5:25 am - 01/30/2013

Volkswagen's Super Bowl Ad: Is it Racist?






Then I watched it.








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superdogbiter 30th-Jan-2013 12:54 pm (UTC)
oh here go hell come
therearewords 30th-Jan-2013 12:56 pm (UTC)
Oh Good Gods in Hell when will people get it through their thick skulls?
therearewords 30th-Jan-2013 12:59 pm (UTC)
Nope, can't get past the 10 second mark.
its_debatable 30th-Jan-2013 01:01 pm (UTC)
the south will rise again man!
shortstuff85 30th-Jan-2013 01:56 pm (UTC)
lulubelle007 30th-Jan-2013 02:06 pm (UTC)
chandler's money well spent
pastelstar 30th-Jan-2013 06:17 pm (UTC)
ben_superdetka 30th-Jan-2013 10:28 pm (UTC)
lol irl
americnxidiot 30th-Jan-2013 02:49 pm (UTC)
xxgoddessevexx 30th-Jan-2013 01:03 pm (UTC)
who comes up with this shit?

and who the fuck would give the ok on this?!
thirteencands 30th-Jan-2013 01:08 pm (UTC)
so many ads are offensive and ppl don't give two fucks
hetairai 30th-Jan-2013 01:16 pm (UTC)
didnt you read? 100 Jamaicans
xxgoddessevexx 30th-Jan-2013 01:20 pm (UTC)
100 Jamaicans were consulted, they didn't come up with it and they didn't give the end ok.
hahahey 30th-Jan-2013 01:04 pm (UTC)
the ad is just straight up annoying, idk why that's supposed to be amusing
mandramoddle 30th-Jan-2013 01:37 pm (UTC)
dearpencilpal 30th-Jan-2013 01:07 pm (UTC)
why not put him in, like, horrid vacation clothes and sandals with socks using his regular accent telling people to turn their frown upside down? then in the end they would all get out of the car with floral patterned button downs and umbrella hats and it's the same concept but not fucking idiotically handled.
nyse 30th-Jan-2013 02:02 pm (UTC)
Sounds too much like right is what I'm guessing.
lanavis 30th-Jan-2013 02:18 pm (UTC)
What is your icon?
shy_mse 30th-Jan-2013 01:09 pm (UTC)
What is an "Asian" accent?
I love how they group a whole continent together -__-
sky3205 30th-Jan-2013 01:11 pm (UTC)
Jamaican accent
shy_mse 30th-Jan-2013 01:16 pm (UTC)
in the second last paragraph, Asian accents are mentioned
nene718 30th-Jan-2013 07:20 pm (UTC)
keyword is stereotypical imo. the idea that all asians speak the same way is part of the sterotype.
chimbleysweep 30th-Jan-2013 01:10 pm (UTC)
That ad was really fucking annoying on top of everything else. How could anyone even edit that without wanting to stab all of the actors?

I read the description first and thought they were doing a really racist allusion to Don't Worry Be Happy. I was going to pray to God, aka Bobby McFerrin, to take them all out. I think I'll do that anyway.
manu19 30th-Jan-2013 01:13 pm (UTC)
speaking in fake foreign accents is racist nowadays?

for a moment i thought hes supposed to be german because well its a german car

either way, i dont really understand the purpose of this ad. what is it trying to tell us

Edited at 2013-01-30 01:18 pm (UTC)
miss_real 30th-Jan-2013 01:24 pm (UTC)
have you ever heard a German accent before?

He's supposed to be doing a Jamaican accent.
manu19 30th-Jan-2013 01:25 pm (UTC)
im german LOL i just assumed
andres01234 30th-Jan-2013 02:34 pm (UTC)
how in the hell is this racist??? oh amurikans....
poopanna 30th-Jan-2013 02:37 pm (UTC)
Yeah, I think people are like "what can I be outraged with today?" The ad is annoying, that's about it.
_scarlett_icons 30th-Jan-2013 02:59 pm (UTC)
I've always found it annoying, but on the other hand, it's pretty much on every single show. I was watching Happy Endings and Jane did a Jamaican accent, and Penny's fiance was dressed in what was a stereotypical Jamaican attire.

They did it to be funny, and that's offensive.

It's everywhere.
curse_of_avalon 30th-Jan-2013 05:07 pm (UTC)
Scrambling for reasons how this can be offensive. I would have easily believed the annoying. Cause it is.
Racist? Really?

We had a White Professor in phonology who was born in britain but raised on the Bahamas. You should have heard that. Though he did speak Oxford English for Uni mostly.

Was he racist too?
srparker328 30th-Jan-2013 01:15 pm (UTC)
way 2 go
gorlplz 30th-Jan-2013 01:16 pm (UTC)
not racist

annoying tho
sandstorm 30th-Jan-2013 01:17 pm (UTC)
That was incredibly irritating in just about every way.
hahahey 30th-Jan-2013 01:18 pm (UTC)
I would say that it's more insensitive than racist or maybe racially insensitive if that's a thing, idk. Like I get mad as hell when black people try to mock nigerian accents for a cheap laugh so I get why people would be upset with the ad in that sense

Edited at 2013-01-30 01:19 pm (UTC)
leatherandjeans 30th-Jan-2013 01:19 pm (UTC)
Not racist imo

Doesn't make me want to buy VW tho
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