Japanese Airline's 'Whiteface' Commercial

By Albert Lin


Americans are familiar with the concept of Blackface and yellowface. In Japan, an airline apparently thought it was OK to use whiteface.

All Nippon Airways (ANA) has pulled an advertisement that ran in Japan during one weekend in mid-January after the commercial drew charges of racism from English-speaking viewers.

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