disgraced former Labour MP Fiona Onasanya attacks Kellogs Coco Pops

[arista]

[The former Peterborough MP revealed she has
emailed Kellogg’s UK office for clarification
on why Rice Krispies have ‘three white boys’ as a
mascot whereas Coco Pops has a monkey]



Its a Cartoon Character


https://newscolony.com/disgraced-ex-mp-fiona-onasanya-slams-kelloggs-for-using-a-monkey-as-mascot-for-coco-pops/

[Niamh.]

oh fgs, I'm all for the BLMs movement but don't make things silly, it cheapens the cause

She could have said "Big companies should have more diversity in their advertising" and it would have sounded more sensible

[Livia]

Three white boys? Don't they have pointed ears? That's hardly representative.

Why not a monkey?

[joeysteele]

I think she'd do better to just hide herself away.
Rarely seems to get much right does she?

[Oliver_W]

and Frosties has a tiger, maybe she should go cry about that too.

[Toy Soldier]

The headline not being "Snap, Cracker and Pop" is one of the biggest missed opportunities in modern media history.

[Toy Soldier]

and Frosties has a tiger, maybe she should go cry about that too.

A *ginger* Tiger, no less.

[Niamh.]

The headline not being "Snap, Cracker and Pop" is one of the biggest missed opportunities in modern media history.

:hehe:

[Cherie]

The headline not being "Snap, Cracker and Pop" is one of the biggest missed opportunities in modern media history.

expect to see that in the Sun tomorrow :laugh:

[arista]

Three white boys? Don't they have pointed ears? That's hardly representative.

Why not a monkey?


Yes also Carton type characters

[Niamh.]

Yes also Carton type characters

I think they're supposed to be elves

[Toy Soldier]

I think they're supposed to be elves

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2FJnUPeUe VjGMRG%2Fgiphy.gif

[Niamh.]

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2FJnUPeUe VjGMRG%2Fgiphy.gif

:laugh2:

[Toy Soldier]

In all seriousness, Snap, Crackle and Pop being referred to as "three white boys" is now one of my favourite things about 2020. That's properly made my day :joker:.

[Braden]

Is this a joke?

[AnnieK]

A *ginger* Tiger, no less.

Its about time someone took a stand on behalf of gingers.....

[Oliver_W]

A *ginger* Tiger, no less.

Gingers are a persecuted minority, to be fair!

[arista]

Is this a joke?

No this Ex Labour Lady MP
has written to Kellogg's
via email

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/06/15/20/29641528-8423841-image-a-3_1592251175907.jpg

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/06/15/21/29641502-8423841-image-m-18_1592251456899.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/06/15/21/29641742-8423841-image-a-19_1592251475615.jpg


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8423841/Disgraced-ex-MP-Fiona-Onasanya-slams-Kelloggs-using-MONKEY-mascot-Coco-Pops.html


To me it looks like a Happy Cartoon

[Cherie]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/06/15/20/29641528-8423841-image-a-3_1592251175907.jpg

:joker:

[arista]

[Coco the Monkey has been appearing in
TV adverts since 1986, promising 'chocolatey fun' and
drilling the jingle 'I'd rather have a bowl of
Coco Pops' into the nation's collective unconscious.

The mascot also reportedly helped sales of Coco Pops increase by 90 per cent with brand profitability growing fivefold between 1986 and 1992.

The cereal's United States version, Cocoa Krispies,
first appeared in 1958 with a monkey
named Jose as mascot.
After a series of changes, Coco the Monkey became
mascot in 1991, but since 2001, Snap, Crackle and Pop
have been the cereal's mascot.

Former Peterborough MP Ms Onasanya had
been jailed in January 2019 for perverting
the course of justice but spent just a month in prison.]

[Saph]

:skull: shes reaching with this tbh

[Toy Soldier]

Tuuby fair, apparently Mr Kellogg was a big ol' eugenicist so there is that :umm2:. Long dead by the time the Coco Pops mascot became a thing, of course.

[Crimson Dynamo]

*Writes to Kellogg's asking if any progress on my suggestion of Special KKK


:ninja2:

[Livia]

*Writes to Kellogg's asking if any progress on my suggestion of Special KKK


:ninja2:
LOL... I'm loving this thread...

[armand.kay]

screaming ifvdlfhosifhv

[Amy Jade]

this kinda crap actually cheapens the BlackLivesMatter movement to be honest. It's a box of cereal.

[Swan]

What about Nesquik though, that has a brown bunny!!!

All cereals are racist, confirmed.

[Jordan.]

The coco pops monkey is iconic, the 3 lil white twinks can go if owt.

[hijaxers]

this kinda crap actually cheapens the BlackLivesMatter movement to be honest. It's a box of cereal.

Its just another 'jump on the bandwagon' we do not need MP's who waste time on crap like this ,so glad she no longer is one ! but you are on point it does cheapen the BLM movement .

The keyboard warrior brigade have been out in force ~ just one big slanging match and George is getting lost in it all sadly.

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/06/15/20/29641504-8423841-image-a-2_1592251171535.jpg
The former MP

[Marsh.]

Fgs. She probably googled "brands with monkey logo/emblem/mascot" found the first one that came with chocolate and was excited, she had found her little twitter storm.

Sad bitch.

[arista]

Fgs. She probably googled "brands with monkey logo/emblem/mascot" found the first one that came with chocolate and was excited, she had found her little twitter storm.

Sad bitch.


Very True

[Strictly Jake]

But its a monkey????

How is it racist?

If anything its racist for her to liken black people to monkeys?

Loads of cereal have animals representing them, the point being is to look attractive to children so they eat breakfast

[Strictly Jake]

But its a monkey????

How is it racist?

If anything its racist for her to liken black people to monkeys?

Loads of cereal have animals representing them, the point being is to look attractive to children so they eat breakfast

[Tony Montana]

This is too funny.

Talk about reaching. :joker:

[Kizzy]

Of all the issues she could have sited ... why on earth?

[GoldHeart]

oh fgs, I'm all for the BLMs movement but don't make things silly, it cheapens the cause

She could have said "Big companies should have more diversity in their advertising" and it would have sounded more sensible

Yeah I think it can get too silly and over the top , cocoa pops has nothing to do with race .

Most of these kids cereals have animal or cartoon mascots, I don't see the issue.

[Cherie]

Shopping today there seemed to be walls of Uncle Bens rice :laugh:, reckon they are trying to sell them off before they have to pull them from the stores

[Oliver_W]

Some of these companies wanna get up off their knee and get a grip.

It's a shame her history is being erased, I saw this on Twitter:
Nancy Green, (aka Aunt Jemima) was born into slavery. She was a magnificent cook. When she was 'freed' she rolled her talent that into a cooking brand that GM bought & used her likeness. She died in 1923 as one of America's first black millionaires.

[Cherie]

Some of these companies wanna get up off their knee and get a grip.

It's a shame her history is being erased, I saw this on Twitter:
Nancy Green, (aka Aunt Jemima) was born into slavery. She was a magnificent cook. When she was 'freed' she rolled her talent that into a cooking brand that GM bought & used her likeness. She died in 1923 as one of America's first black millionaires.

I wonder if her family have been consulted?

[Crimson Dynamo]

I just had a big bowl of cocopops and they were grrrrrrrrreat

Take that racalism

[Cherie]

I wonder if her family have been consulted?

apparently not if this article is to be believed



https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/aunt-jemimas-great-grandson-enraged-her-legacy-will-be-erased/ar-BB15FQwX

[Oliver_W]

apparently not if this article is to be believed



https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/aunt-jemimas-great-grandson-enraged-her-legacy-will-be-erased/ar-BB15FQwX

So they're just in panic mode, tearing every down...

[Cherie]

Just looked at the back story to the Uncle Ben logo, it was based on the First African American rice farmer in Texas, in 2007 the logo had a makeover and Uncle Ben was promoted to Chairman of the board...

[Oliver_W]

Just looked at the back story to the Uncle Ben logo, it was based on the First African American rice farmer in Texas, in 2007 the logo had a makeover and Uncle Ben was promoted to Chairman of the board...

Even more history being erased ... Very progressive!

[Crimson Dynamo]

Remember DelBoy went to the Indian and the water said "what type of rice would sir like"?

He said. "er...Uncle Ben's?"

[Cherie]

Remember DelBoy went to the Indian and the water said "what type of rice would sir like"?

He said. "er...Uncle Ben's?"

:hehe::laugh: