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Consider the following:
From 1978 to 1985, the mascot used to be Jarvis the Cookie Crisp Wizard. As we all know, the rise of Wizards (incels) has resulted in pro-Trump, right-wing terrorist attacks on the lgbtq2siap+ community and people of color, therefore eating Cookie Crisp from between 1978 and 1985 contributes to toxic masculinity, rape culture, homophobia, transphobia, racism, and pro-trump Fascism.
Then the Mascot became Chip the Dog, who would assist the Cookie Crook in stealing Cookie Crisp cereal, only to be caught by Officer Crumb. We were never told who the Cookie Crook was taking cookies from. Maybe he was trying to feed his family at the expense of the bourgeois who didn't need those cookies anyway, a glaring example of how Cookie Crisp cereal endorses the failures of capitalism.
In addition, Officer Crumb and Chip had names. The Cookie Crook did not. This represents an uncaring criminal justice system that treats prisoners like conforming-objects (i.e. All black people look the same) and literally reinforces the colonialist idea that minorities are less than dogs. Furthermore, Cookie Crook looks like a racist portrayal of a black person during the "mammy" era of cartoons (small black head, big lips.) His large nose subliminally reinforces the idea that Jews are thieves.
Then Chip The Dog was rebranded as Chip the Wolf. This change represents the pervasive social influence of toxic masculinity. This is one seriously scary dog. People could get PTSD from this. "Wolf Pack" and survivalist mentalities are the domain of right-wing extremist groups such as the proud boys.
In conclusion, the Cookie Crisp mascots are highly problematic and normalize rape culture, police culture, toxic masculinity, fascism, right-wing extremism, capitalism, and colonialism. General Mills could have easily rectified this by choosing a proud transgender woman of color, like Oprah Winfrey or Serena Williams as a cereal mascot, but chose instead to ignore serious human rights issues for the cold embrace of capitalism.
#resist
From 1978 to 1985, the mascot used to be Jarvis the Cookie Crisp Wizard. As we all know, the rise of Wizards (incels) has resulted in pro-Trump, right-wing terrorist attacks on the lgbtq2siap+ community and people of color, therefore eating Cookie Crisp from between 1978 and 1985 contributes to toxic masculinity, rape culture, homophobia, transphobia, racism, and pro-trump Fascism.
Then the Mascot became Chip the Dog, who would assist the Cookie Crook in stealing Cookie Crisp cereal, only to be caught by Officer Crumb. We were never told who the Cookie Crook was taking cookies from. Maybe he was trying to feed his family at the expense of the bourgeois who didn't need those cookies anyway, a glaring example of how Cookie Crisp cereal endorses the failures of capitalism.
In addition, Officer Crumb and Chip had names. The Cookie Crook did not. This represents an uncaring criminal justice system that treats prisoners like conforming-objects (i.e. All black people look the same) and literally reinforces the colonialist idea that minorities are less than dogs. Furthermore, Cookie Crook looks like a racist portrayal of a black person during the "mammy" era of cartoons (small black head, big lips.) His large nose subliminally reinforces the idea that Jews are thieves.
Then Chip The Dog was rebranded as Chip the Wolf. This change represents the pervasive social influence of toxic masculinity. This is one seriously scary dog. People could get PTSD from this. "Wolf Pack" and survivalist mentalities are the domain of right-wing extremist groups such as the proud boys.
In conclusion, the Cookie Crisp mascots are highly problematic and normalize rape culture, police culture, toxic masculinity, fascism, right-wing extremism, capitalism, and colonialism. General Mills could have easily rectified this by choosing a proud transgender woman of color, like Oprah Winfrey or Serena Williams as a cereal mascot, but chose instead to ignore serious human rights issues for the cold embrace of capitalism.
#resist
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