M&S rebrands Midget Gems to avoid offending people with dwarfism
The sweets are now called Mini Gems, following a campaign by a disability academic.
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The sweets are now called Mini Gems, following a campaign by a disability academic.
The sweets are now called Mini Gems, following a campaign by a disability academic.
A Liverpool disability academic told M&S the word midget has its roots in Victorian freak shows.
JAN MOIR: If, once again, it falls to me to cut out the cancer of bent and twisted Curly Wurlys with the simple lollipop of truth and the trusty chocolate button of common sense, then so be it.
Marks and Spencer have renamed their Midget Gems sweets after a disability academic raised that the term midget may be offensive.