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Sony Takes Down ‘Racist’ Billboards

Published on July 13, 2006
Sony's billboards for its new white PlayStation Portable which were posted in the Netherlands have been called racist, and Sony has taken them down and apologized, the eCommerce Times reports. The billboards in question showed a white woman dressed in white "threateningly" grabbing the face of a black girl, along with copy that read, "PlayStation Portable White is coming," according to the article.