LOL, are you fucking joking me? Do you seriously need me to spell it out for you? You said my problem is, and I quote, "You see a black guy and think this is racist because he's black."

And do not give me that idiotic "Well i didn't specifically say you were 'hypersensitive'..." bullshit.

manawah

123 Posts

June 02 2011 00:29 GMT

#362

What a hypocrite she is. She did another ad in a bikini stepping through the ears of a giant chocolate bunny for some other company (more than likely it was playboy).
Guess she didn't have a problem getting some serious $$ and being photographed in that ad with the chocolate bunny. I think she got paid alot less for the cadbury ad since only her name was used and she is not happy with getting so little compared to the large payout she would have got for them using her photo.
This outcry from her must be an attempt to get more money out of cadbury through other means. Typical use of the "racist" card coupled with incoming lawsuit of her bullying a company into a settlement and another paycheck. Which cadbury will do rather than them getting bad press and slandered as "racists"

iCanada

Canada10660 Posts

June 02 2011 01:05 GMT

#363

On June 02 2011 06:06 j2choe wrote:

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You're from Sauga! Ok...you can burn me at the stake now.

Actually, I'm from Edmonton.

rawbertson

Canada95 Posts

June 02 2011 13:45 GMT

#364

When I was a kid, a lot of my friends at school lived in this low income housing part of town called "The Heights". anyway, I went to the heights to play baseball one time and long story short our african friend mentioned to our umpire that he had made a bad call. The ump replied "shut up root beer."

Anyway, young root beer proceeded to go home, get his older brother, came back to the baseball diamond, and proceeded to kick the shit out of every kid on the field.

Lennon

United Kingdom2275 Posts

June 02 2011 16:24 GMT

#365

On June 02 2011 22:45 rawbertson wrote:
When I was a kid, a lot of my friends at school lived in this low income housing part of town called "The Heights". anyway, I went to the heights to play baseball one time and long story short our african friend mentioned to our umpire that he had made a bad call. The ump replied "shut up root beer."

Anyway, young root beer proceeded to go home, get his older brother, came back to the baseball diamond, and proceeded to kick the shit out of every kid on the field.

What's your point? Don't fuck with black people?

Petninja

United States159 Posts

June 02 2011 16:34 GMT

#366

Even if it were racist is that grounds for suing? I wasn't aware that you could demand money from someone for having an opinion that you didn't like...

Promises

Netherlands1821 Posts

June 03 2011 10:32 GMT

#367

Also on political correctness:

Aterons_toss

Romania1275 Posts

June 03 2011 10:38 GMT

#368

The ppl that came up with the thought that this is racist should ether be shoot for stupidity or live in the USA.

orn

Australia76 Posts

June 03 2011 11:18 GMT

#369

If they decided to make the chocolate bar white chocolate, would she still sue them for using the word "chocolate bar", because that's all I can see it coming down to.

Later on in the article I read that the name "chocolate bar" is used to bully black kids in the schoolyard.

Lol....

Is racism even "sue-a-ble"? Like, I see those crazy white people on Jerry Springer and they don't get sued for hate speech. There are more examples, but is it even against the law? Discrimination is, but actually calling someone "chocolate" is against the law now?

Gnial

Canada907 Posts

June 03 2011 16:24 GMT

#370

On June 03 2011 20:18 orn wrote:
If they decided to make the chocolate bar white chocolate, would she still sue them for using the word "chocolate bar", because that's all I can see it coming down to.

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If it is sue-able, I'm gonna sue the next cracker company that personifies crackers in their commercials.

Dr. Von Derful

United States363 Posts

June 03 2011 16:34 GMT

#371

On June 04 2011 01:24 Gnial wrote:

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If it is sue-able, I'm gonna sue the next cracker company that personifies crackers in their commercials.

If the court deems the language to be offensive and referring to Ms Campbell, then it's hate speech due to it targeting specifically Naomi Campbell. The reason why some racial comments don't stand up in court, regardless of being "hate speech", is due to the lack of specification. The reason for this is defamation of character. In the United States, hate speech is protected and laws which bar it are unconstitutional; however, if an individual is specifically targeted, it is easy to prove defamation. It would is important to note that the core issue would not be hate speech, but rather defamation of character.

edit:

She doesn't have a case given that she's a public figure and will not be able to prove malicious intent; however, the language on the advertisement should be noted that it doesn't contain an actual comparison of Naomi Campbell to a "Chocolate Bar" nor can she claim that she is not in fact a "Diva".

I do foresee the advertisement being pulled as a gesture of good will.

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

June 04 2011 17:38 GMT

#372

Today chocolate manufacturer Cadbury released a statement apologizing for an ad that associated notorious supermodel Naomi Campbell with a chocolate bar. Campbell called the ad "racist" and said she planned to sue. Well, the apology is out of the way, but Campbell still isn't happy.

Cadbury said in a statement that it was "not our intention that this campaign should offend Naomi, her family or anybody else and we are sincerely sorry that it has done so." Campbell released her own statement today as well:

I'm pleased that Cadbury have made a 'sincere apology' in regards to their Bliss ad campaign. The advertisement was in poor taste on a number of levels, not least in the way they likened me to their chocolate bar. It is also a shame that it took so long for Cadbury to offer this apology.

Naomi previous said the ad made her feel "hurt." Did it hurt like a Blackberry to the face? Is that what it felt like?

Ms. Campbell also added in her statement that Cadbury should add some people of diverse backgrounds to the company boardroom to avoid any racist ads in the future. Well, you know what, we can't really argue so much with that!

http://ca.gawker.com/5808428/cadbury-apologizes-for-racist-naomi-campbell-ad-naomi-campbell-not-having-it

Cadburry apologies.

Iyerbeth

England2410 Posts

June 04 2011 17:44 GMT

#373

This story is depressing. It works only to undermine any real efforts to stamp out racism and gives ammunition to those who genuinely are bigots.

Stropheum

United States1124 Posts

June 04 2011 17:51 GMT

#374

On June 01 2011 21:04 bkrow wrote:
So if it was a white chocolate bar that referred to white celebrity "diva" this would be a complete non-issue; yet the fact that it is a "chocolate" coloured chocolate bar is astoundingly racist!?

If you want to be treated as equal to your peers then you have to expect to be treated as equal to your peers.. right? Your skin colour is black, just like mine is white - get over it! Just because you are likened to a chocolate bar does not mean someone is trying to opress you.

Indeed. Also, what if naomi campbell was being compared to a cadbury WHITE chocolate bar? I guarantee she'd still be suing the company because the black lady is being replaced by something white.

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