Ashton Kutcher ad in Indian ‘Brownface’ Pulled for Racism

Juan Cole 05/03/2012

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Ashton Kutcher’s ad for Popchips, playing an Indian character in brown make-up, has had to be pulled over charges of stereotyping and racism, reports ITN:

Reaction from Manan Ahmed, @sepoy:

Dear US media: Just remember, it is only Arabs you can be racist about.

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page