Albino Rhino no more...
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Earls Restaurants will drop its Albino Rhino brand in response to a B.C. Human Rights Tribunal complaint the moniker discriminates against people with the genetic condition.
In a press release Friday, Earls Restaurants said it will remove the word "albino" from all products and marketing by April 24.
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I'm down with being sensitive to people's various sensibilities, but this one I just don't get.
If the beer was called "Albino Beer" I suppose I'd get where they're coming from, but albinism is a condition that affects lots of different animals (including Rhinos), and there's nothing derogatory in the naming or marketing of the beer itself. I've tried to think of parallels I'd sympathize with, but am drawing a blank on it (no pun intended). Can someone explain why "Albino Rhino" beer would be offensive to a person with albinism?