NAACP takes issue with ‘racist’ Hallmark card
Hallmark pulls graduation card off the shelves after NAACP calls it 'offensive to African-American women'...
From Pedro & the Watcher:
Hoops and Yoyo, the cartoon stars of one of Hallmark’s most popular lines, are created and voiced by Hallmark artists Bob Holt and Mike Adair, an Orange County native.
Pink kitty Hoops (voiced by Cal State Fullerton grad Adair) and green bunny Yoyo (voiced by Holt, who first dreamed up the pair) are silly, hyperactive chatterboxes, a very animated comedy team. (For a Register story on the pair and their creation, follow this link.)
So it’s startling to see the fun-loving pair hauled into the court of local TV to be accused of racism by the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP.
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