EPTNaomi Cambell threatens sue over "racist" advert - Page 6
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Aristodemus
England2006 Posts
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
On June 01 2011 22:08 Supamang wrote: interesting that the only people complaining about my post are non-Americans. you guys just arent familiar with the racial stereotypes here so its forgivable, but the self-righteous tones are really starting to piss me off Well first off, I lived in Germany for 7 years and loved is; that is why I have it set as my home country. Secondly, I lived in Houston when I first moved here and now I live in Cleveland... I understand the "racial stereotypes". | ||
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solidbebe
Netherlands4921 Posts
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Slow Motion
United States6960 Posts
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SpeaKEaSY
United States1070 Posts
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TrainFX
United States469 Posts
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Supamang
United States2298 Posts
On June 01 2011 23:39 GreEny K wrote: Well first off, I lived in Germany for 7 years and loved is; that is why I have it set as my home country. Secondly, I lived in Houston when I first moved here and now I live in Cleveland... I understand the "racial stereotypes". Good, then theres absolutely no rational reason as to why you responded so condescendingly towards me. As I stated in a previous post, the whole purpose of my original post with the video was to show a very, very mildly offensive video that I found to be hilarious and say that even this video is more offensive than the picture Naomi Campbell is bitching about. My little sharing session somehow turned into a bunch of people telling me how hypersensitive I am. You know whats ironic? Everyone complaining about me being "hypersensitive to racism" is actually being hypersensitive about racial hypersensitivity since my original intent wasnt to complain about racism at all. How fucked up is that? Buncha hypocrites for real | ||
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Befree
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Anyways, the article clearly states that 'chocolate bar' is used as a racial slur in schools. I think the insensitivity of comparing her to a chocolate bar in this case is pretty clear. Is it racist? I don't know, that's a tough thing to define. Is it insensitive? Obviously. | ||
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howerpower
United States619 Posts
On June 01 2011 23:56 SpeaKEaSY wrote: I'll show you racist! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y7eg0REXZM I am so confused. | ||
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hotbreakfest
United States145 Posts
On June 01 2011 23:58 Befree wrote: It seems majority of the responses to this topic are just smug users giving their own opinions on political correctness and racism. I've had difficulty finding a response to reply to which actually acknowledges all the content in the article. Anyways, the article clearly states that 'chocolate bar' is used as a racial slur in schools. I think the insensitivity of comparing her to a chocolate bar in this case is pretty clear. Is it racist? I don't know, that's a tough thing to define. Is it insensitive? Obviously. No, they were comparing her to a diva and she's acting like one. | ||
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storm8ring3r
Germany227 Posts
so ridiculous | ||
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Devilgoat
Korea (South)41 Posts
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Thorakh
Netherlands1788 Posts
It's just stupid, people call everything 'racist' nowadays. You know what's racist? Discriminating people based on skin colour. Comparing a black person with a chocolate bar is not, neither is comparing a white person with milk. | ||
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RoarMan
Canada745 Posts
On June 01 2011 23:59 hotbreakfest wrote: No, they were comparing her to a diva and she's acting like one. ... and the smug remarks continue. Just because it's unintentional doesn't mean it's insensitive like Befree said. Is she in it for the money? We'll never know but obviously ( or obliviously by looking at this thread) this advert is something that could be offensive to certain people. | ||
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zalz
Netherlands3704 Posts
On June 01 2011 20:52 Skilledblob wrote: haha nice, we have something similar in germany, it's basically some cream with choclate over it so you can take it in the hand and it's called negerkuss ( niggerkiss ) ![[image loading]](http://www.pulster.de/info/info_bilder/negerkuss.jpg) To be correct the dutch word "Neger" translates into the english Negro. The dutch version of Nigger = Nikker. Not many people know that since it's an incredibly out-dated word in the dutch language but it stuck around in english so people tend to think that neger = nigger wich isn't accurate. So the product in question would translate into negrokiss. People would probably still be a bit hestitant about that name but it's not as outright offensive as niggerkiss. I don't think negro is considered offensive but it's not as political as "African American". | ||
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RoarMan
Canada745 Posts
On June 02 2011 00:04 zalz wrote: To be correct the dutch word "Neger" translates into the english Negro. The dutch version of Nigger = Nikker. Not many people know that since it's an incredibly out-dated word in the dutch language but it stuck around in english so people tend to think that neger = nigger wich isn't accurate. So the product in question would translate into negrokiss. People would probably still be a bit hestitant about that name but it's not as outright offensive as niggerkiss. I don't think negro is considered offensive but it's not as political as "African American". Negro is a word that's deprived from the word "black," I think it's more correctly translated into "Black kiss." I wouldn't know for certain though  | ||
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Mawi
Sweden4365 Posts
no hate im black haired but i just hate this whole calling racist thing for everything. this is just a try to steal some cash because she obviously needs it | ||
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howerpower
United States619 Posts
On June 02 2011 00:03 RoarMan wrote: ... and the smug remarks continue. Just because it's unintentional doesn't mean it's insensitive like Befree said. Is she in it for the money? We'll never know but obviously ( or obliviously by looking at this thread) this advert is something that could be offensive to certain people. EVERYTHING is offensive to certain people, so where does this idiotic hypocritical country draw the line? | ||
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lorkac
United States2297 Posts
They could apologize, retract, replace, whatever. How the problem is resolved is irrelevant much like the intent of the ad is irrelevant. That someone was insulted, is relevant. That someone was hurt, is relevant. And yes, there are things out there that is more racist than this. But if someone raped your sister to near death, you don't want the police to say "well, they could have killed her but didn't, I think we should give them a break because it *could* have been worse." Is Naomi in the right? Its irrelevant whether or not she's in the right. That's something she and the company can decide in court. Should Naomi be putting her attention towards more "important" things? Possibly. I could be out in the world, feeding the homeless and walking old ladies across wide streets instead of posting in a forum. We all *could* be doing something more important. This is something important and manageable for Naomi. Personally, I think it's brave of her to be willing to fight back as much as she can--even if she is picking a very *easy* fight. She's not exactly starting a nationwide campaign to end racism, she's just doing her part to make it be known that people don't like being dictated to as merely objects. Calling her a Diva is just as insulting as calling her a chocolate bar, as calling her a food item, as calling her a product meant to be stripped naked and consumed for the general purpose of satiating hunger. More likely than not, she's been insulted by stuff like this for the past several years and this one was just the final straw. | ||
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snaerdi
Finland70 Posts
(THOUGH, I'M OFFENDED BY THE BACKGROUND COLOR OF THIS WEBSITE) | ||
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