The Democratic Alliance, a moderate-liberal opposition party, is in hot water with some whites and blacks after the party's student wing put out this ad. From The Washington Post (hat tip: theGrio.com): "It’s been nearly 20 years since apartheid in South Africa ended, but one political poster depicting an interracial couple has caused a furor throughout the country. The poster, which depicts a white man and a black woman in a presumably nude embrace was created by the student wing of the Democratic Alliance party’s student wing. The tagline reads: 'In OUR future, you wouldn’t look twice.'"
The article continues: "While many have been supportive of its message, some have taken issue with the poster’s supposed promotion of sex. Others have traded racist remarks on the Democratic Alliance Youth’s Facebook page, with one commenter posting a photo of an all-white, blonde family with the remark 'Now that’s how it should be!' People who do not support the poster have also made parody versions of the image that some might consider to be more offensive."
More: "Some black South Africans have objected to the fact that the man is white and the woman is black, because it implies a certain dominance among traditional cultures. 'Who is the head of a house? Yes, a man, and the man makes the choices and the women listens,' wrote one commenter on the Facebook page. 'So to some it has been offensive that the man is white and the woman is black, because it places the black nation under the head of the house, so to speak.'"
Interracial Political Ad Sparks Controversy In South Africa
