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Category Archives: Racist Ad

Why is Dove Ad Racist, but Southwest Not?

Marketing, Media, Popular Culture, Racist AdBy shossNovember 15, 2017

Two ads recently debuted using editing to have people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds morph into one another in succession. One, from Dove, featured a black woman who removes her shirt and becomes a white woman who removes her shirt and becomes a brown woman. The ad, part of the “All Skin Deserves Gentleness”…

Dove Ad Promises Soap Will Turn Skin from Black to White

Marketing, Media, Popular Culture, Racist Ad, Stereotypes in AdvertisingBy shossMay 8, 2011

Not growing up black but growing up overweight and with hair that frizzed into a wild puff as soon as I stepped out into the St. Louis summer humidity no matter how long I spent blow-drying and ironing it, the first thing I noticed when I saw the “Before” and “After” images in this ad…

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