Another day, another brand misunderstanding how to sensitively approachdiversity in their advertising campaigns.

This time it's Dove who have been forced to bothremove and apologise for anadvert posted to Facebook after it was met with widespread condemnation for its racist connotations.

'Watch Munroe Bergdorf talk racism, sticking to your beliefs and being fired from L'Oreal below...'

If you didn't see it, the ad showed a black woman stripping off her brown t-shirt to reveal a white woman 'underneath' her skin. The white woman then took off her t-shirt to reveal a woman of Asian origin.

Bearing in mind the advert was for bodywash, it has unsurprisingly been met with criticism with many questioning why Dove would choose to feature the dark-skinned woman seeming to 'turnwhite'.

As one commenter remarked on Facebook:"The message conveyed to me was that the Black Woman is dirty and once you use Dove soap, you’ll be clean and White."

Dove have since apologised for any offense caused with the following statement:

Still, it does make you question how thisand countless other racially insensitive ads made by various other major brands- and you only have to rememberKendall Jenner and thatPepsi fiasco earlier this year to see that it's happening again and again- are being approved by what you can only assume are large teams of people working on theseadvertising campaigns. Just how many people signed off on this ad and yet never even thought that perhaps it might just cause offense to PoC?

And while taking responsibility and apologisingis 'something', is it really enough? Director Ava DuVernay isn't convinced and points out that brands need to be better informed. Posting on Twitter, sheresponded: "You can do better than 'missed the mark.'Flip + diminishing. Deepens your offense. You do good work. Have been for years. Do better here."

She's not the only one who feels this way either:

Interestingly, diversity and inclusivity are something thatmore and more brands are choosing to incorporate into their marketing, and while it is undoubtedlygreat to see the traditionally very white, thin, straight and privileged beauty idealsbeing challenged in the media, it's also important to recognise thatthese diverse identities shouldn't be used as mere trends.

Being black or plus size or LGBTQ+ isn't just something that should be used to push a product and if you aren't making a concerted effort to really understand the social and political issues affectingthese identities, should you really be using them to further your brand image at all?

Something to think about, but if you agree or think we've got it wrong thendrop us a tweet to @MTVUK already.