Australia’s ‘Red Skins’ chews, ‘Chicos’ jellies bite the dust amid global backlash over racist branding

Australian confectionery products “Red Skins” and “Chicos” are to be renamed because of unspecified “overtones”, manufacturer Nestle said on Tuesday amid a global backlash over racist branding.The popular sweets, which have been made by Allen’s in Australia for decades, will drop the names swiftly although new titles have yet to be finalised, Nestle Australia said in a short statement.Professor on leave after telling Asian-American student to ‘Anglicise’ nameThe move is part of the corporate…