russian restaurant pulls ad with black man after death threats from far-right group

[KG]

Mary Ilyushina
Mon, August 30, 2021, 11:09 AM
Moscow — A Russian sushi delivery chain issued an apology on its social media accounts after posting an ad featuring a Black man. The restaurant's owner said he was bombarded by death threats from a nationalist hate group and forced to take down the advertisement.

Yobidoyobi, which has stores in 65 Russian cities, posted its first ad featuring a Black model — a man surrounded by three women with Slavic features — on August 14. It followed up on the campaign two weeks later posting another picture of the same man easting sushi, and the chain's social media accounts were quickly flooded with hateful comments.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/restaurant-apologizes-offending-people-black-150900495.html


no mystery why republicans have found so russia so appealing since trump

[WarGamer]

1. When I was in Russia, near the Urals in the late 90's...

Most people had never SEEN a black person in real life.

Many of those cities were formerly "closed cities" during the USSR era...

It's changed a lot... Moscow is VERY Cosmopolitan and diverse but the bigots are vocal.

[cinematicdiversions]

2. Honestly that isn't that unusual. You could live in Scotland or Northern Ireland and never have

seen a black man in real life growing up....

Or rural Connecticut or Maine, for that matter.

[chowder66]

3. They are insecure as fuck. nt

[FreepFryer]

4. This. (Nt)

[rickyhall]

5. That's where we could send our repugs, Russia.

[bigtree]

6. apparently russia's a very small nation

...in comparison.