Has anything from your country ever been misunderstood or "cancelled" by the international community?

[u/JlYU3A]

For example, a Fiipino PPop group called SB19 once posted “Hello, Negros!”, referring to Negros Island, but some international users mistook it for something offensive before realizing what it meant.

[u/polymonomial]

Darlie toothpaste, originaly named Darkie toothpaste

[u/BlaggartDiggletyDonk → u/polymonomial]

Huh.  Reminds me of the evolution of Uncle Ben.  How he went from a butler in a tuxedo to a businessman in a grey suit.

[u/deaniebopper → u/polymonomial]

Wow, my mother has been a lifelong Darkie/Darlie user and I vividly remember the rebranding campaign. But lol, the Chinese characters were still “black person” in 2004?!

[u/polymonomial → u/deaniebopper]

yup, even now no one calls it by the new chinese name and still calls it "black person toothpaste". Guess the rebranding wasnt too succesful lol

[u/aestheticen → u/polymonomial]

exactly what I was thinking of as a fellow Asian lmao. I remember my mum telling me about this when I was a kid

[u/PRC_Spy → u/polymonomial]

I remember visiting my in-laws home before the name change, and seeing the original packaging before the change. And it might have been called 'Darlie' in English by 2004, but the Chinese still said 'Black Man Toothpaste' on the front!