Every commercial on TV seems to have a goofy white guy doing something stupid while the cool black guy gets the better of him. Sometimes it's subtle, but it always happens. Examples:
A white guy runs into a car while chasing a football thrown by a laughing black man.
A white guy looks for a cell phone in a hardware store and is given a reality check by a black woman worker.
A white manager stands over a woman in a small office trying to download information over the internet while the black guy says he needs to get rid of the dial-up connection. The white guy makes an idiot of himself extolling the virtues of dial-up while the information takes forever to download.
A white guy throws a football back and forth with his black business parter talking about internet connection speed. He, too, tries to cheaply rallly for dial-up. He then greedily tries to get his name first in the partnership.
How about all the ads with goofy white guys dancing?
Why all the white guilt?
2006-08-07 15:21:01 · 31 answers · asked by Max Power 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
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2006-08-07 15:27:43 · answer #1 · answered by Henry W 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Thanks for posting this. I saw this commercial for the first time yesterday and it's awesome. AppleKK I think you missed the point about the ad. Yes they have people of different cultures and ethnicities in some ads, but you almost never see them showing an interracial couple. This was a one in a million. The other thing I noticed and I'm sure many Afr. Amer women will have noticed this too: The woman they used was not a light skinned girl. She was darker. This is another great thing about this ad because I know that most of the time they use light skinned girls like they're saying that if you're Black you can only be beautiful if you're light skinned. So I'm glad they showed an interracial couple and they made the statement by finally showing a woman of a darker complexion. Even if they are trying to be PC, nobody else is, so good for Old Navy.
2016-03-27 03:06:02 · answer #2 · answered by Geraldine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if the white guy got the goods while the black guy lost out people would call it racist. The world still has a long way to go to figure out what EQUALITY really means. But then again I think white people need to learn what it feels like to be the minority and made to feel inadequate based on skin tone. Not as a guilt thing but more as a tool to learn compassion towards what others go through.
2006-08-07 15:33:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's racism. If they did it the other way around, the non white people portrayed as the clown in the ad would complain about racial stereotyping. They don't realize that to do it ONLY to white people is also racial stereotyping. Well, some realize it and that's where the racism comes in. Seeing people for their race and making decisions based on race is part of racism. So all this reverse racism and fake white guilt and do the either or thing is continuation of racism. The best thing would be for them to have better commercials, and when there are people in clown positions, vary the races.
2006-08-08 12:08:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about the countless number of tv shows with the few black characters either being bad guys or acting like complete idiots? There are specific commercials and tvs shows designed to make each race feel proud while degrading another so that race will watch that tv show or buy that product.
2006-08-07 15:50:51 · answer #5 · answered by ms ruth 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe you should ask Jessie Jackson and his rainbow gang, or dis-affirmative acting, or the Block Caucus or any other number of groups who are trying to further a particular race instead of trying to become part of the 'melting pot".
Has all the sounds and signs of "Reverse Discrimination"
2006-08-15 11:19:09 · answer #6 · answered by Mr.Been there 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Whites In Media PAC (WIMP) has not lobbied congress successfuly, and white men still are not considered a protected class. One day, white men will rise above their opressors in the media, and will be portrayed properly - as the titans of business and industry, and masters of their world, while those who twisted societiy's perceptions of white men to suit their own idea of justice will be fortunate if they are retained for boot-licking.
2006-08-07 15:29:47 · answer #7 · answered by © 2007. Sammy Z. 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
God help the poor minority people--if the get shown up in any way by a white guy....the way the world is now--everything bad is whiteys fault....and for some odd reason-so many white people have this guilt---can you imagine this planet without the white people of it!??
2006-08-07 15:29:04 · answer #8 · answered by f4fanactic 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't think it has to do all with guilt, I'm white I have no guilt but I LOVE seeing stupid white people tricks.
It's about time to laugh at the stupid white guy/girl.
Come on......the majority of white guys CAN'T dance....they're the BEST to laugh at ;)
2006-08-14 18:31:30 · answer #9 · answered by HiKo73 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
chill...
there is a commercial where three men are being served burgers in a zoo...ok, so one is black...
I remember the movies in the 30's and 40s where blacks had to play maids and act like the fool...
just grab the hand of the person next to you and sing kumbalya.
2006-08-15 07:37:11 · answer #10 · answered by tonya j 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
if it was the other way around, someone would say its a racist commercial. and the white people probably run the companies and dont care what people think, because they're getting richer and richer.
2006-08-07 15:27:36 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋