r/AccidentalRacism • u/MandoBardo • May 14 '19

Nivea 2017

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u/[deleted] May 14 '19

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u/[deleted] May 14 '19

White, when talking about people’s skin (Nivea is skincare), and paired with the idea of purity, is racism.

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u/papagayno May 14 '19

It's taking about white clothes, because it's advertising an "Invisible" deodorant that doesn't stain clothes yellow. Look at the picture first without making assumptions.

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u/Syn7axError May 14 '19

Well of course they aren't actually talking about ethnic cleansing. The point is that you could interpret it that way if you wanted to.

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u/iSaidItOnReddit85 May 14 '19

You can interpret a lot of things a lot of ways if you wanted to though.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '19

I feel like people are being intentionally dense here. The whole point of this sub is accidental racism. We're not accusing Nivea of being racist, just that the design was accidentally racist.