All Articles Tagged "print ads"
Black Men Not Civilized Enough for Nivea
(CNN) — Cutting edge or just cutting? Skin care company Nivea has offered a mea culpa for an ad that became quite the trending sensation on Twitter Wednesday. The advert for Nivea for Men appeared in the September issue of Esquire magazine and featured a clean-cut, African-American male holding what appeared to be a mask of a black man with an Afro hair style and a beard. The copy accompanying the ad read, “Look Like You Give a Damn. Re-civilize Yourself.”
