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Different Dixie, dolls not confederate states... Anyway, I wish people paid attention to the corporate practices and ownership behind brand names. Spoiler ale

Different Dixie, dolls not confederate states... Anyway, I wish people paid attention to the corporate practices and ownership behind brand names. Spoiler alert: Dixie cups are a subsidiary of Koch Industries (via Georgia Pacific).

kingkawn 6y ago
the dolls that the company name derived from were idyllic portrayals of slave life: https://www.dailycitizen.news/news/lifestyles/town-crier-dixie-dolls/article_cd21fafb-efc9-5c24-87c8-d4af0103c8bd.html https://www.dailycitizen.news/news/lifestyles/town-crier-dix... https://images.app.goo.gl/rbZRdCejSCa8MHuK8 https://images.app.goo.gl/rbZRdCejSCa8MHuK8 For reference here is a painting uses the same archetypes that the dolls reference: https://images.app.goo.gl/E1twLvbmKW4YHNen8 https://images.app.goo.gl/E1twLvbmKW4YHNen8 So the cups may be just some good paper cups, but really no way out of where that name comes from.