article_snippet: A French baker has become embroiled in a racism row after selling dark chocolate cakes depicting an obese man and woman.
article_snippet: Yannick Tavolaro Yannick Tavolaro has been selling the dark chocolate cakes, named Dieu and Desses (God and Goddess) in Yannick Tavolaro shop in Grasse in the south of France for the past 15 years.
article_snippet: Yannick Tavolaro with the Dieu and Desses cakes Yannick Tavolaro sells in Yannick Tavolaro patisserie in the south of France, which have been branded racist .
article_snippet: Council of French Black Associations French Black Associations say the dark chocolate cakes are racist because Council of French Black Associations ridicule African religions .
article_snippet: But Council of French Black Associations French has branded the pastries racist saying that Council of French Black Associations ridicule African religions after Council of French Black Associations were alerted to Council of French Black Associations by a member of the public.
article_snippet: And now Council of French Black Associations are calling for Mr Tavlaro to take the dark chocolate cakes from the shelves of Mr Tavlaro bakery.
article_snippet: The anti-racism group are calling for the dark chocolate cakes to be pulled from the shelves of Mr Tavolaro's bakery .
article_snippet: I’m being judged on the dark chocolate cakes.
article_snippet: The complaint by CRAN follows a similar case in France last year, where a chocolate maker changed the name of two of Mr Tavolaro's specialties called 'Bamboula' and 'Negro'.
article_snippet: a chocolate maker agreed to rename the chocolates, despite saying the chocolates were a centuries old tradition that actually paid tribute to Senegalese soldiers injured during the war and in no way racist.
highlights_snippet: Council of French Black Associations say that Council of French Black Associations 'ridicule' Africans .
  