NYT story on Skittles raises an important issue: we're buying Skittles at an increased rate to memorialize Trayvon thus... enriching them.
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Touré (@Toure) March 29, 2012The article he’s referring to is here.
Clearly Skittles is making a profit off of a tragedy and therefore its wealth must be redistributed.
Should Skittles & parent company Wrigley's get to profit from our protest wo a demand that much of that is donated someplace productive? No.—
Touré (@Toure) March 29, 2012
Why should Skittles win bc they're associated w protest if they don't do anything to directly & materially help the Martins or the struggle?—
Touré (@Toure) March 29, 2012
.@KobetheBoat It's irrelevant that Skittles didn't ask us to buy. Should they profit over accidental association with a tragedy?—
Touré (@Toure) March 29, 2012
@Toure been said skittles should donate to his family or the cause period! Crazy free publicity.—
Inflewence (@InflewenceofINF) March 29, 2012
There are multiple issues at play here. RT @drjkapp: @Toure You cannot be serious. Focus on the issue and don't cloud it. #Trayvon—
Touré (@Toure) March 29, 2012
@Toure I was waiting for someone to talk about the real monetary implications of buying Skittles and iced tea. Donate that $ to the family!—
J* (@touchthaskye) March 29, 2012
.@chrissyteigen Execs at Skittles know they're in a sensitive spot bc they're profiting from what's essentially blood money.—
Touré (@Toure) March 29, 2012
.@chrissyteigen I don't see bad press for Skittles, yet. We're buying it like a symbol of revolution not saying hey why should they profit?—
Touré (@Toure) March 29, 2012
.@chrissyteigen I'd like to see Skittles take some of their profit & donate to anti gun violence efforts or somesuch. That's fair.—
Touré (@Toure) March 29, 2012
They know it is. Sales tracking. RT @KobetheBoat: how is it even fair to assume martins death had any bearing on profits?—
Touré (@Toure) March 29, 2012
.@AntonioSolomon @chrissyteigen Is there another violent crime cause célèbre that had a candy become part of it, enriching that company?—
Touré (@Toure) March 29, 2012
This is obviously not the central issue but Skittles' profiteering thanks to us buying it bc of Trayvon obviates some financial donation.—
Touré (@Toure) March 29, 2012
So nice of him to want to be so generous with Skittles’ “blood money.” Meanwhile, how much has he donated in the name of #JusticeForTrayvon?
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Model Chrissy Teigen wasn’t picking up what Touré was putting down.
.@Toure just clarifying — are you are demanding skittles donate because protesters are buying and skittles should not profit??—
christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 29, 2012
.@Toure as ideal as that would be, skittles taking a stance on such controversial issue isn't good for a company, a candy company at that.—
christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 29, 2012
.@Toure it's a business still. people buy, business profits. yes people are buying, but it isn't exactly good press for Skittles.—
christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 29, 2012
this is 100% NOT TRUE. RT @GCTerry fact is saying nothing is am implicit endorsement of Sanford PD, Zimmerman, Oliver, etc. Step up, Wrigley—
christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 29, 2012
Because Skittles isn't donating skittles for protests, they are in support of Zimmerman? Oh god.—
christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 29, 2012
@Toure I don't think they're too keen on being associated with such a huge, controversial issue in the first place.—
christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 29, 2012
oh 2 can play this game of only RT'ing random people who agree with you to make you "more right".—
christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 29, 2012
@Toure @chrissyteigen I disagree with that. Then every company would have to do that whenever indirectly asociated w/ crime not culpable for—
Antonio Solomon (@AntonioSolomon) March 29, 2012
And, of course, the money tweet:
oh @toure you certainly can be exhausting.—
christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 29, 2012
