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There is a lot of anger on social media because of an advertisement for a Chinese laundry detergent. Some newspapers are it could the most racist advert ever . The commercial was for the washing detergent company Qiaobi. In the ad, a young Chinese woman a detergent tablet into the mouth of a black man. She him into a washing machine, closes the lid and then it on. The next scene the result of the wash – the black man has into a white Chinese man. The woman looks happy when she sees the fairer-skinned man. The ad is a month old but viral 24 hours ago, after it was shared on social media.

Many news agencies are the ad because of its racist content. The website Buzzfeed it, the "most racist ad of 2016". It said the ad would you feel dirty. It wrote: "The commercial will likely you feeling like you need a shower." One blogger complained that: "Chinese companies fail to understand the sensitivity of racism, which is a shame, but common in China." Another blogger : "How can these marketing people no knowledge of racism?" The owner of Qiaobi the BBC that he didn't the ad was racist until someone it out. He said: "To be honest, I didn't really that much attention to the advertisement."