PepsiCo pulls Mountain Dew ad deemed racist and misogynistic

The ad depicts an injured white woman identifying a suspect out of a lineup of black men; dubbed ‘most racist commercial in history.’

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The latest in a string of ads big companies have pulled from public consumption this spring is an online-only Mountain Dew ad in which a clearly injured woman is threatened by a goat in a police lineup.

Yes, that’s really what happens.

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