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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJamaica tells VW - we are not amused
with that SuperBowl ad. Go Cheney yourselves VW - that ad is racist to the core and the accents are atrocious.
http://mashable.com/2013/01/28/vw-super-bowl-ad-jamaican/
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Warpy
(111,237 posts)and I want to punch that guy in the mouth and take a baseball bat to his shiny new car.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)And I agree about the bat.
Initech
(100,060 posts)monmouth3
(3,871 posts)Schema Thing
(10,283 posts)It's ok to notice the differences in cultures. Really, it is.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)pretty much talk like that. Not really humorous, but I don't see any racism there.
malaise
(268,903 posts)It's really bad.
dballance
(5,756 posts)Of course all the Jamaicans I've met were through professional connections and not as a tourist. Perhaps some in the tourist industry talk that way on purpose because we expect them to.
When I saw the commercial on Starting Point yesterday I was kind of appalled. White people imitating the stereotypical Jamaican accent? Yep, that racially sensitive.
Schema Thing
(10,283 posts)...people"?
Was Fargo a racially insensitive movie because it gently and not so gently smiled at the upper-midwestern accent and mannerisms? Or was it ok because it was White people in the movie?
Jesus Christ people, there's enough turmoil in the world from people actually INTENDING to hurt other people w/o folks looking to create turmoil from good-natured interactions.
dballance
(5,756 posts)And, I'm not going to take your bait in trying to address you response that has absolutely no relevance to my post.
malaise
(268,903 posts)used a real rather than fake Jamaican accent - that is your typical racist caricature.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Not defending them, just letting you know.
malaise
(268,903 posts)Jamaica. Never forget that he toured South Africa during apartheid.
Brother Buzz
(36,412 posts)lob1
(3,820 posts)Hardly Jamaican.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)malaise
(268,903 posts)and hear for yourself.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)any mainstream articles? Anybody elected into office make a statement?
Is this hugh yet?
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Some people will get offended by a gentle ocean breeze it seems. I wonder how many of the offendeds feel the same about (insert name here), the black comic, speaking in an accent meant to give the mental picture of a white nerd in a turtleneck sportin' a pen-protector in his breast pocket.
Fucking lighten up already.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)It literally made me sad. I left the ad thinking about how sad everything was, and sticking that to Volkswagon. Very weird ad campaign.
malaise
(268,903 posts)GoneOffShore
(17,339 posts)Mon.
TheMadMonk
(6,187 posts)...no time for the important things.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)This is pretty stupid of VW
virgogal
(10,178 posts)the Irish brogues I have heard.
Or Boston accents.
Why is this ad racist and not the others?
CalFresh
(99 posts)tens of millions of people will see and talk about this Super Bowl ad before the teams even walk on the field. The more it's in the news the better it is for VW. We got played.
malaise
(268,903 posts)as usual