The Dove ad

[Dick Whitman]

Think about this: Sentient human beings devised, acted in, directed, reviewed, and signed off on this.

Dove apologises for ad showing black woman turning into white one

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Summarizing this upcoming thread ...

"What's the big deal?"

Signed, bunches of middle-aged white men.

 

[LongTimeListener]

"It'll wash the black right off ya!"

 

[User 11148]

I saw this earlier ... has anyone seen what the other “transitions” were? Because that wasn’t the only one, right?

 

[Riptide]

d_b

 

[JC]

Think about this: Sentient human beings devised, acted in, directed, reviewed, and signed off on this.

Dove apologises for ad showing black woman turning into white one

This is White House approved.

 

[heyabbott]

"It'll wash the black right off ya!"

 

[Dick Whitman]

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[WCIBN]

 

[Neutral Corner]

I saw this earlier ... has anyone seen what the other “transitions” were? Because that wasn’t the only one, right?

It was black woman to white woman to asian woman.

Some marketing genius. I mean, who could have seen the blowback coming? "Dove - it'll wash the melanin right out!".

 

[Riptide]

I saw this earlier ... has anyone seen what the other “transitions” were? Because that wasn’t the only one, right?

This from the post last night ...

 

[Dick Whitman]

This from the post last night ...

Not for nothing, but the black women participating didn't exactly cover themselves in glory here, either.

 

[Riptide]

Not for nothing, but the black women participating didn't exactly cover themselves in glory here, either.

They could be composite photos. Including the background in the older ad.

 

[User 11148]

It was black woman to white woman to asian woman.

Some marketing genius. I mean, who could have seen the blowback coming? "Dove - it'll wash the melanin right out!".

Right ... the black-woman-to-white-woman wasn't the only one ... And if they'd had, say, "types" A, B, C, D and E, with all sorts of from/to permutations*, maybe it wouldn't have been received so badly.

*With 5 types and 2 of each type in a transition, how many permutations would be possible?

 

[User 11148]

Not for nothing, but the black women participating didn't exactly cover themselves in glory here, either.

I bet they -- white, black or other -- had no clue how the ad was supposed to look.

 

[CD Boogie]

How many people dropped the ball on this?

 

[Vombatus]

Right ... the black-woman-to-white-woman wasn't the only one ... And if they'd had, say, "types" A, B, C, D and E, with all sorts of from/to permutations*, maybe it wouldn't have been received so badly.

*With 5 types and 2 of each type in a transition, how many permutations would be possible?

Order matters, so it is not simply 5 choose 2. Right?

 

[User 11148]

Order matters, so it is not simply 5 choose 2. Right?

Yep ... 5!/(5-2)! = 20

 

[Vombatus]

Yep ... 5!/(5-2)! = 20

Yay!

And that is MATH mother****ers!!!

 

[Guy_Incognito]

How many people dropped the ball on this?

= The number of people who touched the ball.