Wednesday, 28 March 2018

Heineken removes ad after Chance the Rapper calls it 'terribly racist'

Ad featured a bottle sliding past several black people before stopping at a lighter-skinned woman, with the tagline ‘lighter is better’

Heineken has removed a commercial for its light beer after some complaints that it was racist.

The ad featured a bartender sliding a bottle of Heineken Light. The bottle passes several black people before it arrives to a lighter-skinned woman. The tag line: Sometimes lighter is better.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2GbnjVn

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