Sigh. As they say, you can’t make it up. This also highlights the debilitating affects of identity politics and narcissism– where everything that happens, happens because of you. Sometimes, however, a colorless skittle is just a colorless skittle.
An attempt by Skittles to celebrate LGBT Pride Month has been met with backlash from various left-leaning activists on social media.
The candy manufacturer removed the iconic rainbow colors from its product in a tribute to Pride Month. The company stated, “During Pride, only one rainbow matters. So we’ve given up ours to show support.” A portion of the profits from each bag will go to LGBT charities.
The decision was met with backlash by those who felt that the move was racist and reminiscent of white supremacy. Jezebel’s Whitney Kimball wrote an article entitled, “It Is Agreed That White Skittles Were A Bad Choice For Pride Month.” TIME Magazine also wrote that critics had felt “the new direction was inadvertently tone-deaf, rather than supportive of LGBTQ people.”
Many critics expressed outrage on Twitter, claiming that it is “racist” to sell white Skittles.
This is not the first year that Skittles has released monochromatic candy during Pride Month — they did the same thing in 2016, but did not face the same amount of backlash.
Sounds like the same crowd that got offended when the government banned trans-fats. Because they thought, you know…
I think the orange ones ticked them off…
Of course the orange ones would tick them off – reminiscent of former House Speaker John Boehner.
I offer Skittles as a courtesy to my Lyft passengers. If they weren’t Lyft riders (who are awesome) I might have to worry and only offer Jolly Ranchers. However, someone will probably call those racist too in due time. Oy vey.
Alt-Leprechauns are racist. Who knew?