In the US and most of the West, this poster would have caused outrage and accusations of racism.

在美国和大多数西方国家，这张海报必然会引起愤怒和对种族歧歧视的谴责。

But in Thailand, an image of a woman in blackface and bright pink lipstick to promote a new "charcoal donut" wasn't deemed a big deal.

然而在泰国，用扮作黑人、抹着明粉色口红的女性来推销新款“炭烧甜甜圈”并不是什么大事。

The chief executive of the Thai franchise - whose daughter was the model - reportedly said at the time: "I don't get it. What's the big fuss? What if the product was white and I painted someone white, would that be racist?" But a spokesman for Dunkin' Brands apologised.

据报道，泰国连锁店的首席执行官 The use of blackface - which historically was used by non-black performers to represent a black person - is still used in some Asian countries. Last year, a company in China used it to promote a laundry detergent.

过去，非黑人表演者曾把脸涂黑以扮作黑人，这种方法在一些亚洲国家仍然沿用。去年，中国的一家企业曾用它来推销一款洗衣液。

中国一家化妆品有限公司去年发布的一则视频广告涉嫌种族歧视，之后发表声明道歉。

视频中，一名穿着脏衣服、脸上有污渍的黑人男子朝一名年轻的中国女子吹口哨并抛媚眼，这位中国女子把黑人男子叫过来，往他嘴里放了一颗洗衣溶珠，然后把他塞进洗衣机里。

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