A new ad for Dior featuring Johnny Depp has been pulled after being accused of ‘cultural appropriation.’ As Fox News reports:
Johnny Depp, the face of Dior’s ad campaign for a $150 cologne called “Sauvage,” is being accused of “racism” and “cultural appropriation” against Native Americans.
Early Friday night, the French luxury giant started wiping “We are the Land” teaser videos of the “authentic journey deep into the Native American soul,” which was set for release Sept. 1 from Twitter and Instagram after widespread backlash online.
Depp, who has been repping Sauvage since 2015, is the voice in the video that shows a woman wearing a wolf skin and a man dressed in traditional Native American dancing in the desert, but beyond the imagery, many were upset by the language used by the campaign.
“‘Sauvage’ is the word the racist mobs were screaming when they stoned Mohawk civilians during the Oka crisis,” one user tweeted.
Dior Sauvage Parfum, 2019 – new commercial starring Johnny Depp ????????#DiorSauvage #JohnnyDepp pic.twitter.com/Stgz0zssFi
— MadDepphead (@deppsvideos) August 28, 2019
Has the liberal mob finally gone too far this time?
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