Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
No Result
View All Result
Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
Home DramaAlert

Heinz apologizes for two racist ads about Black people

rmtsa by rmtsa
October 8, 2024
in DramaAlert
0
Heinz apologizes for two racist ads about Black people
74
SHARES
1.2k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


You might also like

Basketball Player Jailed For Cannabis Gummies In Indonesia

Every Must-See Celebrity Sighting at Paris Fashion Week S/S 2026

R&CPMK To Undergo Restructuring As Part Of Parent IPG’s Cost-Savings Plan

Heinz apologizes for two racist ads about Black people

Source: Education Images / Getty

 

After all the egregious race-related faux pas that companies have made over the years, it boggles the mind that an ad so flagrant could get the stamp of approval presumably after numerous c-suite executives and dozens of advertising and marketing people laid eyes on it. At a certain point, it becomes difficult to write such offenses off as “blind spots” and the benefit of the doubt is eclipsed by justified cynicism.

The most recent victim of a racist ideology, whether implicit or explicit, is Heinz. The famed ketchup and tomato product manufacturer is taking fire from outraged social media users who were made aware of an advertisement that Nels Abbey, a writer for The Guardian, flagged while waiting for the train at Vauxhall tube station in London.

The oversized billboard depicts a wedding scene where a Black woman is gleefully eating a forkful of sauce-dripping pasta noodles while her white groom looks on. Also pictured are two older white people who are assumed to be his parents, mother and father. Here lies the rub. The only other person in the picture is an older Black woman who one would reasonably assume represents the Black bride’s mother. However, no father is depicted. This might come across as innocuous to some and others might not think of it at all but what does it say about a company that seemingly tried to inject racial diversity into its messaging and yet still failed to secure the bag?

Abbey took to his experience seeing the ad for the first time and wrote about the dangers of perpetuated stereotypes in society for The Guardian:

Admittedly, the stats on single parenthood look notably vicious for Black communities. The figure in England and Wales increased from 48.5% in 2011 to 51.0% in 2021.

However, in Black communities, the synonymizing of single parenthood with deadbeat fatherhood is an error. As in all communities, it is not uncommon for Black or multi-racial parents to break up or to be unmarried, but it is increasingly unusual for Black fathers not to play a super-active role in the lives of their children. The stereotypes we inherited from yesteryear are yet to be updated and are crowded out by statistics that don’t paint a full picture.

For their part, Heinz apologized for the ad telling The Independent:

“We always appreciate members of the public’s perspective on our campaigns. We understand how this ad could have unintentionally perpetuated negative stereotypes.

“We extend our deepest apologies and will continue to listen, learn, and improve to avoid this happening again in the future.”

However, here’s where we circle back to the part about how difficult it is to extend the courtesy of the benefit of the doubt to these corporate entities. Just days after the wedding ad debacle, Heinz was back “apologizing” for more racist imagery in their advertising…

A white Tik Tok user called @StuffAboutAdvertising took notice of the controversy and got varied reactions from Black folks about their interpretations of the ad.

What say you? How do you feel about these Heinz ads? Are you willing to give the benefit of the doubt that there was no racist intent?

 





Source link

Tags: AdsApologizesBlackHeinzPeopleRacist
Share30Tweet19
rmtsa

rmtsa

Recommended For You

Basketball Player Jailed For Cannabis Gummies In Indonesia

by rmtsa
October 4, 2025
0
Basketball Player Jailed For Cannabis Gummies In Indonesia

by Cedric 'BIG CED' Thornton October 3, 2025 'They’re making it seem like I’m this big drug dealer. Why would I bring the candy here to sell? It...

Read more

Every Must-See Celebrity Sighting at Paris Fashion Week S/S 2026

by rmtsa
October 3, 2025
0
Every Must-See Celebrity Sighting at Paris Fashion Week S/S 2026

Jenna Ortega attends the Givenchy Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on October 3, 2025 in Paris, France Getty Jenna Ortega attends the Givenchy...

Read more

R&CPMK To Undergo Restructuring As Part Of Parent IPG’s Cost-Savings Plan

by rmtsa
October 3, 2025
0
R&CPMK To Undergo Restructuring As Part Of Parent IPG’s Cost-Savings Plan

EXCLUSIVE: Changes are coming for R&CPMK. Rumors started circulating a couple of weeks ago that the veteran PR agency, owned by Interpublic Group, will be dissolving. While that...

Read more

Lori Loughlin, Mossimo Giannulli separate after 27 years of marriage – National

by rmtsa
October 3, 2025
0
Lori Loughlin, Mossimo Giannulli separate after 27 years of marriage – National

Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli have separated after 27 years of marriage. The Full House actor, 61, and the fashion designer, 62, “are living apart and taking a break from...

Read more

Donald Trump Adviser Says ICE Agents Will Be At Super Bowl

by rmtsa
October 3, 2025
0
Donald Trump Adviser Says ICE Agents Will Be At Super Bowl

After hearing comments from Bad Bunny about wanting to protect his fans, a Donald Trump advisor wants people to know that nowhere in the United States is “safe”...

Read more
Next Post
Diddy Allegedly Appears Alongside Celebs In Sextapes

Diddy Allegedly Appears Alongside Celebs In Sextapes

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Browse by Category

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized

CATEGORIES

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized
No Result
View All Result

Recent News

  • Tyrese Gibson’s Dogs Roam Free In New Video After Neighbor’s Dog Dies
  • Basketball Player Jailed For Cannabis Gummies In Indonesia
  • Diddy Sentenced To 4 Years In Prison – He & His Kids Pled For Mercy In Court

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In