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Dove is the latest marketer to find itself in hot water after it ran what many saw as a racist ad on Facebook last week.

While Unilever, which owns the Dove brand, is hardly the first to find itself embroiled in a public-relations crisis this year, experts say it's likely to take a bigger hit than the others.

That's because the Dove ad isn't just tone-deaf. More problematic is that its message seems to stands staunchly against everything that the company's much-praised, pro-women marketing has stood for over the past decade.

To read more about how this gaffe may have cost Dove one of its biggest advantages, click here.

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