Facebook's ً??? reminded me of these #pridemonth #Skittles we had â*¤ï¸ڈً???ً???ً???ً???
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Skittles is
celebrating Pride Month with the release of its limited-edition all-white
Skittles in ho**r of the LGBTQ community. "During Pride, only one
Rainbow matters. So we've given up ours to show support," the company wrote
on a display to promote the candy in Tesco stores in the UK. The company also revealed a portion of the proceeds would be donated to LGBTQ charity initiatives. Sounds good, right? Well, **t
Everyone is
Happy about it.
Several critics took to social media to express how the mystery mix of all-white
Skittles may have unintended racist undertones. One user was mainly confused about the packaging, specifically the part where
Skittles are referred to as "lentils."
"All the lentils are white in celebration of Pride." Sooooooo to celebrate equality they make white skittles.... how is that **t racist?
- Chloe Cowan (@cowan_chloe) April 2, 2017
lentils???? pic.twitter.com/yakUvFZANb
- liv (@cy**surejoseph) March 31, 2017
Skittles centered whiteness like all Pride events. Really **thing surprising. https://t.co/FLVLJdaLsL
- Tony Snark (@ohsurvive) March 31, 2017
Lmfaoo if Everyone was equal , they wouldn't be white
- Kashmoneyrecords (@Takingover4da99) March 31, 2017
This user pointed out how counterproductive it could come across to remove the
Rainbow to celebrate pride, which is symbolized by the rainbow.
They got took away the rainbow.... to support gay pride??? ً???ً?¤? pic.twitter.com/1Mx2qCXqUz
- تچخ±â??ià¸?i (@HeyMaliniK) March 31, 2017
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