Haribo stops selling 'racist' sweets

[MKR&*42]

Haribo stops selling 'racist' sweets



The offending sweets are in the shape of ethnic masks or facial representations that resemble primitive African, Asian or Native American art

German sweet maker Haribo has stopped selling some of its liquorice sweets in Sweden and Denmark because certain consumers considered them racist.
The sweets, part of the Skipper Mix salty blend that has been on the market for years, will no longer feature the controversial figures in both Scandinavian countries.

Haribo said it had taken into account the critical comments made on the internet in recent weeks.

"We decided that we could keep the product while removing the parts that certain consumers found offensive," Haribo Sweden head Ola Dagliden told AFP.
The offending sweets are in the shape of ethnic masks or facial representations that resemble primitive African, Asian or Native American art.

They depicted what "a sailor who travelled the world" in days would have brought home in days gone by, Mr Dagliden said.
"It wasn't something we saw as having negative connotations."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...st-sweets.html

You know sometimes I underestimate how ridiculous the world can get.

[-:Undertaker:-]

I have to say that nothing surprises me anymore.

[wixard]

do they link a picture to the sweets?

[Yawn]

dont like gummy bears so w/e
only interested in the heart shapes mmm

[buttons]

do they link a picture to the sweets?

These

[MKR&*42]

do they link a picture to the sweets?

Only had that picture in the article sorry

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Oh jen just posted ok

[Daltron]

I'd still eat them

[buttons]

Appaz they're liquorice no big loss

[Matt]

I wouldn't really consider them racist ;l They are to be eaten anyway. So are gummy bears classed as animal cruelty as they're bears and we are eating them????

[Cassiieee]

How pathetic is this world... I can't see nothing racist about them... They don't really have a face apart from lumps and bumps to sorter form a face. Laughed irl to this.........