Saturday, August 31, 2013

You mean to tell me they sent a Human Rights group after Dunkin Donuts for naming a Chocolate donut the "Charcoal Donut" !

I know that's not why they sent the human rights group. . .but come on that Charcoal Donut Chick, doesn't even have black features............. get over yourselves

Dunkin’ Donuts criticized for ‘racist’ ad campaign

Grant Peck | The Associated Press) An advertisement poster of a smiling woman with bright pink lips in blackface makeup holding a doughnut is seen on a Skytrain, a commuter train in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013. A leading human rights group has called on Dunkin' Donuts to withdraw the "bizarre and racist" advertisement for chocolate doughnuts in Thailand. The Dunkin' Donuts franchise in Thailand launched a campaign earlier this month for its new "Charcoal Donut" featuring the image, which is reminiscent of 19th and early 20th century American stereotypes for black people that are now considered offensive symbols of a racist era. (AP Photo/)
Dunkin’ Donuts criticized for ‘racist’ ad campaign
First Published Aug 30 2013 08:58 am • Updated 5 hours ago
Bangkok • A leading human rights group has called on Dunkin’ Donuts to withdraw a "bizarre and racist" advertisement for chocolate doughnuts in Thailand that shows a smiling woman with bright pink lips in blackface makeup.
The Dunkin’ Donuts franchise in Thailand launched a campaign earlier this month for its new "Charcoal Donut" featuring the image, which is reminiscent of 19th and early 20th century American stereotypes for black people that are now considered offensive symbols of a racist era.
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In posters and TV commercials, the campaign shows the woman with a shiny jet black, 1950s-style beehive hairdo holding a bitten black doughnut alongside the slogan: "Break every rule of deliciousness."

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