re: #45 HappyWarrior

I think social media is really exposing a lot of what never left parts of white America. I still remember the freak out over an interracial couple in a Cherrios ad.

A couple of years back, Lidl used a black model in one of their ads (he was modeling a sweater or something IIRC). Well, there was a vertiable explosion of racism on Czech social media as a result.

However, Lidl not only continued using black models in their Czech advertising, but Marks & Spencer joined in the fun, using black models to advertise their clothes here at their stores…..and a lot of my students bemoaned that as result of that outburst of derp from some folks here who apparently soil themselves at the sight of anyone who’s a shade darker than themselves, Czech Republic has now acquired a reputation as “one of the most racist countries in Europe”.