Black person wooed by Ku Klux Klan in modelling clay ad

 

LONDON - The German agency Scholz & Friends has created a poster campaign for Becks Modelling Clay, featuring clay models of people from opposing religious and racial backgrounds living together in harmony.

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Becks Modelling Clay... achieves religious & racial harmony
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One of the ad dioramas features a member of the Ku Klux Klan handing a black person a bunch of flowers, while another sees a Hasidic Jew dancing with a man wearing a turban.

Each of the executions features the strap line "Let the kids build a better world" in a bid to communicate to modern parents that Becks Modelling Clay can support a child's creativity.

 

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Jude Nicholls - 03 March 2009

Why would anyone give credence/publicity to the Ku Klux Klan? Certainly wouldn't want my young kids being 'educated' about them or ever thinking about making clay figures of them.

 
Arif Durrani

Arif Durrani - 03 March 2009

Is KKK a religion or America's oldest hate group? All very misplaced. Why stop there - the Hasidic Jew could be dancing with Hitler.

 

Helen Ketchin - 03 March 2009

definitely impactful but is it effective? http://ahamill6.blogspot.com/

 

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