Nope. I'm a Conservative. I don't blame others for my failures. I know where the mirror is at. Those demanding $15 an hour to sweep the floor or rake leaves apparently do not.

Do you know any facts STUPID or do you just want to prove you are STUPID?

Tainted Treats: Racism And The Rise Of Big Candy

Candy corn is as ubiquitous at Halloween as tiny witches and skeletons knocking on neighborhood doors. And it turns out the story of how this and other sweet treats came to dominate the ghoulish holiday is a bittersweet one – in which enterprise and racism are as intertwined as the layers of a rainbow lollipop.

The candy market was a racially differentiated one. The more expensive varieties, such as hand-dipped chocolate bonbons, were aimed at young white women and middle-class children. The cheap stick candy, meanwhile, was targeted at African-American and immigrant Irish and Chinese children.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/10/30/453210765/tainted-treats-racism-and-the-rise-of-big-candy

https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/the-candy-industry-has-a-long-history-of-racism-that-we-can-t-ignore

According to the NPR's The Salt, marks of white supremacy emerged in the candy industry post-WWI, after sugar trade routes reopened and companies could make a good profit from lower sugar prices. Supply and demand were high for sweets, and finding consumers was no problem.

However, in a then-segregated society, racist attitudes applied to market segmentation, and the industry found a way to exploit racial and socioeconomic hierarchy through processed sugar.

Considerably fancier candies, like chocolate truffles or bonbons were marketed mainly toward middle-class, white women and children. These candies were usually made through a more intimate, hand-made process (or at least were marketed as such), and white women were usually the ones hired to make them. Stick candy, or others that were cheaply-made and mass-produced, were targeted toward immigrant (mainly Irish and Chinese) and African American children. Minorities typically had less money to spend on candy, and their access was limited to cheap products.

Besides economics, some candy marketing campaigns were just outright racist. One campaign for Hendler Creamery Co.'s Picaninny Freeze clearly depicts a dark-skinned girl in what looks to be a field hillside, childishly eating the watermelon-shaped frozen treat. The girl's skin and hair are completely black, with her twists looking more like spikes protruding from her head than natural hair. Her lips are cartoonishly large and red, as she grins in a field with her five-cent Freeze.

Well STUPID you have been PUNKED again.

Candy corn is as ubiquitous at Halloween as tiny witches and skeletons knocking on neighborhood doors. And it turns out the story of how this and other sweet treats came to dominate the ghoulish holiday is a bittersweet one – in which enterprise and racism are as intertwined as the layers of a rainbow lollipop.

The candy market was a racially differentiated one. The more expensive varieties, such as hand-dipped chocolate bonbons, were aimed at young white women and middle-class children. The cheap stick candy, meanwhile, was targeted at African-American and immigrant Irish and Chinese children.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/10/30/453210765/tainted-treats-racism-and-the-rise-of-big-candy

You Leftist lack a brain when facts are thrown in the mix !