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Pinkberry Removes Racist Juice Gadgets from Stores

Sylvie Kim - July 24, 2008

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Without the conical hat and slanted eyes, I would have actually thought this was cute. Maybe the Alessi [2] company can throw in a juicer with a sombrero as well. You know, for diversity's sake.

According to the Gothamist article, Pinkberry initially denied that the juicers were offensive but have since stated the all the juicers will be pulled from stores. Let the backpedaling begin.

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Race [3]

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[1] http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2008/07/24/072308mandarinjuicer.jpg [2] http://www.alessi.com/en/3/1130/kitchen-accessories/mandarin-citrus-squeezer-with-goblet [3] https://hyphenmagazine.com/categories/race