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04-06-2017, 06:39 AM
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Nivea is in hot water over an ad for its new spray deodorant. According to CNN, the company has pulled an ad that read “White Is Purity” after it triggered backlash on social media.
Celebrities’ Biggest Social Media Fails
The original ad appeared on Nivea’s Middle East Facebook page and featured a woman with dark hair in a white robe with the slogan “White Is Purity.” The ad was promoting Nivea's new “Invisible for Black & White” spray deodorant.
Celebs Fight Back on Twitter!
“Come on Nivea. This is so racist that I do not even know where to begin,” one person on Twitter wrote, while another added, “Astounding that these companies still don't get it. #racism.”
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/nivea-pulls-white-is-purity-ad-after-its-slammed-as-racist-w475213
Nivea is in hot water over an ad for its new spray deodorant. According to CNN, the company has pulled an ad that read “White Is Purity” after it triggered backlash on social media.
Celebrities’ Biggest Social Media Fails
The original ad appeared on Nivea’s Middle East Facebook page and featured a woman with dark hair in a white robe with the slogan “White Is Purity.” The ad was promoting Nivea's new “Invisible for Black & White” spray deodorant.
Celebs Fight Back on Twitter!
“Come on Nivea. This is so racist that I do not even know where to begin,” one person on Twitter wrote, while another added, “Astounding that these companies still don't get it. #racism.”
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/nivea-pulls-white-is-purity-ad-after-its-slammed-as-racist-w475213