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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: thundley4 on March 29, 2012, 03:50:11 PM
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Skittles are the candy of the moment.
Rashaun Collins, who owns the Discreetly Greek T-shirt company in Minnesota, slips a pack into every order he ships.
At Spelman College, the historically black women’s liberal arts school in Atlanta, the student government is buying Skittles in bulk and reselling them for 50 cents a bag to raise money for the family of Trayvon Martin, the teenager who was shot and killed by a crime watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla., last month carrying only a packet of the candy and a bottle of iced tea.
The candy has been piled into makeshift memorials, crammed into the pockets of thousands of people who have shown up at rallies in his name and sent to the Sanford Police Department to protest the lack of an arrest in the case.
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On social media sites like Twitter, people are suggesting that Wrigley is profiting greatly from the tragedy and should donate money made since Trayvon’s death to the family or causes that would help with racial reconciliation or underprivileged communities. Some African-Americans are even asking people to stop buying Skittles until the company gets more involved in the case and donates money.
“I think we are at a dangerous position where we can make Wrigley richer,†said Rashad Moore, 22, president of the chapel assistants at Morehouse College.
The New York Slimes (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/us/skittles-sales-up-after-trayvon-martin-shooting.html?_r=4)
WTF? Through no actions of their own, Wrigley is seeing increased sales. This in no way should require them to donate anything to anyone.
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They should enjoy it while they can, if Obama ever comes up with that Skittles-shitting unicorn he promised, they'll be out of business in minutes.
:popcorn:
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They shouldn't worry. I'm sure that even as I type Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are working on an extortion scheme.
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They shouldn't worry. I'm sure that even as I type Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are working on an extortion scheme.
Well, Jesse Jackson is head of the Rainbow Coalition. He could claim trademark infringement. :fuelfire:
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Well, Jesse Jackson is head of the Rainbow Coalition. He could claim trademark infringement. :fuelfire:
Rainbow Coalition, gay rainbow flag, SKITTLES...this could get ugly.