Italian Airline Apologizes For Promotional Video With Actor Playing Barack Obama in Blackface

An Italian airline has "deeply apologized" after one of its promotional videos featured an actor wearing blackface in an apparent attempt to portray former U.S. president Barack Obama.

Alitalia, Italy's flag carrier airline, quickly faced backlash on social media for the video, which was promoting the airline's new nonstop flight route from Rome to Washington.

An Italian airline has "deeply apologized" after one of its promotional videos featured an actor wearing blackface in an apparent attempt to portray former U.S. president Barack Obama. Alitalia, Italy's flag carrier airline, quickly faced backlash on social media for the video, which was promoting the airline's new nonstop flight route from Rome to Washington.