Dunkin' Donuts apologizes for blackface ad campaign in Thailand

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51. You are right about the Far East, Thailand and Darkie/Darlie Toothpaste

I appreciate at least one person here who sees this racism



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlie

I spent 3 years in Thailand and this was the # 1 selling toothpaste

Darkie, is a toothpaste brand of Hawley & Hazel Chemical Company. The package featured an image of a wide-eyed, smiling dark-skinned black male wearing a top hat, monocle and bow-tie, very similar to the Golliwogg in England.

In 1990, after Colgate-Palmolive acquired Hawley & Hazel, the English name of the toothpaste was changed to Darlie. The Chinese name of the brand, "黑人牙膏" (in English, "Black Person Toothpaste&quot , remains the same, and a Chinese-language advertising campaign reassured customers that "Black Person Toothpaste is still Black Person Toothpaste"

The toothpaste remains popular in some Asian countries such as The People's Republic of China, Malaysia, and Thailand.The brand received a kick of both popularity and infamy in 2004, after the toothpaste, along with other Afrophobic brands were featured in CSA: Confederate States of America which showed it as a fictional brand in the alternate history the film as set in, and the credits after the film revealed it, along with most of the other brands, as being real brands in history.