I’ve seen some pretty distasteful MLK Day ads, but this one…
It’s somehow even worse in the original email. It has a little animation of the chocolates jumping into Dr. King’s mouth.
You’re doing free advertising for them so I’d say their campaign is potentially successful.
No, now I know to avoid this company
Another proof that people running big companies are sociopaths. Seriously no one looked at that and thought it was distasteful?
Holy shit. I used to work for this company. The CEO is the definition of Florida Man and treats his employees like shit. I guarantee he got high and put this together himself. Everyone should avoid giving them money (their competitors are better anyway).
I’d love to hear more about those competitors. I kinda like the idea of getting boxes of snacks from other countries delivered, but fuck if I’m going to give these guys any money now.
Universal Yums is the one I’d recommend.
The chocolate industry also does a lot of slavery.
I also find the image of companies using Martin Luther King’s image to advertise and make money pretty distasteful because it erases his history and message and replaces it with advertising and capitalism
FUCK CAPITALISM
Especially given his outspoken anti-capitalist views.
