Cheesed off, because Coon isn't in tune anymore.
(Sydney) Activist is hunting for cheese. An anti-racism campaigner will take his fight to Coon cheese after winning a nine-year battle to erase the word ‘‘ nigger’’ from a sports ground yesterday. Queensland Sports Minister Judy Spence said the Toowoomba Sports Ground Trust had agreed the word would not be used ‘‘ anywhere’’ on the grounds after the E.S. ‘‘ Nigger’’ Brown Stand — named after an international rugby player — was demolished. The fight to remove the name has been fought almost single handedly by Aboriginal academic Stephen Hagan, who took his battle as far as the UN. Mr Hagan said he would now focus his effort on fighting Dairy Farmers’ Coon cheese. ‘‘ Dairy Farmers said it was named after Edward Coon, who revolutionised the speeding process of making cheese,’’ he said. ‘‘ But I’ve questioned the authenticity of that story.’’ Mr Hagan claims the cheese used to have a black wraparound and was named ‘‘ Coon’’ as a joke. ‘‘ I want Dairy Farmers to show me the evidence of Edwa...