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Coke pulls offensive Christmas ad but faces backlash from indigenous rights group
2015-12-06 06:29:57| Beverages - Topix.net
Coca-Cola is under fire for an advertisement unveiled in Mexico, focusing on the indigenous Mixe community, that some believe struck a racist, colonialist and offensive tone. The ad features a group of model-like white teens driving to a remote community of Totontepec in the country's southern Oaxaca state, where they build a Christmas tree in a town square and begin handing out bottles of Coke.
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