What's Behind China's 'Racist' Whitewashing Advert?
A Chinese laundry detergent advertisement is causing widespread
outrage online and is being dubbed the most racist commercial to be
screened. But racist advertising has form, and not just in China ... It
has appalled many on Facebook and other forums over the last 24 hours.
But the ad itself is about a month old, having appeared on television
and been shown at cinemas in China. At that time it didn't cause much
of a furore with cinema-goers. But then it was shared by US expat
Christopher Powell, a musician with the Guiyang Symphony Orchestra, and
by DJ Spencer Tarring. Although the story was not covered widely by
Chinese media, there were hundreds of comments on Chinese social media,
with some calling the advert "awkward".
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