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Ancestry is pulling ad with apparent slavery-era theme [CNBC]

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Ancestry is pulling ad with apparent slavery-era theme Genealogy company Ancestry has apologized for a commercial that depicted a Civil War slavery theme and said it is in the process of pulling the ad from television. The spot, titled "Inseparable," depicted a white man urging a black women to "escape to the North … across the border" to be together. The ad then cut to black with the text, "Without you, the story stops here," with a voiceover reading "Uncover the lost chapters of your family history with Ancestry." The ad from began rolling out in Canada two other spots The spot was widely criticized on Twitter, where one called it "abhorrent" and another said it creates an "irresponsible, ahistorical depiction of the relationship between white men & black women during the period of chattel slavery that completely disregards its power dynamics & the trauma of sexual exploitation." Another said "We shouldn't whitewash history through media." tweet In an emailed statement to CNBC, a co Show less Read more
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