White supremacist skittles released for pride month

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/skittles-all-white-pride-month_us_5943ffcce4b0f15cd5bae4bc

“As a major advertiser we believe we have a responsibility to use our voice and the power of our brands to do good,” a Wrigley spokesperson told HuffPost in an email. “This campaign allows us to have great fun with our brand while also raising awareness of an important issue.”

Previously, the candy went colorless in June 2016 in conjunction with London Pride’s #OneRainbow campaign. This year, however, some are interpreting the gesture literally. By going all-white, they say, Skittles fail to reflect racial diversity within the queer community.


The criticism comes just days after Philadelphia added two new stripes ― black and brown ― to its rainbow flag to acknowledge queer people of color in its 2017 Pride festivities. The stripes, which were added as part of Philly’s More Color More Pridecampaign, angered some who felt that drawing attention to race went against the original mission of rainbow flag creator Gilbert Baker, who died in March.

In an email to HuffPost, the Wrigley spokesperson shrugged off the controversy, and stressed that “diversity and inclusion are also key values for us.”

 

[Splendid]

You would have to be retarded to believe that Skittles was backing white supremacism, a philosophy with like 10000 followers total in the USA.

 

[Miss Hortensia]

Holy shit, people are going nuts because of "racist" candies. What a brave new world... As if we had no other problems.

 

[Some JERK]

however, some are interpreting the gesture literally.

White people aren't literally white, Huffington Post.

 

[RI 360]

I don't want to taste the French flag.

 

[AnOminous]

More like sKKKittles.

 

[Sperglord Dante]

 

[Replicant Sasquatch]

"a leppo" for libertarians is pretty darn funny.

 

[CWCchange]

You would have to be exceptional to believe that Skittles was backing white supremacism, a philosophy with like 10000 followers total in the USA.

You'd be surprised. Cuck capital Germany, on the other hand...

 

[Gym Leader Elesa]

You would have to be exceptional to believe that Skittles was backing white supremacism, a philosophy with like 10000 followers total in the USA.

Yeah, pretty much all actual neo-nazis and Klansmen live in Montana and Idaho, in a lot of small towns in a small radius that probably don't even sell skittles at their local convenient store. Then there's like one mountain village in Arkansas Morris Dees hasn't burned down yet..

 

[Replicant Sasquatch]

Yeah, pretty much all actual neo-nazis and Klansmen live in Montana and Idaho, in a lot of small towns in a small radius that probably don't even sell skittles at their local convenient store. Then there's like one mountain village in Arkansas Morris Dees hasn't burned down yet..

Remember to these people, "Neo-Nazi" refers to anyone who didn't vote for Hillary or who posts pictures of cartoon frogs on the internet.

 

[ZehnBoat]

huffpo

 

[Mason Verger]

This is stupid. White supremacist eat Mike N Ike's. It's a known fact.

 

[Replicant Sasquatch]

This is stupid. White supremacist eat Mike N Ike's. It's a known fact.

As an avowed fan of Mike N Ike's I can see this is true.

 

[melty]

Pfft everyone knows white supremacists love Applebee's

 

[Johnny Bravo]

You would have to be exceptional to believe that Skittles was backing white supremacism, a philosophy with like 10000 followers total in the USA.

The number is likely higher than that but the excess comes mostly from edgy faggots on the internet. Still, it's nowhere near as high as SJWs think it is.

 

[BF 388]

More like sKKKittles.

"Taste the jimcrow"

 

[Without A Gout]

Wait until they find out about Sno-Caps...

 

[Pikimon]

Do the candies all taste the same or is it like a little surprise every time?

 

[AnOminous]

Do the candies all taste the same or is it like a little surprise every time?

They all taste like Nazism!

It's fucking DELICIOUS!