In subsequent frames, the woman reaches down and lifts up her shirt (and apparently the rest of her skin/costume) to reveal a smiling white woman. But many angry and befuddled Dove lovers spent the weekend wondering what mark Dove was trying to hit in the first place. Was Dove saying that inside every Black woman is a smiling red-headed white woman? And perhaps the biggest question of all: Did Dove really believe that the ad would make more people of colour want to buy its products? In May, Rhimes produced a short film for Dove about the woman who started the “Fat Girls Dance” group.

Source: thestar October 08, 2017 23:48 UTC