Posted on 08/31/2013 7:58:11 AM PDT by T.O.K.
Advertiser: Colgate-Palmolive Company
Brand name: Colgate
Product: Colgate Whitening Toothpaste
Agency: Y&R Puerto Rico
Country: Puerto Rico
Category: Oral Hygiene, Pharmaceuticals
Released: March 2002
Credits & Description:
The TV Commercial titled WHITE FACE was done by Y&R Puerto Rico advertising agency for product: Colgate Whitening Toothpaste (brand: Colgate) in Puerto Rico. It was released in the Mar 2002.
Perhaps mimes should no longer where white face makeup.
They are? Not according to the article you posted, did you read it?
The Thai franchise is not only standing behind its new ad; it said donut sales have increased by 50 per cent because of the ad. And, the report said, racial stereotypes in advertisements is common in Thailand.
What about”Cocolate Cake??????????????????????
Yes folks, in the first pic that is gold the lovely young girl is wearing.
When I was stationed in Thailand I regularly passed by a billboard showing a stereotype African native furiously pumping a bicycle to escape a lion that was chasing him. Of course it was an ad for bicycles.
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