Disagree. This. This is a well balanced Irish breakfast.
Posted on 10/25/2017 3:20:33 PM PDT by equaviator
Kellogg’s will redo the art on Corn Pops cereal boxes after a customer complained about the racially insensitive imagery on Twitter.
The controversial cereal boxes show cartoon Corn Pops playing at a mall. The characters shop, skateboard, play arcade games and take selfies in the seemingly light-hearted shopping center scene.
But science fiction and fantasy writer Saladin Ahmed was eating breakfast with his son when he noticed the lone brown corn pop character in the scene was a janitor waxing the mall’s floors.
“hey @KelloggsUS why is literally the only brown corn pop on the whole cereal box the janitor? this is teaching kids racism,” he asked Kellogg’s on Twitter.
Marvel Comics writer Saladin Ahmed took to Twitter to call out Kellogg's for its racially insensitive Corn Pops cereal box art.
He followed up the tweet with another that read, “yes its a tiny thing, but when you see your kid staring at this over breakfast and realize millions of other kids are doing the same...”
Kellogg's responded the same day, letting Ahmed know that the art had been redesigned, and would begin appearing on shelves soon.
Kellogg's said it has redesigned its Corn Pops cereal box art after Saladin Ahmed called out the company for "teaching kids racism."
“Kellogg is committed to diversity & inclusion. We did not intend to offend — we apologize. The artwork is updated & will be in stores soon,” the company said on Twitter.
Ahmed was satisfied with the company’s reply.
Irish people probably have never heard of this cereal, since it doesn’t have alcohol in it.
Racist Kellogs!!! BOycott, boycott, fire them all, evil rotten scum...
LOL, couldn’t happen to a scummier bunch of large cap socialist publicly traded stock. Die large cap socialist stock scum!!!!
Oh, I hate large politically correct companies. In case you’d not guessed it...
Boycott them all by buying from private companies, or small companies.
You know James O’Keefe pulled that stunt when he was in college? Hilarious story.
Maybe he’s a puffed rice?
What the heck is the offense?
A brown puffed rice working?
What a stupid company to fold to such foolishness.
That Dindunuffin isn’t just a janitor, he’s a slacker listening to rap on his ipad. Yup, that pretty much is ....racist.
kelloggs should have responded that the janitor is meant to be a WHITE hispanic.
I bet there would no longer have been an issue.
Shouldn’t there be a pint whiskey bottle in his pocket?
Also looks white to me. Maybe a faker like Senator Warren?
You and the horse you rode in on, good Sir.
Shouldn’t Cheese Nips apologize for their racially insensitive product? Little yellow slanty-eyed crackers.
And what about Spic ‘n Span?
If I were Japanese I would sue Nabisco over their racist snack Cheese Nips.
Disagree. This. This is a well balanced Irish breakfast.
Can we go back to calling them Sugar Pops?
I stand corrected.
Libs just CANNOT handle the true realities of life....it’s beyond their ability to comprehend it. So, they must make their utopia in order to exist in their little minds. Libs are insane.
Geez, did I blow that post! “Nah, just kidding. Irish ARN’T pussies.” is what I meant. But if you’re offended - Fek off!
As I read this crap I am struck by the thought who IS the racist?
Some people go out of their way to find things to be offended by.
“Maybe it’s to see how high they can make someone jump.”
You know, I think you’ve hit the nail right on the head.
These Just-Us clowns get their jollies and get their liberal ‘street cred’ by doing things like this.
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