{"id":2948,"date":"2017-10-10T12:29:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T16:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/?p=2948"},"modified":"2019-12-23T14:11:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T14:11:07","slug":"dove-racially-insensitive-or-downright-stupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/dove-racially-insensitive-or-downright-stupid\/","title":{"rendered":"Dove: Racially insensitive or downright stupid?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dove: Racially insensitive or downright stupid?
\nRacially insensitive or downright stupid? I go with stupid. The soap company Dove, recently published an advertisement on Facebook showing a black woman wearing a brown shirt magically turning into a white woman in a white top after using one of Dove\u2019s soap products. Although Dove\u2019s marketing company approved of the advertisement, once it went public social media erupted,\u00a0condemning the post as suggesting that black skin is dirty and white skin is clean. Additionally, some critics cited historical legacy of racism found in soap ads.
\nWithin hours, Dove\u2019s Facebook and Twitter pages were saturated with angry and disappointed messages.\u00a0The company quickly removed the post from their Facebook page, and on October 7, 2017, Dove, issued an apology on its Twitter page for the advertisement saying that their company, “An image we recently posted on Facebook missed the mark in representing women of color thoughtfully. We deeply regret the offense it caused.\u201d
\nBut these efforts came too late, the damage is done.
\nOn Facebook, Angela Reinders wrote, “THIS IS GROSS. YOU THINK PEOPLE OF COLOR CAN JUST WASH AWAY THEIR MELANIN AND BECOME WHITE? WHAT WERE YOU GOING FOR, EXACTLY? YOUR CREATIVE DIRECTOR SHOULD BE FIRED.\u201d
\nAnother Facebook comment written by Mary Braden stated, “THAT’S NOT MISSING THE MARK, THAT’S ENSURING THAT I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER DOVE PRODUCT AND I WILL ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE I KNOW TO JOIN ME.”
\nYet, many were not satisfied with Dove\u2019s \u201capology.\u201d Sonia Gupta tweeted Dove, “THIS IS THE MOST NON-APOLOGY APOLOGY I’VE SEEN ALL WEEK. ARE YOU JOINING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION NOW? WTF IS THAT AD EVEN SUPPOSED TO MEAN?”
\nMoreover, this is not the first time that Dove has \u201cmissed the mark\u201d on representing minorities. Keith Boykin, CNN political commentator, shared a second, similar Dove advertisement depicting two women of color and a white woman standing in front of “before” and “after” signs of their skin. In Boykin\u2019s tweet of the thoughtless image, he commented, “OKAY, DOVE. ONE RACIST AD MAKES YOU SUSPECT. TWO RACIST ADS MAKES YOU KINDA GUILTY.\u201d
\nEven Fox Sports analyst Chris Broussard responded, tweeting, \u201cI’LL NEVER USE DOVE SOAP AGAIN. #DonewithDove.”
\nDiscrimination based on one\u2019s skin color or race is one of the most common forms of workplace discrimination<\/a>. However, employees that are subjected to such inappropriate comments or conduct are protected by various federal, state, and city laws. Under both Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964<\/a>, New York state, Pennsylvania state, New York City, and Philadelphia laws, covered employers are not allowed to discriminate, harass, or retaliate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race or skin color.
\nIf you feel like you have been a victim of discrimination, the experienced\u00a0 sexual harassment and discrimination attorneys at the Derek Smith Law Group, PLLC, may be able to help. Our attorneys work diligently to protect the civil rights of our clients in both in the workplace and in the classroom. Whether you are in New York City or Filadelfia<\/a>, give our talented discrimination attorneys a call, toll-free, at (800) 807-2209. for your free consultation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dove: Racially insensitive or downright stupid? Racially insensitive or downright stupid? I go with stupid. The soap company Dove, recently published an advertisement on Facebook showing a black woman wearing a brown shirt magically turning into a white woman in a white top after using one of Dove\u2019s soap products. Although Dove\u2019s marketing company approved … Continue reading “Dove: Racially insensitive or downright stupid?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5543,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,4,48,7,9,11,831],"tags":[1476,1477,1478,1479,180,395,1480,1481,1482,904,545],"class_list":["post-2948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-employment-discrimination","category-employment-law","category-hostile-work-environment","category-new-jersey-lawyer","category-new-york-city-lawyer","category-philadelphia-lawyer","category-race-discrimination","tag-angela-reinders","tag-chris-broussard","tag-cnn","tag-dove","tag-facebook","tag-fox-sports","tag-keith-boykin","tag-mary-braden","tag-sonia-gupta","tag-title-vii-of-the-civil-rights-act-of-1964","tag-twitter"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}