Snoop Dogg’s Cali Red Wine store display and life-size cutout of Snoop removed from Kroger Korean A supermarket in a Georgia town after shoppers called it stereotypical and offensive to sell the rapper’s wine during Black History Month.
One of the shoppers, Johnny Jones, former chairman of the local NAACP, reported WSB-TV Channel 2.
“They really promote alcohol. Proud to drink wine? No, I’m proud of the Tuskegee Airmen. We need to thirst for knowledge,” he said. Jones, a former commercial and military pilot, said. He added that he preferred stores that recognized pioneers like Atlanta’s first black mayor, Maynard Jackson, or Fayetteville’s first black mayor, Ed Johnson.
In addition to being greeted by a life-sized Snoop cutout showcasing his wines, according to a local TV station, a bottle of bubbly from Tha Doggfather’s label and Black Girl Magic wine set up in a nearby produce section. had.
But apparently it was a billboard next to the display with phrases like “Dream Like Martin” and “Say out loud ‘I’m black and proud'”. Slap for Black History Month.
Not everyone found the display offensive, though. “I mean, it shouldn’t really make any difference if you want to drink wine whether it’s Black History Month or not.”
After the backlash, Kroger’s headquarters released a statement saying, “Kroger is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in everything we do. Our intentions are never offensive.” not.”
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