Kellogg's to Replace Racially Insensitive Corn Pops Boxes Following Twitter Call Out
Style Magazine Newswire | 10/27/2017, 9:56 a.m.
Source: USA Today
Kellogg's will be redesigning Corn Pops cereal boxes after a complaint about racially insensitive art on the packaging. The Battle Creek, Mich.-based cereal, and snack maker said on Twitter Wednesday it will replace the cover drawing of cartoon characters shaped like corn kernels populating a shopping mall. The corn pop characters are shown shopping, playing in an arcade or frolicked in a fountain. One skateboards down an escalator. One person tweeted Kellog about the one brown kernel being a janitor on the cereal box. The person claim it taught kids racism. Kellogg’s responded stating their commitment to diversity and inclusion. Kellogg confirmed that the package artwork has been updated and will begin to appear on store shelves.
