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Sam clearly has either miscommunicated his feelings or is ignorant for associating Creole with the spawn of rapists. Yes the slave owners took advantage, but so did the black slave owner of his black slave, and the white slave owner to his white slave. There is no need to associate Creole with rape, unless we establish every other cultures' enslavement history.

Coles should NOT change the buiscuit's name. Creole Creams is quite appropriate, and absolutely politicaly correct.

I am infuriated by Sam's comment, and saddened that Coles is no longer calling the buiscuit Creole Creams because of Sam's statement.

I am Creole, I was born and raised in a Creole nation. My blood is mixed, and people tell me everyday that I am beautiful. None of my ancestors were rapists. My family tree is very well researched. Where I come from, children are made by women and men. People are people. The skin colour preference is a matter of the initial physical attraction component to dating, and has nothing to do with our assumption of the person's personality. Our children are happy, and we are bright and healthy.

Sam, I suggest, should retract his comment. Coles should do what it right and not acknowledge Sam's claim that a whole culture should be left unappreciated.

Are we still allowed to dunk our biscuits in a cup of black tea? Or is the correct term "milk deficiant tea" ? Get real people it's just a bicky.

This is political correctness gone mad. Creole isnt just associated with the United States. In the Indian Ocean, Seychelles, Mauritius and Reunion , it is a badge of pride. There are creole biscuits too here( yes, its white and black!).As a creole, ive eaten this and never one thought it was racist. wierd world.

Oh yeah, plenty of racism in NZ. You only have to leave it to realise it. Of course, when you're in the UK you'll get it from visiting kiwis (mostly the older ones).

Aussies are worse though. Just last year Queensland league or AFL was going to erect a statue to an old player nicknamed 'N* gger' and calling him just that. The club president didn't know what was wrong with it as 'that was his nickname'. Plenty of people here think along those lines by endorsing it. Change the name & move on.

So ridiculous.

(1) Words, like so many other things in society, adapt and change according to the passage of history. I have never ever heard that Creole is derogatory, and I have to say that I am fairly well educated in US history. Just because a word originates with one meaning, doesn't necessarily mean it will always be so.

(2) Some derogatory names originate from the nature of products rather than the other way around. For example, in the States I believe it used to be fairly common to call "black" people who acted "white" Oreos (ie, black on the outside, white on the inside - commonly used to insult black people who spent more time with white people or were upwardly mobile). I hardly think the people that make Oreos should have been forced to change the name just because some foolish people used their brand name as an insult.

Seems to me Mr Watson is guilty of using a product in a racist manner, as with the Oreos.

Lisa McWillaims, I suggest you have a look around and see the type of racsim that actually DOES happen both in NZ and Australia. I have heard two of the most racially offensive jokes right here in NZ, at a function where thought the jokes hilarious! The Aussies are no better - just look at the recent troubles with the Indian community

Can someone please explain why anything these days that is considered offensive has the "Nazi" tag attached...? What the heck has Creole biscuits go to do with Nazism..? Sam Watosn needs to get his head out of his rear end and get a life. At this rate, we are going to be banning a multitude of things...Afghans, NZAC's etc.

Heavens above people, this PC garbage has gone far enough - time to put a stop to it

I agree with Mike74 @69.

Only a ginger can call another ginger "ginger".

Sam Watson you'll find this funny. In my 20 month old's music class we sing Baa Baa Black Sheep, but we immediately follow it with a version that has a white sheep, and a little girl down the lane. PC is everywhere!

Namby pamby PC types should stay at home and not bother the rest of us. Bet he never sings baa baa black sheep to his kids either, in case it offends.