A TV advert for Sanex shower gel which showed black skin as cracked and white skin as smooth has been banned for reinforcing a racial stereotype. The ad shows two models with dark skin - one has itchy ...

A TV ad for Sanex shower gel has been banned for reinforcing the offensive racial stereotype that black skin was “problematic” and that white skin was “superior”, a watchdog has said. The Advertising ...

UK regulators have banned a TV commercial for Sanex shower gel after ruling that it “could be interpreted as suggesting that white skin was superior to black skin.” The Advertising Standards Authority ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. An advert for Sanex shower gel, owned by Colgate-Palmolive, has been banned after the UK’s advertising watchdog ...

The UK has banned a TV advertisement for Sanex gel which showed black skin as cracked and white skin as smooth, perpetuating racial stereotypes. The shower ad also upholds the view that dark skin is ...

A TV advert for Sanex shower gel has been banned for reinforcing an offensive racial stereotype, a watchdog has said. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that the advert, seen in June, ...

NEW YORK -- Colgate-Palmolive Co. said Wednesday it is buying the shower gel and deodorant brand Sanex for 672 million euros ($940 million) from Unilever PLC in a move to expand its personal care ...

A Sanex shower gel advert has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for reinforcing an offensive racial stereotype. The watchdog ruled that the ad, which suggested Black skin was ...