A Toronto mother is outraged after finding a toy that resembles an Inuit person inside an igloo in her daughter's Kinder Surprise egg.
Teresa Miller says she was shocked when she found her daughter's Kinder Surprise egg had a toy with what looked like an Inuit person inside an igloo.
"It's just disrespectful and unnecessary," she says. "I don't think there's any part of this that is remotely close to being something appropriate for a child or a toy that should be manufactured at all." Teresa Miller says she wishes the toy was taken off the shelves. She hopes the company uses this opportunity to learn that its important to consult different cultures, when making toys that reflects those cultures.Miller says she reached out to Ferrero Rocher, the company that makes the egg, but wasn't happy with their response.
Muckpaloo Ipeelie, the CEO of Urban Inuit Identity Project, says she too was offended by the toy upon hearing about it. While the chocolate company claims the toy wasn't supposed to depict any one culture, Ipeelie disagrees. The toy features an instruction sheet and a QR code that allows children to further play the game within an app.
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