Pascall reveal brand new name for iconic 'Eskimo' lollies
Pascall reveal brand new name for iconic 'Eskimo' lollies Publish Date Friday, 12 March 2021, 1:50PM New Zealand's Pascall Eskimos lolly has changed its name to Explorers after global pressure around the derogatory term "eskimo" in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests. In 2009, Canadian tourist Seeka Lee Veevee Parsons, an Inuit of the Nunavut Territory in Canada, came across the lolly in New Zealand and said the product was an insult. The complaint prompted New Zealand's high commissioner at the time to comment in the Canadian press. Some Kiwis then suggested t...
Source: thecoast.net.nz
