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Skin Whitener Goes Too Far

Racist video pulled in Thailand.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Winners aren't racist and their messages aren't appearing in Thailand media. A Thai cosmetics company quickly pulled a video in which an actress wears blackface and promotes a skin whitener with the slogan: “You just need to be white to win.” The retraction did little, however, to stem a debate the ad ignited about the regularity of racist advertisements in the country.   The online ad for the new product called “Snowz” featured porcelain-skinned Thai movi...

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