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^So you're more or less posting blatant racist ads to one that can have several interpretations?
Making a mountain out of a molehill, bro...
Making a mountain out of a molehill, bro...
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Originally Posted by sniper
^So you're more or less posting blatant racist ads to one that can have several interpretations?
Making a mountain out of a molehill, bro...
Originally Posted by sniper
If you want to set yourselves and have your mentalities dated to the past thinking that society is always out to get you or that there is always a hidden agenda, that's completely your call. Good luck progressing with a chip on your shoulder as you'll end up going out of your way searching for the negative or fabricating a negative when there was nothing there in the first place.
I see how one can categorize them, but the differences are quite drastic...Originally Posted by SunDOOBIE
Originally Posted by sniper
^So you're more or less posting blatant racist ads to one that can have several interpretations?
Making a mountain out of a molehill, bro...
So you don't see the similarity as to why people of color would be upset?
So you're saying there is no one with that logic? I've seen a few posters in this thread that have those characteristics or their likeness and I've seen many people with that form of mentality in daily-living (This is of all races, not just one in particular). Looks like you just fed off another poster's response to mine as you have nothing of substance to offer...Originally Posted by 0renthalJames
Originally Posted by sniper
If you want to set yourselves and have your mentalities dated to the past thinking that society is always out to get you or that there is always a hidden agenda, that's completely your call. Good luck progressing with a chip on your shoulder as you'll end up going out of your way searching for the negative or fabricating a negative when there was nothing there in the first place.
one of the dumbest statements made in this thread. Dirty just lock this thread up before it gets way too out of hand. Nivea pulled the ad and appologized, case closed.
-The Juice
exactly.Originally Posted by kickstart
A lot of self-projecting going on in this thread?
Inferiority embedded in Blacks?
What's really good??
Let's play who's the biggest minority! *yawn*Originally Posted by gotJz
It's very simple. For those that didn't notice, it's because you have been taught that way. For those that say "Black people always make it about race", it's because you were taught that way. And in case you didn't know, everything in this country is about
race. Politics is about race. For those that compared the Asians to Blacks, there is no comparison. Asians weren't forcefully brought over from their homeland and ripped of every bit of culture, religion, and value that they had to be forced into slave labor,
inhuman conditions, and European culture. Everyone can see the full effect of the institutions that have been put into place here in this country and they simply serve two purposes. Protect and enforce the values, privileges, and riches of the ruling elite (rich
white/middle class white ppl) and to oppress, restrict, and limit the growth and self-determination of people furthest away from Caucasian skin color or lack thereof. Those who created the ad have also been taught by the same people so why be surprised
when ads like these come out? Its expected because they were taught to think that way. The apology means nothing, for it is simply to retain every possible consumer since that increases their bottom line. I'm a black male with dreads, and I have been
oppressed every single second of every single day of my life. So excuse me if I come off as "sensitive".
Originally Posted by sniper
I see how one can categorize them, but the differences are quite drastic...Originally Posted by SunDOOBIE
Originally Posted by sniper
^So you're more or less posting blatant racist ads to one that can have several interpretations?
Making a mountain out of a molehill, bro...
So you don't see the similarity as to why people of color would be upset?
Originally Posted by sn00pee
Let's play who's the biggest minority! *yawn*Originally Posted by gotJz
OMG, they're implying a black man doesnt have the mental capacity to hold limes! THEY MUST BE RACIST AND I MUST FEEL BUTTHURT! RAGE!
strawman more bro.Originally Posted by Peep Game
Originally Posted by sn00pee
Let's play who's the biggest minority! *yawn*Originally Posted by gotJz
It's very simple. For those that didn't notice, it's because you have been taught that way. For those that say "Black people always make it about race", it's because you were taught that way. And in case you didn't know, everything in this country is about
race. Politics is about race. For those that compared the Asians to Blacks, there is no comparison. Asians weren't forcefully brought over from their homeland and ripped of every bit of culture, religion, and value that they had to be forced into slave labor,
inhuman conditions, and European culture. Everyone can see the full effect of the institutions that have been put into place here in this country and they simply serve two purposes. Protect and enforce the values, privileges, and riches of the ruling elite (rich
white/middle class white ppl) and to oppress, restrict, and limit the growth and self-determination of people furthest away from Caucasian skin color or lack thereof. Those who created the ad have also been taught by the same people so why be surprised
when ads like these come out? Its expected because they were taught to think that way. The apology means nothing, for it is simply to retain every possible consumer since that increases their bottom line. I'm a black male with dreads, and I have been
oppressed every single second of every single day of my life. So excuse me if I come off as "sensitive".
OMG, they're implying a black man doesnt have the mental capacity to hold limes! THEY MUST BE RACIST AND I MUST FEEL BUTTHURT! RAGE!
Wow, i know gotJz may have appeared overly "sensitive", but you just came off as a moron. At least you're overtly coming off as a moron instead of attempting to be subtle though.
*Rock-clap-gif*Originally Posted by 0renthalJames
Ravage, speak your opinion no more. Let's just let the subtle stuff slide, and let ads like this and the State Farm one continue to flourish. Let's watch how out of hand things will get with the wording and imagery of these ads. Like I said earlier, if it's not blatant, people won't get it. Since we aren't slaves anymore, racism only ....occasionally happens
It's true black people DO pull the race card too much. But so what, at least we try to monitor the nonsense that goes one with issues like this. And not just let it slide like other races (like Ravage said). Black people do enough on their own to hurt the image of black people (WSHH)....we don't need movies, commercials, and print ads to further jump in. We are soft because we are only looking at ONE ad. But if you pull all the racially insensitive ads that have happened within the last 10 years...would you still consider us soft? So are we sensitive or are white people too aggressive?
Either way the Nivea ad was pulled, and they will think twice before they ever do it again.
-The Juice
Thank you for the timeline. I thought those were recent...Originally Posted by Peep Game
Originally Posted by sniper
I see how one can categorize them, but the differences are quite drastic...Originally Posted by SunDOOBIE
So you don't see the similarity as to why people of color would be upset?
The differences are quite drastic cause the pics he posted are from the early 1900's. Do you really think major companies in 2011 who want to make money and be successful
would overtly have those same types of titles for their marketing and promotions?
Originally Posted by sniper
Thank you for the timeline. I thought those were recent...
Regardless, it doesn't negate that they are very far from one another in terms of marketing. One is extremely forthright in portraying Africans in a sublevel manner while the other appears to be promoting a "better" person. (By better person, I'm referring to hygiene. Nothing more, nothing less.). Apples and Oranges. Yes, that is a whole other era and the period was definitely different from now, but are you suggesting this is Nivea's ploy and primary focus? So you're saying that this is, indeed, their modern form of defamation? If this is the case, you're spending too much time on one company's unintentional ad-campaign while there are real problems and real prejudices out there...
Looks like you're just subtly "reaching"...
Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican
Any Asians, are there any "Asian Panther" type groups out there? Legit question.