Haribo Halts Production and Selling 'Racist' Sweets Which 'Depict Primitive African and Asian art'. Would You Be Offended If You Came Accross These Sweets?

Sweet manufacturer Haribo has pulled its black gummy sweets from the shelves and stopped the production altogether after a public outcry for its offensive and racist connotation.

Haribo who sells the supposedly offensive sweets in many countries in Europe came under fire for producing sweets that depicts Africa in a primitive way with traditional masks. People took to social media to express their worries and the company was quick to respond.
A spokesman said the sweets were themed around artifacts which 'a sailor who travelled the world' might have brought home.The imagery 'wasn't something we saw as having negative connotations', according to the head of Hairbo Sweden, Ola Dagliden.

One Danish Social Media user, Saam Kapadia, said that the sweets reminded him of a 'colonial legacy'. 'Multiculturalism, colonial legacy or the slave trade? #haribo skipper mix makes me think about Denmark and my Danish heritage.'

Mr Dagliden said: 'We decided that we could keep the product while removing the parts that certain consumers found offensive.''It wasn't something we saw as having negative connotations.'