Naomi Campbell Declares Chocolate Ad Racist, Threatens To Sue  A
Cadbury advertisement for Bliss — a "dreamy chocolate truffle" —
includes the tagline, "Move over Naomi, there's a new diva in
town." So… there can be only one pampered brown thing in the UK
at a time? And is the company really comparing Naomi Campbell to
a chocolate bar?  That's how Ms. Campbell sees it. The
supermodel is threatening to sue Cadbury. In a statement,
Campbell fumed:   Well… Your mileage may vary, as they say. It's
definitely not cool for a major corporation to trade on Naomi's
name and history of diva behavior to sell their product. Not
illegal, but kind of a dick move and been there/done that joke.
But when it comes to chocolate and black people, one person's
offensive statement is another person's city nickname.
Parliament Funkadelic released the album Chocolate City in 1975,
but chocolate as a descriptor for black people has a rich (heh)
history. That said: Like many slang terms, just because a black
person uses it doesn't me