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Dove Apologizes for ‘Racist’ Soap Ad That Turned Black Woman White

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  1. nra37922

    nra37922 Well-Known Member

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    nra37922, Oct 8, 2017
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    FreedomSeeker Well-Known Member

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    Wow, for once liberals calling something "racist!" is actually true.
     
    FreedomSeeker, Oct 8, 2017
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    FreedomSeeker Well-Known Member

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    Wow, who knew - black people are just white people that need a bath.
     
    FreedomSeeker, Oct 8, 2017
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    PARTIZAN1 Well-Known Member

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    So OJ Simpson is really a White guy? Who knew!
     
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    Apparently the black woman who participated in the commercial wasn't offended by this supposed racism.
    But she's probably grateful that you were offended on her behalf when she was too stupid to realize the racism inflicted on her.
    You know, those black people, too stupid to understand racism when they're victims of it.
     
    squidward, Oct 8, 2017
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    PARTIZAN1 Well-Known Member

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    Whatbuf the woman is really a dirty white Broad?
     
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    Well it's the broken clock thing-a-ma-bob isn't it? A broken clock is correct twice a day; but with leftists and their endless and nonstop shrieks of "RACIST!" and "RACISM!" in regards to everything under the sun, moon, and stars they are correct about twice every other year or so.
     
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  8. Steve N

    Steve N Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The ad is not racist. It's not even bigoted or discriminatory. It's not oppressive or demeaning unless you think being a white person is demeaning.

    I would not have made this ad, but at least one black person involved with producing it didn't seem to mind.

    rac·ist
    ˈrāsəst/
    noun
    noun: racist; plural noun: racists
    1. 1.
      a person who shows or feels discrimination or prejudice against people of other races, or who believes that a particular race is superior to another.
      "the comments have led to her being called a racist"
      synonyms: racial bigot, racialist, xenophobe, chauvinist, supremacist More
      "he was exposed as a racist"
      (racially) discriminatory, racialist, prejudiced, bigoted
      "a racist society"
    adjective
    noun: racist; plural noun: racists; adjective: racist
    1. 1.
      showing or feeling discrimination or prejudice against people of other races, or believing that a particular race is superior to another.
     
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    LOL!...

    [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
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    That is stupid but racist? I am not convinced it s racist.
     
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    I don't get it. Was their marketing team high?
     
    Concord, Oct 8, 2017
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    I don't get it, either. She's obviously not taking a bath/shower by taking off a shirt, so why is she changing from black to white? And what's that got to do with Dove? This is one of those ads/pictures that requires explanation.
     
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    There's a long history of ads portraying black people as dirty and simply in need of a wash to become white
     
    GoogleMurrayBookchin, Oct 8, 2017
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    Well I'm for sure not using Dove products. I'd look terrible as a redhead.
     
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    I've never seen one.
     
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    I don't want man boobs either :dead:

    On a serious notes, did the guy came up with the ad smoke some mary jane before coming up with such a dumb idea?
     
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    I have a hard time believing that an American marketing team couldn't have predicted the way this would be perceived. It's crazy. I've seen similar ads out of Asia, but they don't have the same race taboos we do.
     
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    Just live with them and quit yer cryin'.
     
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    LOL. I wouldn't be surprised if it's Putin wanting to put Dove out of business.
     
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    I'm not gonna post them, but just google "racist vintage ads" and get set for a shock.
     
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    The ad is as racist as the old Pear and Fairy soap ads.

    https://www.buzzfeed.com/babymantis/racism-in-30-vintage-ads-1opu?utm_term=.chG1LznY8W#.pe0v1BGOk0

    http://creative-ads.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/enhanced-buzz-26563-1330300774-12.jpg
     
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    Well, this is one of the stupidest ads I have seen in decades.

    What the heck were they thinking? What were they smoking/drinking/injecting?
     
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    maybe she is more grateful for the check than she is worried about any other impact on anyone else. Sometimes stuff is a lot less offensive to you, when there are some coins for your piggy, because you made the stuff.
     
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    So if you think the ad is racist you must be a liberal. Interesting.
     
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    Really? Do you know that she knew what the ad was going to look like?

    Maybe they just hired her to get filmed while pulling her shirt off and she had no idea what that would be used for.

    But nice to see that you are ready jump to conclusions that fit your world view.
     
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