UNICEF's Blackface Faux Pas
When UNICEF wanted to launch a German ad campaign, they thought taking kids and putting them in blackface would be a great idea. It wasn’t. Radar has gone to the trouble of translating all four (!) blackface UNICEF ads… As for the German Committee of UNICEF, they’re already doing quite a bit of damage control. Check out this gem from their letter:
“The idea behind is that children from Germany demonstrate their solidarity with children in Africa by showing up with a coloured make up.
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