Racist Ad Outcry

Burger King pulled a promotional video in New Zealand showing customers trying to eat burgers with chopsticks after it sparked an outcry in China and demands for an apology from the U.S. fast food chain.

Days after Dove apologised for an advertisement deemed racist by netizens, the black model featured in it has spoken out, addressing the outrage. In a strongly-worded op-ed for The Guardian, Lola Ogunyemi admits while she can see how screenshots of the ad going viral may have been "misinterpreted," the images were taken out of context.

China and Africa are "good brothers" and China respects all people regardless of race, the government said on Monday after a detergent maker apologised for an advert showing a black man bundled into a washing machine that many called racist.

Burger King pulled a promotional video in New Zealand showing customers trying to eat burgers with chopsticks after it sparked an outcry in China and demands for an apology from the U.S. fast food chain.

Days after Dove apologised for an advertisement deemed racist by netizens, the black model featured in it has spoken out, addressing the outrage. In a strongly-worded op-ed for The Guardian, Lola Ogunyemi admits while she can see how screenshots of the ad going viral may have been "misinterpreted," the images were taken out of context.

China and Africa are "good brothers" and China respects all people regardless of race, the government said on Monday after a detergent maker apologised for an advert showing a black man bundled into a washing machine that many called racist.