Trader Joe's Is a Fearless Flyer
Pushing Back Against the Cult of Hysteria is a Dirty Job but Someone Had to do it

“The grocery chain labels some of its ethnic foods with modifications of “Joe” that belies a narrative of exoticism that perpetuates harmful stereotypes.”
So said an online petition accusing Trader Joe’s, one of the most popular markets in California, sparked by a 17-year-old white high schooler from San Francisco named Briones Bedell. Nevermind that it …