{"id":145835,"date":"2023-08-13T08:49:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T12:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=145835"},"modified":"2023-08-13T08:52:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T12:52:41","slug":"skittles-black-trans-lives-matter-slogan-stirs-uproar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=145835","title":{"rendered":"Skittles’ “Black Trans Lives Matter” Slogan Stirs Uproar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nI wanted to post this in case you haven’t heard it all. Skittles is now running “Black Trans Lives Matters” on its packaging.<\/p>\n

Social Media Erupts After Skittles\u2019 \u2018Black Trans Lives Matter\u2019 Packaging Goes Viral<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

By Zach Jewell * Aug 12, 2023 DailyWire.com<\/p>\n

Skittles is facing backlash after images of its \u201cPride\u201d packaging, featuring pro-trans statements, went viral on social media Friday.<\/p>\n

The candy packaging that Skittles advertises on its website features slogans such as \u201cJoy Is Resistance\u201d and \u201cBlack Trans Lives Matter.\u201d Skittles, which is owned by Mars, partnered with GLAAD, a media monitoring organization that espouses radical gender theory, to reveal the packaging for Pride Month earlier this year.<\/p>\n

This past June was the fourth year Skittles partnered with GLAAD \u201cto support the LGBTQ+ community by amplifying and celebrating their stories,\u201d according to its website. Skittles said it will \u201cdonate $1 for every Skittles Pride pack sold to GLAAD in support of their ongoing efforts to work through media to combat anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n

On its website, Skittles also promoted a podcast called \u201cQueery\u201d hosted by Cameron Esposito, who focuses on LGBTQ topics and activism.<\/p>\n

\u201cStay tuned for a special Pride-themed miniseries of Queery where we dive deeper into queer storytelling and the artists that designed this year\u2019s SKITTLES Pride Packs,\u201d the candy brand says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The controversy seems to be centered around marketing social messages to children, as they are the major consumer of candy which includes Skittles.<\/p>\n

I have to say – I thought trans individuals represented a small fraction of the overall population, but when you add the qualifier ‘black’ to that equation, it must take that percentage to an even lower fractional representation of the population. The flip side of that is that any dissenting view can now be labeled as ‘transphobic and racist’ so you get a “two-fer.”<\/p>\n

Maybe Skittles got a bit jealous and didn’t want Bud Light to steal all the headlines.<\/p>\n

In fact, the New York Post is running an article titled: Skittles blasted over new pro-LGBTQ packaging: \u2018Time to Bud Light them\u2019 <\/strong><\/a>which leads with the line…<\/p>\n

[drum roll please]<\/p>\n

…\u00a0 “Taste the wokeness.”<\/p>\n