PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — Some customers at a local supermarket say a display meant to celebrate Black History Month is offensive and stereotypical.
The display at the Kroger on Peachtree Parkway in Peachtree City features rapper Snoop Dogg and his wine brand, 19 Crimes. After receiving several complaints, the store decided to take down the display.
A former president of the local NAACP told Channel 2′s Tom Jones that selling wine has nothing to do with celebrating Black history.
“I just felt that it was offensive,” Johnnie Jones said.
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Customers were greeted by the display as they walked into the entrance near the produce section.
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Customers call Kroger display selling Snoop Dogg’s wine offensive during Black History Month
By Tom Jones, WSB-TV
February 16, 2023 at 6:55 pm EST
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — Some customers at a local supermarket say a display meant to celebrate Black History Month is offensive and stereotypical.
The display at the Kroger on Peachtree Parkway in Peachtree City features rapper Snoop Dogg and his wine brand, 19 Crimes. After receiving several complaints, the store decided to take down the display.
A former president of the local NAACP told Channel 2′s Tom Jones that selling wine has nothing to do with celebrating Black history.
“I just felt that it was offensive,” Johnnie Jones said.
Customers were greeted by the display as they walked into the entrance near the produce section.
“It’s very negative,” customer Michael Drummond said.
The display is a life-size cutout of Snoop Dog with his brand 19 Crimes on it. Bottles of the rapper’s wine and Black Girl Magic wine are in front of the cut-out.
“They really promoting alcohol,” Drummond said.
A blackboard next to it has, “Celebrating Black History Month” written on it, with a clenched fist that has “Dream Like Martin” and other phrases on it. The board also reads, “Say it loud, ‘I’m Black and I’m proud.’”
“Proud of drinking wine? “No. We’re proud of the Tuskegee Airmen whose shoulders I stand on,” said Jones, a former commercial and military pilot.
So take away the first and no other time would it had been a issue.