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That VW commerical was hilarious. If you have anything against it, kill yo self.
I texted my roommate from college who is from Jamaica. He thought it was funny.
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That VW commerical was hilarious. If you have anything against it, kill yo self.
Wasnt racist, I just thought it was corny as hell.That VW commerical was hilarious. If you have anything against it, kill yo self.
Disregarding the fact that there are Jamaicans of European and Asian descent, I don't see how categorizing a group of people as happy, optimistic, and relaxed could be deemed offensive.that VW commercial wasn't racist. the more i watch it the more i find the claim less substantiated and the commercial more funny.
CHILL WINSTON
The Dodge commercial hushed the entire room where I was watching the game and had everyone quiet and watching. It was effective.
So if the stereotype were that, say, a group of people are good at math and martial arts, that can't be offensive? Make the same commercial with a math tutor product for students and give them Charlie Chan voices. Offensive yet?Disregarding the fact that there are Jamaicans of European and Asian descent, I don't see how categorizing a group of people as happy, optimistic, and relaxed could be deemed offensive.that VW commercial wasn't racist. the more i watch it the more i find the claim less substantiated and the commercial more funny.
CHILL WINSTON
Reminded me of William Munny's commercial from last year. It was my favorite commercial, besides the "Where do babies come from?"This.The Dodge commercial hushed the entire room where I was watching the game and had everyone quiet and watching. It was effective.
Best commercial IMO.
Disregarding the fact that there are Jamaicans of European and Asian descent, I don't see how categorizing a group of people as happy, optimistic, and relaxed could be deemed offensive.that VW commercial wasn't racist. the more i watch it the more i find the claim less substantiated and the commercial more funny.
CHILL WINSTON
So if the stereotype were that, say, a group of people are good at math and martial arts, that can't be offensive? Make the same commercial with a math tutor product for students and give them Charlie Chan voices. Offensive yet?
Just because the stereotype is "positive" doesn't mean that it can't also be demeaning.
All stereotypes are reductive in some way, but some of these "positive" stereotypes also connote submissiveness and docility, and strip away anything that isn't consonant with entertainment and servitude, e.g. Matt Lauer's happy memories of "island time." What you're left with isn't a complete, independent person - but a novel, nonthreatening enabler whose primary utility, in this case, is to help you "relax."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Negro
Expand that from one character to an entire nationality.
If it doesn't bother you, that's your opinion - but that doesn't mean that any and all complaints about the ad are invalid. It just means that they don't bother you.
Commercial was offensive and racist but you wouldn't understand that because it plays into your republican right wing shtickda dodge ram commercial was deep, i know that was red state illmatic of superbowl ads this year.
Commercial was offensive and racist but you wouldn't understand that because it plays into your republican right wing shtickda dodge ram commercial was deep, i know that was red state illmatic of superbowl ads this year.