tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post8127448809761416860..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Froot Loops "Witch Doctor" commercialRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-60448259310294467752011-08-31T03:05:26.629-07:002011-08-31T03:05:26.629-07:00dmarks said
""..so it's a major corp...dmarks said<br />""..so it's a major corporation that should reflect America's racial and cultural diversity automatically?"<br /><br />Actually, Kellogg should hire the best employees, without any regard to skin color or culture."<br /><br />absolutely, but isn't the first quote referring to what they portray in their advertising?jainehttp://www.alivenotdead.com/jainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-31523703705470057382011-08-30T16:50:06.687-07:002011-08-30T16:50:06.687-07:00"..so it's a major corporation that shoul..."..so it's a major corporation that should reflect America's racial and cultural diversity automatically?"<br /><br />Actually, Kellogg should hire the best employees, without any regard to skin color or culture.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-72387185194734520672011-08-29T23:06:12.084-07:002011-08-29T23:06:12.084-07:00Yes, Anonymous, I know about the image. I posted ...Yes, Anonymous, I know about the image. I posted about it in <a href="http://newspaperrock.bluecorncomics.com/2010/12/obama-witch-doctor-is-papua-new-guinean.html" rel="nofollow">Obama "Witch Doctor" is Papua New Guinean</a>.<br /><br />"It's Kellogg"...so it's a major corporation that should reflect America's racial and cultural diversity automatically? If that's your point, I agree.<br /><br />Apparently the video accompanied a children's game on the Kellogg website. Here's more on the story:<br /><br />http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/08/toucan-play-this-game/<br /><br /><b>Mayan Message to Kellogg: Toucan Play This Game</b><br /><br />After receiving the letter from Kellogg, Haswell said they went to the Froot Loops’ website to figure out what the company objected to. There they found a game in the Kellogg’s Adventure series, which supposedly puts kids in a Mayan setting, and the only character of color is the villain, an evil witchdoctor who cackles and steals. “Suddenly, it became a little bit more important to us than protecting our trademark,” he said.<br /><br />Haswell got emotional talking about the atrocities committed against the Mayan people, once one of the Americas’ most sophisticated civilizations, first by the Spanish Conquistadors in the 1500s and then by the Guatemalan government during a decades-long civil war in the 1900s. Haswell said of the Froot Loops game, “It is just so insensitive. You scratch your head and wonder how people can be that dumb.”<br /><br />Dr. Christina Gish Hill, a professor with the Department of Anthropology and American Indian Studies at Iowa State University, sees the logo issue as very extreme and even laughed a little at the idea of a company owning rights to representations of the toucan. But the Froot Loops witchdoctor game was not at all funny to her. “It is very shocking that a company as prominent and far-reaching as Kellogg would create imagery that is just so blatantly stereotype and certainly offensive,” she said.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-47253360637119129482011-08-27T01:36:33.786-07:002011-08-27T01:36:33.786-07:00"Alternative medicine" is a generous ter..."Alternative medicine" is a generous term for the healthcare scam that was the original Kellogg's.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-30640975990863125342011-08-26T12:27:32.924-07:002011-08-26T12:27:32.924-07:00Technically, the picture you showed was of a Papua...Technically, the picture you showed was of a Papuan with Obama's head shopped on.<br /><br />Whatever the case, it's Kellogg. I mean, yeah, they've moved beyond their alternative-medicine roots, but still...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-72215288726625602742011-08-25T16:52:12.625-07:002011-08-25T16:52:12.625-07:00"Comment: Racist messages? Yes, indeed!"..."Comment: Racist messages? Yes, indeed!"<br /><br />But surely Toucan Sam is a member of the Rainbow Coalition!dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.com