Video Credit: Benoit Florencon
All the rage, as in galit talaga ang ilang netizens sa paglabas at pagkalat ng Chinese laundry detergent ad na ito.
Lumabas this month ang TV ad na ito na nagpapakita sa isang babaeng naglagay ng isang black male sa washing machine matapos pasubuin ng tila isang tabletas. Habang umaandar ang washing machine at tila sumisigaw ang lalaki sa loob nito, nakaupo naman sa ibabaw ng machine ang babae na tila naghihintay na matapos ang paglalaba.
Nang tumigil na ang washing machine at buksan niya ito, lumitaw ang isang Chinese guy.
Heto ang ilan sa mga reaksyon ng mga na-offend na netizens:
Oh wow, this Chinese detergent ad is breathtakingly racist https://t.co/Bn7mc80kC8
— kadhim (@kadhimshubber) May 27, 2016
I was like, How bad could it be? Then I was like, ð???ð???ð???ð???ð??? ð??? ð???ð???ð???ð???ð???ð???ð???
— Dominic Holden (@dominicholden) May 26, 2016
We Found It — The Most Racist Ad Of 2016 https://t.co/nqHp01Qfof
WTF is this company on? Racist sht. Chinese detergent brand Qiaobi (��) ad https://t.co/CICFKGxZTv
— Ferrari Sheppard (@stopbeingfamous) May 26, 2016
Habang meron din namang walang nakikitang mali rito:
I liked the ad. It was hilarious. If everything is racist, nothing is racist. https://t.co/1q1d9z8lW5
— AoverK (@AoverK) May 27, 2016
Racist Marketers or Brilliant PR? What Does Everyone Think of The #Qiaobi TV Ad for Laundry Detergent? https://t.co/Adfd7wyZ6D #marketing
— Roberto Alire (@robertoalire) May 27, 2016
Meron ding mga news organizations na pumili na ng kanilang stand tungkol sa ad na ito at dineklara ngang racist ang TV commercial.
This racist laundry detergent ad from China will leave you speechless.https://t.co/Y4W5W5Wwoq
— AJ+ (@ajplus) May 27, 2016
This very racist television ad shows a man being "washed" from black to Asian: https://t.co/GP8guW0PGo pic.twitter.com/rDzI6oUcCr
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 26, 2016
Hindi ito ang unang TV commercial o ad na binansagang racist. Ilang buwan na ang nakakaraan, lumabas din ang isang Thai whitening product commercial na nagsabi pang kailangan mong maging maputi para mag-"win."
Ayon sa international news org na CNN, kinontak na nila ang Chinese company na may kinalaman sa kontrobersyal na laundry detergent ad para sa komento, ngunit hindi raw sumagot ang mga ito.