(Actually its not “hidden” at all, but I only became aware of it’s obvious racism after I started to consider myself a communist.)
For those who don’t know what Conguitos is, it’s basically a brand of junk food. I know the brand since I was little so the brand has always seemed normal to me. But one day I noticed how racist it is, and I don’t know how I didn’t notice earlier.
I’ll let you judge it by yourself first
[CW: Racism] This is one of their products
Where to even begin… The mascot is a caricature of a black person, basically blackface, the name itself, “Conguitos”, makes reference to the Congo, and if you think that’s all, the ads are as obviously racist as it gets.
This crap is so normalized in Spain that it’s actually frightening.
Wow the lips are a dead giveaway. I didn’t know shit like this could still fly these days in Spain.
Those ads are horrific. The one where the white hand is plucking up the black children is genuinely horrific and rage-inducing.
Is it a coincidence that the only chocolates in the background that are standing up are split open? Like those who stand up to oppression you will be killed? Or am I reading too much into this?
I think you might be reading to far into it, they all seem pretty happy to be eaten, (except maybe in the one where they are picked off one by one from a line)
You’re right, silly me! Just a coincidence 😆