On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 13:31:18 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 3:27:07 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>> Looks like Uncle Ben is going away too. The name comes from a rice
>> farmer known as Uncle Ben, back in 1943. Seems like they are honoring
>> the guy, not disparaging him.
>>
>> Is there a real Uncle Ben?
>> According to Mars, Uncle Ben was an African-American rice grower known
>> for the quality of his rice. Gordon L. Harwell, an entrepreneur who had
>> supplied rice to the armed forces in World War II, chose the name Uncle
>> Ben's as a means to expand his marketing efforts to the general public.
>>
>In the South, the title uncle or aunt was applied to either black or white
>elderly folks as a matter of respect.

That's proof that Hawaiians can swim.