The Chinese advertising firm responsible for the racist AF Chinese detergent commercial that went viral this week believes the foreign media is so sensitive. A spokesman for the cosmetics company that produces the detergent told China's Global Times, "We meant nothing but to promote the product, and we had never thought about the issue of racism. The foreign media might be too sensitive about the ad."
To recap the ad for those who are lucky enough to not have missed it, it shows a woman of Asian descent luring a black man into a washing machine, “cleaning” him with a detergent capsule, and then he emerges transformed as a man of Asian descent. And this had nothing to do with race? Right.
When the video went viral, many online rightfully expressed their disgust.
