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Hooray! My first 'most viral'. I was just messing about eating pizza with this one. Send money!
Jun 27, 2020 8:59 PM
thelemontreeepisode
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Hooray! My first 'most viral'. I was just messing about eating pizza with this one. Send money!
CakeShapedPie
Im curious what advertising we have that will seem super racist in the future, but im not really sure if this is it.
casbott
Self tanning lotion ??
SirDuddleZboob
The idiotic things corporations will do to be on their target demographic's side amaze me
Knightendae
To pretend like it doesn't exist is stupid we are different colors. How we treat people, or say nothing against injustice. That's the issue
Thickinthewarm
This is why giving words is a bad idea. Words have no power, context has power.
DewiMorgan
How does this relate to police brutality?
neckingduringschindlerslist
I “love” how we’ve decided that teeth should be white. They are not supposed to be white. Healthy teeth are slightly yellow/bone colored.
EroticZombiePants
Companies with an idea decided that, not us.
VodkaReindeer
Would you like to know more? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-24/ads-insensitive-to-black-people-are-still-common-in-asia
paYaZ0
Fun fact: Colgate means hung yourself in Spanish (Argentinian)
BSPlissken
You never go full retard.
AtsaMattaForMe
HebiNoOnna
Teeth are now skincare?
UnitXc
yea so people with bad skin cant try to even out their skin tone because thats offensive, so you gotta look piebald for the snowflakes.
FailedCrate
Also: L'oreal is part of Nestle. So fuck 'em anyways.
TheRickest
But their going to stick with Amber Heard. Okay.
Bystandr
Its so hard to be inclusive. The knee jerk the other way often is just as racist and senseless.
RatioEssendi
Once the US has "fixed racism" it will, like it always does, start parading around the world telling other people not to want to be white/1
RatioEssendi
such as the many cultures where paler skin is considered (rightly or wrongly) more desirable. Let those people fix their own issues? Hell/2
RatioEssendi
no we're the US! We know what's best for all the darkies just like the British Empire did! And stop smoking cannabis!
33WhiskeyTX
Nahh, they're still trying to figure out what to do about their name being Spanish for "hang yourself"
nothingelsetodo
“Brightening”?
RedneckFrank
their skin to look more light skin and it's a terrible unhealthy thing and its racist so they should prolly just pull those products
RedneckFrank
it's really bleaching, but it's more indicative of the fact that we as a society prefer lighter skin. dark skinned women often fuck up
axtonthecomando55
Big book of British Teeth.
insongwhang
It has a lot of variety between the chapters
RedKale
RedKale
黑人牙膏. Black Person Toothpaste, owned by Colgate. Popular brand in Asia.
VodkaReindeer
The most popular in China. Darlie is the "fixed" version of the original name, Darkie.
trogmaniac
Still waiting for all white cars getting vandalized, they're clearly racist.
joe50
And darkening?
Qualtagh
Where do you see that?
bemurray814
It's called crack/meth. Next seasons hot shit.
RedneckFrank
that... doesn't exist
rayfay
I feel like people are really missing the part where it says they're removing it from SKINCARE items, not toothpaste/oral care items, FFS.
DirtyImmaturePottymouthedSmartass
Black teeth matter. Divert funding from dentistry that targets teeth of color and spend it on softer foods.
bemurray814
Crack for everyone
sureasyourebornyourenevergoingtoseenounicorn
The problem is with skin bleaching products, which can be quite harmful, and the intent is to lighten skin tone.
ErniesWidow
And just look what it did to Michael Jackson.
alexbogason10
Yeah, I heard from a trustworthy source that injecting bleach is good for you. You become whiter and bacteria and viruses will hate you.
somethingslightlyclever
I mean the only place I really see this is in Asia.... and I doubt they’re gonna change their branding.
sureasyourebornyourenevergoingtoseenounicorn
Africa has a lot of skin bleaching products as well
Datmemeboii
Fair&Lovely, the most sold fairness cream in India has dropped "Fair" from its name.
SqueakerBot
I've definitely stocked this at Walmarts in Michigan.
keyblader1985
All we want is to not get murdered by cops...
Boerjang
and why are white teeth better than yellow teeth?!?!
Cheomesh
Costs more.
tooomanystevesgotbanned
Teeth are naturally off-white.
vrflyer
Some peeps teeth stain easily no letter how much they whiten them.
hobojones85
lungbudda
White teeth are privileged teeth! Change my mind!
Padreda
they are not bad health wise but they are simply not attractive, I didn't make the rules it's just how it is
ruint
helth
SonOfTheDarkStranger
Yellow teeth matter!
spoodermon
it's an American thing to make your teeth White
Barkinsons
It's a cultural thing, Americans seem to be way more obsessed with shiny white teeth than Europeans
breadedfishstrip
Those porcelain white fake chiclet teeth a lot of celebs have creep me the fuck out
STGxDante
They actually aren't. Teeth have a natural yellow to them. Whitening makes them more brittle.
asm80dfa8sdfj
Fair but most people mean yellow when they say yellow, not off white or manila.
RatioEssendi
wait... is "manila" racist too?
STGxDante
Sexist*
thelemontreeepisode
If the yellow teeth done nothing wrong, they have nothing to fear.
neckingduringschindlerslist
SecondAccountforDoingOtherShit
skipweasel
Black teeth matter!
VirtualDeej
This made me cry!
OPsFather
All Teeth Matter!
GrimmCanuck
sr5punk
DoDucHuy
As a Vietnamese, black teeth used to be the standard for feminine beauty. Till the French came and forced change on all of us
Kellboy69
I prefer the term "teeth of color"
twocowgarage
Teeth yellow with age. Whiter teeth make you look younger... in theory.
RatioEssendi
It reflects strength of enamel. For instance, my pet rats have front incisors that are bright orange and can chew through concrete.
twocowgarage
What color are goat’s teeth?
RatioEssendi
You mean the animal you can tell how old it is by how worn and broken the teeth are?
RingSting
Could be a UK vs US thing. UK prioritise healthy teeth, US prioritise good looking teeth.
myLowerbackHurts
Movies
tooomanystevesgotbanned
Teeth are naturally off-white.
IDownvoteAllPoliticalPosts
Mine are naturally more yellowish than white. Dunno white, but many dentists say there's nothing wrong with em
DiplomChiller
Television and advertising gives a wrong expectations, most actors have bleached teeth. Natural teeth are shades of yellow-white
Kleinstlebewesen
the dentin inside your tooth is usually yellowish, it shines trough the outer layers and every person has different colour.totally normal
LurkerOfDarkness
White is an unnatural colour for teeth, a quite pale yellow is the natural colour.
hippocampus
americans are obsessed with white teeth. and therefore everything the rest of the world sees on screen is too.
filben7
Funfact: Literally NO ONE ever has said that sort of wording is problematic. More corporate stupidity that does nothing helpful.
PJVeddersGirl
Well, it helps with division so there's that. S/
33WhiskeyTX
10 Second Google search: https://theconversation.com/dove-real-beauty-and-the-racist-history-of-skin-whitening-85446
RedneckFrank
uh wrong
RedneckFrank
not that it's not helpful but it is indicative of our bias towards lighter skin. but you're right it doesn't solve the problem
TheVapeCrusader
You've clearly never heard of cancel culture
ChickenFingerFingers
Not here, in other countries. People use whitening products to look white as it's considered more beautiful and that they don't work outside
RogerTwoThree
Meh
sweetnaivety
SKIN whitening is a problem, mostly in darker skinned countries outside the US and especially in Asia. Nobody cares about teeth whitening.
SherMattLockSmith
They aren't removing the word "whitening", they are removing skin whitening creams to prevent the stereotype that white skin is better.
BassNAss
I'm convinced corporate HR is running the world.
realpersonjacob
It's girls. Source: Beyonce
belljay68512
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EOX_2n_WsAAhdZE.jpg
LuminousExpanse
well, i'm sure a few- and i do mean a few- have, and probably troll accounts noless. corporate HR peeps are just clueless to all this
alwaysthecheesegrater
In some places (darker skinned Asia) "whitening" skincare is actually very common. And it is problematic.
gossegotha
In India there are products that are absolutely about race and caste. And people have said the wording is problematic.
OnlyPositiveFavourites
Mm yeah but its problematic in Asian countries how whiteness is a more valued shade than tan skin. & whitening products encourage that.
lazlo09
My filipina gf used whitening products before. I made her stop it cuz i love her natural tan color.
LuminousExpanse
is that a western problem, tho?
TheWombatStrikesAgain
Not just Asia, it's happening in Africa too. At least the subsaharan part, don't know about the north.
mehmeup
Nope, it is deep-rooted in their Culture. In parts of Asia individual with darker skin is associated with someone who does physical work.
mehmeup
It has nothing to do with race, it is a caste thing.
imanatheistdebateme
Why is that problematic?
OnlyPositiveFavourites
Rejecting your natural look in favour of another "race" causes people to hate their own bodies.
imanatheistdebateme
Under that logic, anything other than nudity is problematic.
drame
That doesnt have to be race based. Throughout history light skin has always been seen as prettier due to what it implied.
dan144
If anyone wants an example of how serious this can get, look up older and recent pics of Sammy Sosa.
33WhiskeyTX
Quick google search shows you do not have firm grasp on the definition of "literally"
Qualtagh
Did you google the definition of "hyperbole"?
33WhiskeyTX
So you used "literally" for hyperbole? Thats LITERALLY the oposite reason to use literally.
Qualtagh
Wasn't my comment but yes, hyperboles are always "wrong". That's just how they work.
33WhiskeyTX
No, I will die on this petty hill. Literally is meant to distinguish from hyperbole or metaphor. Its absolutely wrong in this context.
echonite
"literally" being used to mean "figuratively" and the like, dates back a few hundreds of years.
33WhiskeyTX
No it doesn't. It dates back to an SNL skit which mocks people who use it that way. It is used as an exact opposite of "figuratively".
VodkaReindeer
You're wrong https://www.dictionary.com/browse/literally?r=75&src=ref&ch=dic
33WhiskeyTX
"it appears in all but the most carefully edited writing." Then I will be the carefully edited!
33WhiskeyTX
Oxford dictionary describes this use as the informal use. So I will cling to my formal usage like a tick and die when removed.