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People in Australia have been calling for the removal of a cookie called “Creole Creams,” which gets its name from the ethnic term for people with a mixed race background. The analogy made in the quote of an Aboriginal spokesperson does not sound like a delicious cookie at all.

A “racist” biscuit is to be taken off Australian supermarket shelves but its creator insists the move is part of a brand overhaul rather than a response to accusations of bigotry.

Creole Creams are chocolate biscuits with white cream filling, similar to the popular US cookie Oreos.

Deputy director of the University of Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies unit Sam Watson told brisbanetimes.com.au that the biscuit name had echoes of Nazism.

“The word Creole comes from a period when people’s humanity was measured by the amount of white blood they had in their bloodstream,” he was quoted as saying.

“This is the same kind of thought that underpinned horrific regimes like the Nazis.”

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