Posted on 06/16/2020 8:23:07 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Coco Pops has been a much-loved breakfast staple for decades, with one of the most recognizable mascots in TV advertising.
But Coco the Monkey has come under suspicion from disgraced former Labour MP Fiona Onasanya, who has written to Kellogg’s asking why they chose that animal to represent the chocolate-flavored cereal when Rice Krispies uses “three white boys”.
Ms. Onasanya, who was jailed for three months in January 2019 after she was convicted of lying to police about a speeding ticket, says that there is little difference between Coco Pops and sister brand Rice Krispies beyond their color and flavor. […]
Her comments caused “Coco Pops” to trend, with more than 1,500 posts made on the topic.
Several social media users criticized Ms. Onasanya’s query, accusing her of being “offended at everything”. …
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LOL, I thought on another thread I beat them to it by pointing it out, but...no. Reality is...unreal.
This is what’s called schizophrenia. A signing meaning to innocuous things.
Wonder if she knows about Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben?
Decades long used cartoon mascots are now microaggressions.
C’mon 2020, what else you got?
Sounds like a shake down in progress
“Donate” millions to us and we will forget and not send our thug “protesters” to burn down your warehouse/offices
Anything on lucky charms and leprechauns?
And using an brownish-orange tiger to advertise brownish-orange Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes is an affront to brownish-orange people everywhere. The Irish should be up in arms about the Lucky Charms leprechaun. And don’t get me started on Trix using a white rabbit - talk about white privilege.
I guess now they’re looking for every little thing that might even come close to being racist if they twist it enough. Good grief.
I’m glad all the serious problems in the UK have been solved so that this MP has plenty of time to spend on this foolishness.
Cap’n Crunch was probably a slave trader too.
Remember when John Wiley Price looked like an outlier?
You have to be on LSD to come up with this stuff.
Heh; don’t give them any more ideas.
She would have been OK with them using three black boys to advertise cocopuffs?
I think not!
I wonder if she noticed that Elsie the cow... is white. Mostly...
And let’s not get started with the Pillsbury doughboy, the Michelin Man, and Mr. Clean.
Poor ol’ Famous Amos sells chocolate chip cookies.
Apparently that wasn't always the case. We had a monkey called Jose when it was introduced in '58, Tusk the elephant in the '70s. We even had Coco the monkey during the Clinton era!
Babylon Bee? The Onion? NOOOOO!
Snap, Crackle and Pop are not “white boys”, they are Elvish-Americans.
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