Ancestry pulls ad that appears to romanticize slavery after backlash
In the genealogy company’s commercial, a white man gives a black woman a ring and says they can ‘escape to the north’
Ancestry.ca, the Canadian outpost of the genealogy site Ancestry.com, has taken down an ad that was criticized for appearing to romanticize slavery. It was deemed an irresponsible retelling of an already reprehensible history.
ooooh my god LMAOOO who approved this ancestry commercial??? pic.twitter.com/Isy0k4HTMA