I just saw an ad on ITV for Ariel non-bio washing powder. The advert featured an African woman, traditionally dressed and with her scarf tied around her hair, kissing a little boy goodbye and saying goodbye, all in a foreign language. (I don't know enough of any African language to know what language.) The thing is, the woman did not look like a wealthy city woman - the character (even if not the actress!) is clearly a country-dweller in what looks like a simple house. What on earth would a woman of that ilk want with Ariel washing powder? You put it in your washing machine, not your tub!
I just hope they are not selling their wares to poor people who really have better things to spend their money on. We all know about the Nestle baby milk scandal - their products are still not sold in student union shops in the UK because of that. I wonder if the makers of Ariel want a boycott on that scale.
Assalamu Alakum,
maybe I am the only one, but what was Nestle baby milk scandal?
As-Salaamu 'alaikum,
It refers to Nestle selling baby milk to mothers in developing countries and encouraging them to use it when breast milk, even from an undernourished mother or from another woman, is in fact usually preferable. The fact that in some of these countries the women don't have access to clean drinking water makes it even worse.