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The Telegraph: Haribo stops selling 'racist' sweets
Deutche Welle: Haribo takes 'racist' sweets off the market
Daily News: German racist candy pulled from shelves

Displaying ethnic faces is now considered racist!?

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Date: 2015-01-22 05:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] johnny9fingers.livejournal.com
Is it political correctness gone mad that Robertson's Jam stopped using its "gollywog" trademark some twenty years ago? Or that poor old Jeremy Clarkson's family's soft toy business had to switch to Paddington Bears?

Haribo pulled the items themselves: is self-censorship impinging on free speech?

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Date: 2015-01-22 07:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mahnmut.livejournal.com
Yes it is. Social pressure results in self-censorship.
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