Dove under fire for 'racist' Facebook ad

[BBSA]

A "racist" advert by personal care and beauty company Dove on Sunday caused a storm on social media.

The company came under fire when it posted a series of images during the week, supposedly aimed at "representing the beauty of diversity".

In a sequence of images, a black woman is seen taking off a brown T-shirt, with a white woman being revealed in the last image

https://www.iol.co.za/news/dove-under-fire-for-racist-facebook-ad-11519142

 

[PhireSide]

Here we go again...

 

[konfab]

lol

 

[killerbyte]

I could care less about the easily offended but I would like to know... what was Dove thinking?

 

[Hamster]

Well given the times we live in...

...how did this get approved.

/in b4 "it was an intern"

 

[yebocan]

Would be nice if IOL article mentions, this is a Dove global campaign...and backlash is not limited to ZA

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...rks-consumer-backlash/?utm_term=.436c12e17e44

 

[R13...]

Dove are either ignorant or wanted to gain mileage from the resultant backlash, they must have know it'd result in blow-back.

 

[FoXtroT]

It’s my understanding that there was also a third picture. The white women pulled off her shirt to reveal an Asian women.

 

[Hamster]

It’s my understanding that there was also a third picture. The white women pulled off her shirt to reveal an Asian women.

I read that too. They should've changed the ordering and put the black woman last

 

[wolverine_dcp]

They conveniently left out the Chinese lady after the white lady

 

[infscrtyrisk]

Words fail me.

 

[satanboy]

Bwahahaha.....that is racist.

 

[satanboy]

They conveniently left out the Chinese lady after the white lady

and that is lacist

 

[RazedInBlack]

 

[Nick333]

It’s my understanding that there was also a third picture. The white women pulled off her shirt to reveal an Asian women.

If that's true then the media can go fcck itself for leaving that out of the story.

 

[Lord Farquart]

I read that too. They should've changed the ordering and put the black woman last

You know it is a soap ad?:twisted:

 

[2026]

The black woman's legs in that picture are freaking me out... those feet/legs are bending the wrong way...

 

[Mila]

so they just apologize to colored people.. nice and racist in the end.

just keep digging.

 

[Lord Farquart]

Well **** the snowflakes. Dove soap is still the best replacement for shaving foam.

 

[bromster]

The black woman's legs in that picture are freaking me out... those feet/legs are bending the wrong way...

Look at Instagram when you get a chance. That's how women stand now.