Why is everyone so quick to claim racism! I haven't had the time to blog in a while, but this just made me upset enough to write for a few minutes. I saw this ad today while browsing through one of my favorite sites Clutch Magazine Online. Clutch pointed out that:
Advertising blog, Copyranter, first posted the ad under the title, “Dove body wash turns Black Women into Latino Women into White Women.” Not long after, The Huffington Post and Jezebel both picked up on the “unintentionally(?) racist” ad, with Jezebel adding: “Bye-bye black skin, hello white skin! (Scrub hard!)”
These statements might make sense of the skin color on the "before" swatch were of a darker skin tone. When we scream racism for every little thing, we desensitize people to the word. We really need to take more care in our word choice. Yes, I think race is a real problem in America and around the world. No, I do not think that this ad is inappropriate in any way. The END!
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