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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.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ads; dove; oops; race; racism
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To: Rebelbase
Dove is owned by unilever. Dutch and British mulitinational.
To: Rebelbase
It's been done already.
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posted on
10/09/2017 3:10:11 AM PDT
by
Nateman
(Cruz haters piss me off! How about concentrating your fire on the bad guys, like the left?)
To: EvilCapitalist
Dolezal is white and wants to be black so this soap would be counterproductive for her.
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posted on
10/09/2017 4:34:10 AM PDT
by
Brooklyn Attitude
(The DemocRAT party has been taking a knee on America for decades.)
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
10/09/2017 5:03:52 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: Newbomb Turk
“Oh crap, sorry, thats not Dove, thats the Weinstein company.”
LOL!
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posted on
10/09/2017 5:34:11 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
To: Rebelbase
This whole piece is a fabrication. The video then whose the redhead taking off her shirt becoming a brunette.
Leftist scum lie and the Media regurgitates the lies. I don't understand why FreRepublic members are so unsophisticated as to comment without viewing the add in full.
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posted on
10/09/2017 3:46:14 PM PDT
by
rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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