This patronizing and pathetic video advocates for gender equality—yet the key creators appear to be White men. The girls in the video express shock and dismay to discover women face insults, inequities and injustices that one might expect to happen in 1915 versus 2015. Um, in the advertising industry, White men have aimed discrimination towards minorities for about 200 years—and counting.
H&M forgot to put any black models in its ads in South Africa. The local customers definitely noticed.
ReplyDeleteThen they got out the pitchforks.
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