EPTNaomi Cambell threatens sue over "racist" advert - Page 12
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Alexl
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PeT[uK]
United States412 Posts
On June 02 2011 03:26 VIB wrote: I agree with that. Even if they're comparing her to chocolate. Chocolate are delicious. I would like to be compared to chocolate  It's not about the taste of chocolate its about the color, and its not racist at all, the problem has always been that they chose her name, her character, for the sole reason that her skin was comparable to the chocolate. They could have chosen so many other "divas" out there but they chose her. It is OBVIOUSLY intentional. | ||
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GunSec
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DeepElemBlues
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lorkac
United States2297 Posts
On June 02 2011 03:26 VIB wrote: I agree with that. Even if they're comparing her to chocolate. Chocolate are delicious. I would like to be compared to chocolate African Americans have long slongs Chinese Students study harder "Latin" Americans (South Americans) are good at sex etc.... All are compliments, all are racist. The reason its a problem is because of the possible repercussions it would have in the minority's own community if it were to be accepted as okay. If its okay to think of black women as chocolates (legally so if she loses) then what does that mean to the african community as a whole (legally speaking)? If its okay to call them an innocent food thing, what other stuff is it okay to call them so long as it is "innocent." Lines always have to be drawn if we are to know where we stand. | ||
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contraSol
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TheJizWiz
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lorkac
United States2297 Posts
On June 02 2011 03:32 Derez wrote: What now? I see dark chocolate in all 5 pictures you linked, 3 times with a white woman, once with a reference to a black woman and once without any woman at all. Kind of disproving your own theory there. Its cute that you think how dark the chocolate is matters more that how the image is used  | ||
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lazyfeet
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scatmango2
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rea1ity
United Kingdom385 Posts
On June 02 2011 03:42 lorkac wrote: Its cute that you think how dark the chocolate is matters more that how the image is used You sound really stupid. It's time to shut the fuck up. Bottom line is that it's completely ridiculous whatever happens... User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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Promises
Netherlands1821 Posts
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Risen
United States7927 Posts
On June 02 2011 03:42 lorkac wrote: Its cute that you think how dark the chocolate is matters more that how the image is used It's cute how you must have failed reading comprehension. He said nothing about the differing colors of the chocolate. He DID say something about how all the ads have dark chocolate and three of them have white women. | ||
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hmunkey
United Kingdom1973 Posts
And just by reading some of these comments, it's fairly disgusting. | ||
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MapleFractal
Canada307 Posts
On June 02 2011 03:40 TheJizWiz wrote: I still dont get how this add is comparing her to a chocolaet bar. Can someone please explain it to me? It's not, just an over sensitive person who hasn't been in the news recently so it was time she stirred up the pot about something completely stupid. Not that she will win in a million years anyways so w.e this thread is a prime example of what is wrong with NA society at the moment. People have paper thin skin and get offended at everything, and with the way courts work/ all the people terrified to open their mouths lest a coloured person hears then say "chocolate bar" this situation isn't even surprising. It's just sad. | ||
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Derez
Netherlands6068 Posts
On June 02 2011 03:42 lorkac wrote: Its cute that you think how dark the chocolate is matters more that how the image is used No, it's more about how it's possible to construe pretty much everything in this world as racism if you try hard enough. Also, it's a ridiculous lawsuit concerning she had no problem with pictures like this: ![[image loading]](http://www.guyhepner.com/images/get/509x397/296/david-lachapelle-consumption-naomi-campbell-chocolate-playmate.jpg) | ||
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oDieN[Siege]
United States2905 Posts
On June 01 2011 20:38 Deekin[ wrote: that video is so lovely, Guile Theme truly goes with anything. Indeed it does. On a more serious note, this is a bit absurd. meh @ Naomi Campbell. | ||
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scatmango2
United States408 Posts
On June 02 2011 03:49 MapleFractal wrote: It's not, just an over sensitive person who hasn't been in the news recently so it was time she stirred up the pot about something completely stupid. Not that she will win in a million years anyways so w.e this thread is a prime example of what is wrong with NA society at the moment. People have paper thin skin and get offended at everything, and with the way courts work/ all the people terrified to open their mouths lest a coloured person hears then say "chocolate bar" this situation isn't even surprising. It's just sad. So true. I can't even imagine what goes on in people's minds when they think the opposite of what you just typed. Their minds have been warped into a political correct slushy and honestly its beyond pathetic. | ||
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lorkac
United States2297 Posts
On June 02 2011 03:40 TheJizWiz wrote: I still dont get how this add is comparing her to a chocolaet bar. Can someone please explain it to me? The ad describes the chocolate bar being treated like a Diva. Hence it is covered in ornate things. The ad also tells "Naomi" to "move over" so she can be replaced by said chocolate bar. The chocolate bar is a Diva based on how it is gowned. It is then implied in the ad that Naomi and the chocolate bar are interchangeable in the image. Hence why "Move over Naomi a new Diva is in town" has a message of interchangeability between woman and chocolate. This has deep seeded roots not in racism, but sexism--specifically the objectification of women as sex objects. This trend of female objectification has a new relationship with chocolate in that chocolate ads are now showcasing themselves as a way to "pleasure" women. If you watch Dove chocolate commercials you will see this trend in action of the unifying of the female and chocolate as a sex object. This ad attempts to take advantage of that current trend by having a known "sex/sexy object" be replaced by the new "sex object" the cadbury chocolate. This creates the image of Female and Chocolate as mirrored objects and hence why the ad equates the human being Naomi Campbell to a mere bar of chocolate. | ||
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Azzur
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