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Nivea Apologizes for Wanting to ‘Re-Civilize’ Black Man

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Oh, those uncivilized black people—when will they get with the program? Perhaps they should try Nivea's grooming products! That's the message of the "Re-Civilize Yourself" Nivea ad above, as a [...]


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Race relations a whole lot better in a hot tub

Creativity

It's refreshing, after all this Sotomayor business, to see advertising from countries where mentioning race doesn't automatically beckon wingnuts. Above is a detail from this larger McCann-Lowe ad from Belgium [...]

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New KGB ads turn to stereotypes and sex

Creativity

Info-by-text service KGB has a new line of commercials that range from the arguably racist spot shown above to the sophomoric (“Melons”) to the just plain stupid (“Bet Your Skirt”). [...]

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Whitey braves downtown in liquor-store ads

Creativity

Chicago-Lake Liquors in South Minneapolis has great prices on alcohol. The only problem is, it's located in "the hood," where you might actually run into some black people. What's a [...]

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