo basket full of the finest gree tea and min leaves. He also carries with him a secret recipe for the perfect mint tea. Unlike Perrol’s, the Steaz recipe for our Mint Organic Iced Green Tea is no secret. We simply use the world’s best organic ingredients from Fair Trade Certified farms–just like the one Perrol works on.
And since Fair Trade promotes healthy working conditions, Perrol’s secret isn’t the only thing that’s kept safe–which makes our iced tea all that much sweet.
Be healthy, happy & joyous,
Eric + Steve
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July 3rd, 2009 at 4:40 pm #
Wow.
July 5th, 2009 at 9:11 am #
in summary: a perfect illustration of the problem that is white liberals/white liberalism.
July 5th, 2009 at 10:18 pm #
whoa. ew. that tastes really awful.
July 9th, 2009 at 4:09 pm #
while I sat crying about the racist encounter at my vet, a friend brought me one of these things. *Beaming* at me, they said “Here, I thought this would cheer you up. It’s fair trade.” I looked at the smiling brown face on the can and then emulated it for my friend, both of us (the woman of color on the can and me) hiding the sting of racism from beneath a mask of happiness that helps keep us alive in a world where the people “helping” are almost as bad as the people admitting they like to hurt.
July 10th, 2009 at 3:02 pm #
sigh. susurro–first–I am so sorry that you had to deal with racism in connection to your pet–animals are like my children–it hits me harder when racism is somehow connected to my kids or to my animals–kids and animals make you vulnerable–so–i’m just so sorry that you had to deal with that at the vet.
And re: the friend…ugh. and people “helping”? you *know* it…I read that passage–and I was almost in tears–I was like–so “health” for poor people of color (migrant workers/farm workers in this country) is “a good place to work”–and “health” for *people who are not poor and of color* is….good quality food, relaxation, sense of well being, mental assuredness that nobody “suffered” at your expense…
It reminds me SO forcefully of the slave narrative in the U.S. that basically said our “negros are HAPPY” because they aren’t mistreated and work better hours than other slaves.
because slaves don’t need their OWN slaves to ensure the level of happiness that white folks at that time were privy to. if you *treat them better* than you treat others–they are HAPPY.
And healthy.
and that makes us ALL smile.
July 12th, 2009 at 11:10 pm #
thanks. really.
and yes, that slave analogy is a very astute one.
by the way, I found the can while doing the recycling and the other thing that pushed my buttons about it was a little heart that said “certified vegan” above it that made me think of the conversations going on about vegan ethics and where exploitation of human beings fits in.
I really wish I could talk to Eric and Steve . . .