PETA: Milk Is A Symbol Of White Supremacy
Oct 22, 2018, 11:37 AM | Updated: 11:41 am
Drinking milk is a symbol of white supremacy, PETA says
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – It’s a year-old message that’s making the rounds again thanks to a recent tweet from PETA: Drinking milk is a sign of white supremacy.
In a press release issued by the animal rights group in March of 2017, the group claims that “dairy milk has long been embraced as a symbol of white supremacy.”
The press release then links to an article from the U.K. news site Metro, which claims there’s a secret Nazi code hidden in a cup of milk.
According to the Metro report, white supremacists allegedly use milk as a symbol for their superiority because only one-third of people produce a lactose enzyme that allows them to drink milk — and those “lactose hotspots” occur in countries with mostly-white populations.
The story found new life when PETA posted a link on its Twitter feed on Oct. 18.
Cows’ milk has long been a symbol used by white supremacists.
One more reason to #DitchDairy. https://t.co/EcHYpUmBux
— PETA ❤️🦊 (@peta) October 19, 2018
Here’s how social media has been reacting.
A lot of people noticed a link between white supremacy and milk was missing from PETA’s article
In the article, you didn’t list a single way how milk drinking links to white supremacy. Apparently, bc the dairy industry is in fact very violent, you somehow linked that to whites as a whole, when in reality, ALL human beings are capable of cruelty.
— Tyler P. Christensen (@MangoMonster390) October 21, 2018
😂 Recap: the author made an argument against the dairy industry because it’s cruel to animals & unhealthy for consumers, and then just wrote: WHITE SUPREMACIST at top of the page 🤷🏼♂️
— Jonathan Brown (@JbrownESQ) October 22, 2018
Some had more clever responses
Is this even 2% true? Or do you skim over the facts?
— Clay Henson (@claydhenson) October 22, 2018
That’s why I only drink strawberry milk since it comes from milking strawberries 😤😤😤
— Jake Dion (@jdion008) October 21, 2018
While other were, uh, speechless
— Isaac Burbank #ReleaseTheSnyderCut (@burbank_isaac) October 21, 2018
Many wondered if it was a joke
Are you guys serious?
Please tell me it’s a sarcastic article?— The Indian 🇮🇳 (@The1Sharan) October 22, 2018
I thought this was a parody page. The fact that it’s real makes this 1000x more hilarious.
— EpicNameSon (@zak_morrow) October 22, 2018
The message was clear, whether it was aimed at PETA, white supremacists, or both
— Rane Ellison (@Rane_Ellison) October 22, 2018
