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'Racist' ad? Dove apologizes for images that caused social-media outcry
Pennlive.com ^ | October 8, 2017 | Steve Marroni

Posted on 10/08/2017 6:33:31 PM PDT by Rebelbase

A soap brand is apologizing for an advertisement that appears to show a black woman turning white after using their product.

"An image we recently posted on Facebook missed the mark in representing women of color thoughtfully," Dove brand wrote on Twitter. "We deeply regret the offense it caused."

The image has since been removed, but not before some users caught a screenshot.

(Excerpt) Read more at pennlive.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ads; dove; oops; race; racism
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To: Rebelbase

How obtuse and spaced out must one be to make such a commercial these days!?

Are corporate people really this moronic?


21 posted on 10/08/2017 6:50:44 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: DIRTYSECRET

The black chick’s tits got smaller.


22 posted on 10/08/2017 6:51:05 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
There's another tragic end to what had been a promising advertising career. Thanks Rebelbase.

23 posted on 10/08/2017 6:52:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: Road Warrior ‘04

It would be even funnier if the black lady in the ad were Michelle Obama, and she turned into Elizabeth Warren.


24 posted on 10/08/2017 6:52:40 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: Rebelbase

It just confirms my opinion that a lot of ad people are on drugs, or are just not the sharpest knives in the drawer. I think I know what they wanted to do here, but wasn’t there anyone who saw it could be taken differently?


25 posted on 10/08/2017 6:53:07 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: Rebelbase

Rachel Dolezal could use this soap.


26 posted on 10/08/2017 6:53:32 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Lock her up!)
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To: apillar
Michelle: "Barack! Why is all my soap gone and there are 10 bottles of Dove Body wash in the bathroom?!?"

Obama: "Uhhh, I used all the soap and I saw on Facebook that Dove Body Wash would...well...I mean it's good for women's skin, honey. Give it a try!"

27 posted on 10/08/2017 6:53:58 PM PDT by apillar
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To: SkyDancer

“What stupid ad writer got that through?”

Stupid ad writer?? How about the moronic VP of marketing that approved it?


28 posted on 10/08/2017 6:56:31 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: SkyDancer

She obviously didn’t wash her legs.


29 posted on 10/08/2017 6:57:09 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (RATs, RINOs...same thing)
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To: Publius

It would be even funnier if the black lady in the ad were Michelle Obama, and she turned into Elizabeth Warren.

Going from the frying pan to the deep fat fryer!


30 posted on 10/08/2017 6:58:38 PM PDT by Flick Lives
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To: TomGuy

Loved that ad when I was a wee tike.


31 posted on 10/08/2017 6:58:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: lee martell

I remember the burger and the brouhaha. I do recall thinking that the last thing I might be inclined to do is put it into my mouth...


32 posted on 10/08/2017 6:59:17 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: TomGuy

“New Ajax, laundry detergent, is stronger than dirt (stronger than dirt)”


33 posted on 10/08/2017 7:01:58 PM PDT by Tellurian (DemonicRats would smugly tell even God "you didn't build that".)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

In those days women wore leggings to the beach with their swimming costumes (as they were called) and the little girl was wearing them.


34 posted on 10/08/2017 7:03:04 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
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To: Rebelbase

Shaking head then self deleting my comment.


35 posted on 10/08/2017 7:03:05 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative.)
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To: Rebelbase

I can’t imagine how this got by anyone. To me it is not even that it is racist- it is pretty darn bizarre!


36 posted on 10/08/2017 7:04:07 PM PDT by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic !)
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To: Rebelbase

How many people had to approve that ad? They should all be fired. This is 2017, not 1917.


37 posted on 10/08/2017 7:05:19 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: Rebelbase

Didn’t Joe Biden refer to Obama as “clean” in a 2008 private conversation?


38 posted on 10/08/2017 7:15:49 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (luke 6:38)
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To: yldstrk
Maybe it's the same ad agency that created the Denny's turd sausage mascot?


39 posted on 10/08/2017 7:17:51 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Two scoops, two genders, two terms. Get used to it.)
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To: ifinnegan
But that is clearly not the original ad.

What did it look like?

It's actually an animated GIF. See here:

https://twitter.com/ChaseHenryP/status/917168021927546881

40 posted on 10/08/2017 7:21:47 PM PDT by cynwoody
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