Beauty is skin deep.
Dove is doing damage control after they faced a backslash over a commercial that features Black woman removing her shirt and it changes to a White woman in a light shirt.
The ad, a three-second GIF, featured three women, each removing their shirt.
The ad revisit an old adage about washing. Black was often represented as dirty while White was recognized as clean.
A woman saw this and shared it on Facebook and it went viral.
My question to the concern trolls: Did you contact the Black actress in the advertising commercial?
I know she didn't seem to mind doing this.
For a few bucks, hell I take off a shirt.
Dove quickly removed the ad and apologized twice.
"Dove is committed to representing the beauty of diversity. In an image we posted this week, we missed the mark in thoughtfully representing women of color and we deeply regret the offense that it has caused."
Marissa Sloan said that the GIF was intended to share beauty. The company got the message wrong. She will be reevaluating how it promotes its products.
I am annoyed by these commercials. I mean it's disgusting to typecast women of color as dirty while White and Asian women are portrayed as clean.
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