How do you know if your ad agency has made a mistake II

[Fret Buzz]

...because I thought that other thread (albeit an awesome one) would have been more about the recent hubbub todo brouhaha over the Dove ad:

Tom

[bikeman564™]

I heard about this one...what's the problem?

[maddmaxx]

The Dove brand sheepishly admitted Saturday that it had “missed the mark” 

Srsly?  Were they selling product in this century?

[airinpie]

I read about this, and that pic is a bit misleading. They don't show that the white girl takes off her shirt and becomes Asian. So I think they were "trying" to show their soap is for everyone; but yes, it was very poorly done. 

[Wilbur]

4 hours ago, airinpie said:

I read about this, and that pic is a bit misleading. They don't show that the white girl takes off her shirt and becomes Asian. So I think they were "trying" to show their soap is for everyone; but yes, it was very poorly done. 

Exactly.  Several media sources are labeling the ad racist.  So, now ads featuring 3 races is racist?  It was simply poorly executed with race being an issue at the recipient end.  It may have been a little insensitive but certainly not racist.  

[maddmaxx]

The idea that racist (or any other opinion) is in the eye of the beholder is driving the bus.

[Kzoo]

3 hours ago, Wilbur said:

a little insensitive but certainly not racist.  

These 2 are the same in today's PC world.

[parodybot]

To be fair, she is a ginger, so there is that.

[Further]

If they come up with a soap to wash the old off me, I'll buy a barrel of it....