It is not offensive to YOU, and you don't seem to have to ability to understand that you are not the only human being who lives on this planet, and that every single person is an individual. Try to branch out a little bit. I actually understand what you are saying about the whole ad, the 3rd woman, but you can't seem to get it through your head that the black to white transformation is unacceptable, and don't bother trying to understand why. There is a long and rich history of soap companies using black people to sell soap. If you read some history on this, and had the ability to try to understand others, you might learn something. No, the world is not frustratingly simple - it's many-layered with millions of shades of gray.