Social media explodes over Dove’s ‘racist’ ad
Dove is facing social media backlash and calls for boycotts for releasing a video ad showing a black woman morphing into a white woman after using Dove’s body wash which critics call “racist.”
Soap company Dove is apologizing for a Facebook ad it says “missed the mark in representing women of color thoughtfully.”
The ad has since been deleted. But according to screen grabs, it showed a black woman wearing a brown shirt remove her top to reveal a white woman wearing a lighter-colored shirt.
It then shows the second woman removing her shirt to show a third woman with a shirt of a third color.
NBC News reports that the screenshots of the ad were first shared by make-up artist Naomi Leann Blake before going viral.
Dove issued an apology on Twitter and Facebook Saturday.
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