[Twosugars]

I'm not saying it is intentionally racist, but it is unfortunate.
What if a black kid got those ducks for Easter and asked: why the dark one is ugly?
There's no need for that. The naming was stupid. Two named after something neutral/positive and one ugly.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

I'm not saying it is intentionally racist, but it is unfortunate.
What if a black kid got those ducks for Easter and asked: why the dark one is ugly?
There's no need for that. The naming was stupid. Two named after something neutral/positive and one ugly.

If the kid got those ducks and asked, why is the dark one ugly? They could tell him that actually, the ugly one turns out to be the best one of all...

Or, they could tell him that it's just CHOCOLATE, stop making a racist issue where none was intended.

Are there any black members on this thread? I'd be interested to know their take on this.

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Livia

If the kid got those ducks and asked, why is the dark one ugly? They could tell him that actually, the ugly one turns out to be the best one of all...

Or, they could tell him that it's just CHOCOLATE, stop making a racist issue where none was intended.

Are there any black members on this thread? I'd be interested to know their take on this.

Nah, the names given to those ducks were stupid and that's that on that.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

If the kid got those ducks and asked, why is the dark one ugly? They could tell him that actually, the ugly one turns out to be the best one of all...

Or, they could tell him that it's just CHOCOLATE, stop making a racist issue where none was intended.

Are there any black members on this thread? I'd be interested to know their take on this.

Me too actually. Was I wrong in thinking the person who complained was white? To me it seems stupid, it's just chocolate, I can't even imagine why it would even enter someones head to equate dark chocolate to black people, to me that's more offensive. Actually as a white person I'm offended because that means I'm the white chocolate and that's clearly the worst one

[Dogeatdog]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Me too actually. Was I wrong in thinking the person who complained was white? To me it seems stupid, it's just chocolate, I can't even imagine why it would even enter someones head to equate dark chocolate to black people, to me that's more offensive. Actually as a white person I'm offended because that means I'm the white chocolate that's that's clearly the worst one

I agree, I thought the whole point was that not many people choose to buy dark chocolate hence the reason this duck being the ugly one.

However, another thing that puzzles me is that people are paid a lot of money to come up with new ideas for products that should not cause any offence. So how in the hell did something like this manage to slip by?

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Livia

If the kid got those ducks and asked, why is the dark one ugly? They could tell him that actually, the ugly one turns out to be the best one of all...

Or, they could tell him that it's just CHOCOLATE, stop making a racist issue where none was intended.

Are there any black members on this thread? I'd be interested to know their take on this.

I agree with this maybe we should just ban anything brown or black ffs,it's ridiculous ,its dark chocolate and they all have the same faces ,some people are just crazy