EU forced to withdraw racist clip

The video, entitled Growing Together, features three men from ethnic minorities using martial arts skills apparently preparing to fight a white woman.

The ethnic characters include a threatening-looking Chinese man who shouts kung fu slogans, a sword-wielding Indian man and a dreadlocked black man and the woman wears a yellow dress, the color of the stars of the EU.

The woman stares at the men who are threatening her with marital art moves. She then multiplies herself to form a circle around the men who drop their weapons and sit down. The woman’s yellow outfit then turns into the stars of the EU.

The video shows the words “The more we are, the stronger we are,” at the end.

The European commission was accused of depicting other cultures in a racist manner and in stereotypes in the video, which was aimed at young audiences.

The Commission said it regretted that the video had been perceived as racist and apologized.

“We apologize to anyone who may have felt offended. Given these controversies, we have decided to stop the campaign immediately and to withdraw the video,” the official in charge of the Commission’s enlargement and neighborhood policy, Stefano Sannino said.

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