{"id":8886,"date":"2012-05-02T18:15:25","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T18:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colorlines.madeostudio.com\/article\/afro-dish-sponges-funny-or-racist\/"},"modified":"2012-05-02T18:15:25","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T18:15:25","slug":"afro-dish-sponges-funny-or-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colorlines.com\/article\/afro-dish-sponges-funny-or-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"Afro Dish Sponges: Funny or Racist?"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block-intro-article-fullwidth block-article-intro background-beige\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row \">\n            <div class=\"col-lg-10 col-12 text-col\">\n                                <h3 class=\"large-title block-title\">Afro Dish Sponges: Funny or Racist?<\/h3>\n                                <p class=\"para-2 info\">\n                    <span>By Hatty Lee<\/span>                    <span>May 02, 2012<\/span>\n                                                      <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-12 img-col\">\n              <div class=\"share-holder background-beige d-lg-none d-block\">\n                <div class=\"btns share-btn background-beige\">\n                  <span>Share<\/span>\n                  <div class=\"links\">\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Afro+Dish+Sponges%3A+Funny+or+Racist%3F&amp;url=https:\/\/colorlines.com\/article\/afro-dish-sponges-funny-or-racist\/\"  aria-label=\"social twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer?u=https:\/\/colorlines.com\/article\/afro-dish-sponges-funny-or-racist\/&amp;t='Afro+Dish+Sponges%3A+Funny+or+Racist%3F\" aria-label=\"social facebook\"><span>Faceook<\/span><\/a>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Colorlines : Afro+Dish+Sponges%3A+Funny+or+Racist%3F&amp;body=Afro+Dish+Sponges%3A+Funny+or+Racist%3F%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttps:\/\/colorlines.com\/article\/afro-dish-sponges-funny-or-racist\/\"  aria-label=\"social email\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n                <section class=\"block-article-content background-beige\">\n                    <div class=\"container\">\n                        <div class=\"row align-items-end\">\n                            <div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-10 col-12 content-col\">\n                              <div class=\"richtext\">\n                                <p>The British company Paladone released a line of dishwashing sponges based on African-Americans with Afro hairstyles. One figure is shaped like Diana Ross with a brillo pad hairstyle and another is a disco-styled sponge. Paladone said that these were designed to be fun and sales have been high. 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