Naomi Osaka Cut Ties With Sponsor Because Of Whitewashing Her Picture

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Breh13 said:
Lmao. Fr.

Ask some Japanese about this and they’ll wave it saying it’s just a generic look. When most of their popular shyt, not a iota of their characters looks Asian other than the language. Some weird shyt.
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What's even weirder is Japan is one of the most xenophobic nations in the world. So it's like a reverse of how cacs do. They fetishize the European look but let a westerner try to start a business in Japan...
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she is acknowledging the fact she is biracial, not black. You guys are looking way too into this and giving her too much praise.

If she dates a non-black man all hell will break loose even though she has never said anything bad about black people.

Also, why does she go by her mother's last name and not her father's?
 
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Money Mase said:
Osaka, Sponsor Nissin Part Ways After Ad Depicted Her Skin As Pale

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January 24, 2019
TOKYO — Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka says she hopes her sponsors will consult with her about how they portray her, but her focus is on her game as she heads into the final at the Australian Open.

Osaka was asked about criticism over one of her main sponsors, Nissin Foods Holdings, after they took down an online ad campaign that depicted her with pale skin after it was criticized as insensitive. Critics said the depiction does not reflect Osaka's biracial background
''I've talked to them. They've apologized,'' Osaka said. ''I'm tan. It's pretty obvious.''

Osaka said she didn't think the ad was intended to ''whitewash'' her.

''But I definitely think that the next time they try to portray me or something, I feel like they should talk to me about it,'' she told reporters in Melbourne.

Osaka used her smooth power to beat Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the semifinals Thursday.

''I'm just focused on this right now. I've gotten to the final of a slam, and that's sort of my main priority,'' she said.

Daisuke Okabayashi, a spokesman for Japanese noodle-maker Nissin Foods Holdings, said Thursday the company meant no disrespect for diversity with its the two animation clips that went up earlier this month and were deleted from the company's online site Wednesday.

''We as a company put human rights first, and our stance of valuing diversity is unchanged,'' he said in a telephone interview

Okabayashi said the ads were approved by Osaka's agent, but the company was later asked to take them down. He said the company continues to support Osaka and did not want the flap to be a distraction.

Nissin became Osaka's corporate sponsor in November 2016, joining a list of companies, such as Nissan Motor Co. and the watch brand Citizen, hoping to cash in on a level of stardom that's rare among Japanese athletes.

Osaka's appeal has grown in Japan since she beat Serena Williams in last year's U.S. Open. Her performance at the Australian Open has topped daily news coverage.

It's not the first time Japan has been criticized for insensitivity to diversity issues, including race, nationality, gender and sexual orientation. Osaka's visibility and natural charm are seen as contributions to Japan's acceptance of racial and other differences.

Baye McNeil, an American who has lived in Japan for more than a decade, said Japanese are often unaware of what might upset a global audience. His commentary in The Japan Times, a local English-language daily, was among the first to express outrage over the Nissin ad.
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I don't think it's a stretch for Nissin to get artists to fix future ads. It's all computer graphics.

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