Spain’s Conguitos candy pushed to rebrand ‘racist’ imagery

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Spain’s Conguitos candy pushed to rebrand ‘racist’ imagery

July 2, 2020

A few months ago it was ColaCao, the chocolate drink brand, that ditched its decades-old song about the negrito – a patronizing term for a black man – and replaced it with another jingle devoid of racist overtones. Now, it should be time for Conguitos, a popular Spanish chocolate candy, to follow suit and get rid of its “adorable” mascot as the Black Lives Matter movement gains momentum in the wake of the George Floyd killing in Minnesota.

https://english.elpais.com/society/2...t-imagery.html

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