{"id":27632,"date":"2020-07-01T13:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=27632"},"modified":"2020-07-01T21:48:08","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T01:48:08","slug":"the-frito-bandito-delivers-a-lecture-on-black-lives-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/01\/the-frito-bandito-delivers-a-lecture-on-black-lives-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Frito Bandito delivers a lecture on Black Lives Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Who knew that the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frito_Bandito\">Frito Bandito<\/a> was an expert on social justice? Frito-Lay&#8217;s Doritos brand delivers <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pqMgoNXxRGU\">Do You Hear Us Now? #AmplifyBlackVoices<\/a> via YouTube:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pqMgoNXxRGU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the YouTube site, the company says &#8220;Doritos is taking meaningful action in the push for real change.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(How many tens of thousands of pounds have black Americans gained from eating Doritos while locked into their apartments and houses for 4+ months during coronapanic? 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