Just another thread on a Chinese racist commercial.

[marylander1940]

Just another thread on a Chinese racist commercial.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq-I0JRhvt4

 

Is Afrophobia really on the rise in China?

 

 

Roughly two months have passed since the Qiaobi detergent advertisement went viral. The advert, in which a Chinese woman shoves a black man into a washing machine only for him to emerge as a shiny, clean, Asian man, prompted Western media to call it “the most racist ad ever”.

 

 

At the height of the controversy, commentators from all over the world quarrelled endlessly over whether or not the advert was evidence of China being a racist society. Eventually, the Chinese government intervened and the company behind the offensive advert issued an apology.

http://qz.com/757850/the-racist-chinese-washing-powder-ad-and-the-truth-about-afrophobia-in-china/?utm_source=YPL&yptr=yahoo

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Yeah, I don't think even Donald Trump could talk his way around this one. :o

[sincitymix]

china and most asian countries have really racist product names. yes, alot of it is based on translation errors.. hey, lets have that guy who kind of speaks english, took mabye one or two english classes at university translate these for us! to.. well.. http://www.theworldofchinese.com/2014/05/how-racist-is-your-toothpaste/

[marylander1940]

Yeah, I don't think even Donald Trump could talk his way around this one.

 

He could just blamed the mainstream media for misunderstanding this commercial.

[rvwnsd]

Here's some language hilarity.

 

Here are some examples of a more adult variety. (WARNING: the "v-word" appears at least once.)

[WolfRamNHard]

Some context - I believe the Chinese ad was actually based on this Italian ad -

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-NOoJv7XoE

[marylander1940]

Some context - I believe the Chinese ad was actually based on this Italian ad -

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-NOoJv7XoE

 

That's a nice change, unlike the Chinese commercial.