Slavery, But Make It a Bodice-Ripper: Ancestry.com to Pull Offensive, Ahistorical Ad
by Anne Branigin from on (#4DG8V)
The DNA testing company Ancestry.com says it's pulling an ad depicting a mixed-race couple during antebellum slavery after a furious-and well-deserved-backlash accusing the company of romanticizing and whitewashing the reality of interracial sexual relationships during that period.