Chimp With Afro Imitates Blacks in Ad
An ad, which ran earlier this month in Japan for cosmetics company Mandom, had a Chimpanzee with an afro wig/dreadlocks affixed to its head imitating a few black people as they wiped sweat from their brows with a Mandom facial wipe. Of course, the ad generated complaints and Mandom issued an apology but this article examines the very different viewpoint Japan, as well as Germany, has regarding minority races. It's not pretty.
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Thanks for sharing this commentary on the ad. Do you have more information or a link to an article on this commercial?
Ive heard that Japan is much less sensitive to these issues; this definitely proves it...
Here a copy of the Mandom Ad that was pulled.
There are several blackface fads in Japan that have been going on since the 90s. There's a bit about it on my own blog, with links to other writings: http://31dreamers.blogspot.com/2009/01/take-me-black-where-i-belong.html