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Cadbury chocolate is racist?

  • 04-06-2011 10:34am
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    Richard Dower
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    http://www.digitalspy.ie/broadcasting/news/a323027/cadbury-apologises-to-naomi-campbell-over-racist-ad.html

    Confectionary brand Cadbury has apologised to Naomi Campbell after complaints that an advert comparing the supermodel to one of its chocolate bars was racist.

    Last weekend, Campbell threatened to sue Cadbury over an advertising campaign for the Bliss range of Dairy Milk chocolate bars, which featured the strapline: "Move over Naomi, there's a new diva in town."

    Despite Cadbury intending the ad to be a tongue-in-cheek play on Campbell's reputation for diva-style behaviour, the 41-year-old model described it as "insulting and hurtful".

    She added: "It's upsetting to be described as chocolate, not just for me, but for all black women and black people. I do not find any humour in this. It is insulting and hurtful."


    ^ how she could LEAP to thinking the advet was racist is beyond me....if anything she PROVED the slogan was true, ergo she is a diva!
    To pull the race card for this is just pathetic and sums up Naomi :rolleyes:


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