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RoadKingLarry

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Stupidity knows no limits
« on: October 09, 2017, 07:56:15 AM »
Someone once said that the difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.

https://www.thewrap.com/dove-apologizes-racist-soap-ad-turned-black-woman-white/

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Even this poor ole dumb hillbilly can see where that would ruffle a few feathers.
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Re: Stupidity knows no limits
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2017, 10:02:49 AM »
LONG history of racist ads like that . . . and those idiots in marketing STILL can't learn!  :facepalm:

This one popped up just recently:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2016/may/28/chinese-detergent-advert-black-man-washed-different-colour-video

And here's a vintage ad from quite a few decades ago when racism was common in advertising:


Sheer stupidity to put out ads which will alienate so much of your potential customer base - Dove needs to fire the people responsible, including whatever executive signed off on that ad.
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