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Dove Apologises For ‘Racist’ Ad, But Was it Just Bad Execution?

We dug out the video ad and it doesn’t necessarily show a dark skinned woman transforming into a white skinned one.

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In a recent Facebook campaign, that generated an immediate backlash, Dove purportedly shows an African American model changing to a white model after using their product.

The ad drew serious flak from Netizens calling the sequence racist.

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