Lollar renames to be socially correct.

Well I don't know that "Blackface" was ever the official name of the amps.
Just a designation of the look when they were made.
And more used by COllector's --so in Fender's case not as big a deal.
But I guess Silverface would still be okay.

I think from Lollar's perspective though, it may be better to avoid misunderstanding
True, the name has nothing to do with racism, or the old minstrel makeup practice, but Sixty Four Set may actually be more accurate any way.

But sometimes you wonder what's next.

Hmm,

Although nothing to do with the enslavemnt of human beings.

It’s funny because I have a Movado watch that my wife bought me for my 50th birthday. If you know Movado watches, their face is usually very plain, all black with a shiny silver moon at the 12:00 position. When we bought mine, they had come out with a matte silver face with the shiny silver moon. I decided on the silver face version because it was rare and I preferred it over the “blackface” version as I thought it looked more “dressy”
So a couple of years ago, one of my coworkers, who hailed from Jamaica, noticed my Movado and asked why I bought a silver one and not the black one as he was wearing a black one. Hmm, how do I tell him that they are always black, without making myself sound bigoted? So, I told him exactly what I said here and also that I found that a bright silver watch looks really good on my wrist once I get my summer golfing tan! He laughed and agreed and then told me that he would have bought the silver one if he had seen one at the time just for that same reason.

I guess the language in blackface/silver face amp conversations has to change.

How does one avoid superficial political meddling in a society where political/social ideology is worn like a badge of unquestionable virtue by superficial people on a narcissistic power trip?

I was just at the Lollar site on Saturday...they were still Blackface on Saturday...lol.

Other than ice cream....what hasn`t been politicized?

See?  You were ahead of the curve! 

Just distraction bait to sell media rags.

If not, then let`s take a sincere look at changing all the names of every city and town in Ontario that has been named after a city or town in Europe...cause...colonialism. I think this stuff runs headlong into nowhere eventually, at least I hope so as it`s pointless. Language police need to take a break for a bit.

Well, their thought police thinking needs a revision at least.

Sending everyone to emotional Shametown repeatedly isn`t healthy for any of us. Accusations and tantrums aren`t thoughtful dialogue...we run the risk of ending up in a darker reality when we reduce our social conversation to village idiot level.

I told my wife that we should open up a printing business as every business along Dundas St in Toronto will need new business cards, letterhead etc. Same with any business in the city of Dundas and any other street or city that gets its name revised.  This is getting freakin’ ridiculous.  
Cleveland Indians are now the Guardians, the Edmonton Eskimos are now the Elks.  Joseph Brant was an indigenous leader who owned slaves.  Will that mean changing the name of Joe Brant Hospital in Burlington as well as Brant Street in Burlington?  Will Brantford Ontario be changing its name?  It’s stupid.

Can we defund the LANGUAGE police? 

“It’s stupid”, in just two words you have summed the whole thing up nicely.

We all have something checkered in our past that would get us "Cancelled"--including the ones doing the cancelling.

Completely agree,  but again from his standpoint he probably figured "blackface" would cost him sales,  someone would complain,  or both. 

At work,  the Word "Blackout" is now considered forbidden. On a town hall I asked one of the very senior guys why we would Ban a term that traced back to air raid defence and had no root whatsoever in race relations or stereotyping. His answer was a good one to deflect the question: "we're still Figuring things out"

I don’t care about what MacDonald, Dundas, Brant or anyone else did 150 yrs ago as that was the norm at the time. It’s appalling to us today but I’m sure that things that we do today will be appalling to people 100 yrs from now. Give your heads a shake people…statues and memorials are not life or death. With all the shit we have going on in this world today, pandemic, fires, natural disasters etc, people have lost their focus. It’s like these billionaires flying into outer space while people in America are selling off their possessions in order to keep a roof over their head and food on the table. Are we supposed to praise Bezos and Branson? In 100 years, they will be vilified because rather than help people in a time of crisis, they decided to go joyriding in their rockets. Sure Bezos gave $1M to two charitable causes a couple of weeks ago but that’s like you and me giving $5 to a guy on the street….it’s pocket change to him.