Wait I showed a friend and they pointed out that all the other Corn Pops are wearing body suits because they're ninja. So maybe under their ninja suits they all look like the janitor?
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Kellogg’s apologizes for lone brown corn pop on cereal box
- Thread starter Dalek
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So that means people are racist for assuming Kellogg's is racist!
That is a bit weird, I looked closer and almost every single corn pop looks like they have a sort of 'ninja' bandana on. I get that ninja supplies would be popular, but all of them? Hahaha.
Yeah the box art actually explicitly says they're all Ninja too
Poor artist is gonna wake up and be like "oh god dammit"
Yeah, this is making a lot more sense now that I'm aware of the ninja thing. You can see also that the eyes are completely different between the ninja and the janitor and the janitor has a nose visible while everyone else does not since their ninja masks are covering it.
I'm thinking now that this is just a mistaken view of what is actually going on, that everyone has a ninja suit on except the janitor. Which sort of makes sense.
I'm offended that people would be offended that it's a janitor. One of my friends is a cleaner at a shopping center, the idea that people would think of his job as degrading genuinely pisses me off. Some people have no sense of respect.
I have to wonder. Did a room of 5 people say "meh, print it," or did one disgruntled employee secretly change it right before it went to print? Like, I don't believe this would have gotten by multiple people.
I'm voting "neither". Most people, regardless of their beliefs, wouldn't catch something like this.
I truly believe I would have caught that if the image came my way. And I think most melanin rich people would as well.
I would love to know the entire process of how this ended up getting printed. Seems so outlandish. Almost as if it was set up. "Oh yeah sorry, we have no idea how that happened! We agree that it's outrageous!"
All the while Kellogg's name is on the news all over, getting that free exposure.
All the while Kellogg's name is on the news all over, getting that free exposure.
Yeah I guess if I had it sitting on the table and I was really examining it, I might have noticed it. It's just one of those things where I don't think I would even try to see something like that, but now I will.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Kello...ALLED-SEALED-Insensitive-12-5-oz/263281992855
....and it's up on eBay now for $42. Buy your piece of racist history now!!!
....and it's up on eBay now for $42. Buy your piece of racist history now!!!
Just one of the little easter-egg "Screw you minorities!" That's pervasive.
And if you complain about it or point it out folks will say you're being overly sensitive and ain't shit there.
Quantum racism.
And if you complain about it or point it out folks will say you're being overly sensitive and ain't shit there.
Quantum racism.
Hehe, Was also going to point this out, They really wanted to stress that he's custodial staff.
So... How did they fix this? Did they recolor everyone into various colors to ensure diversity? Or did they decide to add more brown corn pops?
Same here. I thought they were finally apologizing for making us put up with that blasted burnt corn pop after all these years, but boy was I wrong. Good going, Kellogg's. Yeesh!
I'll tell you exactly how this got by:
The artist, either through willful or unconscious bigotry creates the piece.
Those approving it did one of two things:
1) looked very closely at it, and they were ignorant of the message because of their own privilege.
2) didn't do their job and look closely at all
As a white male, I would never have even noticed it until it was pointed out to me. That's part of the problem we have; we just don't see it through ignorance.
For those of us trying to be cognizant of these things, please understand our mental deficiencies and point them out with patience so we can get better.
The artist, either through willful or unconscious bigotry creates the piece.
Those approving it did one of two things:
1) looked very closely at it, and they were ignorant of the message because of their own privilege.
2) didn't do their job and look closely at all
As a white male, I would never have even noticed it until it was pointed out to me. That's part of the problem we have; we just don't see it through ignorance.
For those of us trying to be cognizant of these things, please understand our mental deficiencies and point them out with patience so we can get better.
Clearly racist.
I can't believe that slipped though whatever approvals they have in place for this stuff.
I can't believe that slipped though whatever approvals they have in place for this stuff.