Dove apologizes for Facebook soap ad that many call racist
Dove is facing heat for a body wash ad showing a black woman taking off her shirt to reveal a white woman, with many social media users calling it racist.
October 9, 2017
Dove is facing heat for a body wash ad showing a black woman taking off her shirt to reveal a white woman, with many social media users calling it racist.
No longer are planet-destroying extra-terrestrials or billionaire evil geniuses the villains: Superman, the DC Comics superhero, has a new mission protecting hard-working immigrants from white supremacist bullies.
When you thought The Chainsmokers couldn’t get any worse than hearing “Closer” still being played in restaurants and department stores in 2017, think again. Earlier this week, the duo was interviewed in China. When member Alex Pall was asked whether he brings his dog around for tours, he mentioned that he “doesn’t know if he’d bring her to China,” making heavy implications about the popular Asian (particularly the Chinese) stereotype of eating dogs.
The South Sudanese model has skin described as dark as night—as most Sudanese do—and is unafraid to flaunt it, even if a driver once asked her if she would bleach it for $10,000.
Alicia Machado says that when she gained weight after being crowned Miss Universe for 1996, Donald Trump labeled her with a sexist nickname — “Miss Piggy” — that caused her shame and humiliation.
The reigning Miss Universe says Donald Trump, the beauty pageant’s owner, was “hurtful and unfair” in his comments about Mexican migrants. But Paulina Vega of Colombia says she isn’t giving up her crown.
Just what exactly is Dov Charney’s problem? American Apparel has dished more dirt on its ousted CEO and founder Dov Charney, which include outrageous racist statements against Filipinos. The clothing
Ariana Miyamoto entered the Miss Universe Japan beauty contest after a mixed-race friend committed suicide. And she endured abuse after winning the crown because of her skin color.
The late former editor of French weekly Charlie Hebdo takes on politicians, the media and “Islamophobia” as thinly veiled racism in a posthumously published book that was completed two days before he died in France’s worst terror attack in years.
Are we going through another Teri Hatcher moment? Cyberspace was once more abuzz late last week as angry Filipinos made their sentiments known over a supposedly racist remark Hollywood actress Lucy Liu made on “The Late Show with David Letterman.”
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