Once you know that there are three women in the sequence, it isn't quite so bad.

Big *BUT* though... it is absolutely mind-boggling that the creators of the advert did not think through the implications of beginning the sequence with the black girl and her 'becoming' white.

Even if the intentions were honorable, the complete f**king tin ear to racial sensitivities and how this sequence could be perceived is very hard to fathom.

Posted By: norway on October 10th 2017 at 16:45:25

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that there Dove advert what has been in the news recently - from the PoV of the black star (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 10, 16:38:59
- They should have used 70s + 2000's Michael Jackson (General Chat) - usacanary, Oct 10, 17:35:28
- Once you know that there are three women in the sequence, it isn't quite so bad. (General Chat) - norway, Oct 10, 16:45:25
  - I think there are 7 in the full advert but for facebook they (General Chat) - Jim, Oct 10, 16:47:32
    - Ah... gotcha (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Oct 10, 17:16:08
      - " There were seven of us in the full version, different races and ages" (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 10, 17:22:29
        
        Yes - I was responding to Jim saying there was an edit with just two. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Oct 10, 20:36:20
        
        I did, jolly interesting, thank you (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 10, 18:13:51
        
        She didn't seem to determine if (General Chat) - CauldRon, Oct 10, 18:47:30
        
        "The narrative has been written without giving consumers context" (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 10, 19:53:13

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