Mercedes-Benz removes hot car ad with
Asian model over ‘slanted eye’ blowback
Posted By: Imright, 12/31/2021 12:12:31 PM
Mercedes-Benz’s latest hot car ad has caused Asian social media to blow up over ads featuring models sporting makeup that allegedly creates stereotypical “slanted eyes” which the Chinese find extremely offensive.The high-end German automaker removed the ad in deference to the Chinese from the social media network Weibo on Dec. 25 after a massive blowup over the “slanted eyes” issue.“Is there any beauty in this makeup?” one incensed critic wrote, according to the Global Times. “It is not [open for] interpretation. No Chinese will think this kind of ‘beauty’ is attractive,” another remarked.The Global Times, which is the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda outlet, claimed on Tuesday that the hashtag
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