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offensive to both races commercial

Is this add racist

  • Not racist in the least

    Votes: 40 93.0%
  • racist to both races

    Votes: 1 2.3%
  • racist towards blacks

    Votes: 1 2.3%
  • racist towards whites

    Votes: 1 2.3%

  • Total voters
    43
So you don't think blacks being portrayed as people who are not sophisticated enough to enjoy fine wine is racist? Just give them their fortified liquor and they will be happy? I disagree.

You obviously don't get the commercial. There was no fine wine, the guy was acting like an idiot. Seems the black couple were the only sane people. So what racist?
 
Yes, blacks are "supposed" to drink this sweet high alcohol crap because drinking a good wine swirled in a wine glass is "acting white".

I suppose the white guys red-stained teeth had a negative conatation toward Native Americans right?
 
1.)While not technically malt liquor it plays into the same mindset that blacks need some high alcohol sweet and cheap drink and drinking anything else is acting white.
2.) A real ale is something like Sierra Nevada pale ale not some syrupy apple flavored crap like they are marketing here.
3.) I have to wonder why you seem so angry about this subject.
4.)What do you drink I wonder.

1.) LMAO please please continue to show you are severely uneducated on this topic and double down on the fallacies in the OP
its factually not malt liquor
its NOT cheap compared to beer or malt liquor it cost MORE
malt liquor is NOT sweet, at least not the one you named colt 45
2.) YOU dont get to decide what a real ale is, facts and definitions do lol
3.) angry? ANOTHER completely failed straman and wrong assumption. did you assume i was angry from all the laughing i was doing? LOL you dont post very good assumptions at all
could your OP be destroyed any worse?
4.) it varies but mostly i drink miller light/ XXX for beer or capt and cokes for liquor but the capt part varies too

once again if you can post ONE single fact that supports your failed claims, please do so .. . just one Thank you
 
You obviously don't get the commercial. There was no fine wine, the guy was acting like an idiot. Seems the black couple were the only sane people. So what racist?

White guy a nerdy idiot, black couple being cool and drinking their 6 pack of hardened sweet booze. No racism there.:lol: You have been brainwashed for so long by the news media and Madison Ave that you don't even notice it anymore. I only recently got a television so I see it and am shocked by what I see.
 
1.) LMAO please please continue to show you are severely uneducated on this topic and double down on the fallacies in the OP
its factually not malt liquor
its NOT cheap compared to beer or malt liquor it cost MORE
malt liquor is NOT sweet, at least not the one you named colt 45
2.) YOU dont get to decide what a real ale is, facts and definitions do lol
3.) angry? ANOTHER completely failed straman and wrong assumption. did you assume i was angry from all the laughing i was doing? LOL you dont post very good assumptions at all
could your OP be destroyed any worse?
4.) it varies but mostly i drink miller light/ XXX for beer or capt and cokes for liquor but the capt part varies too

once again if you can post ONE single fact that supports your failed claims, please do so .. . just one Thank you

You are really high strung. It is cheap compared to a good wine and fits the stereotype of what blacks are supposed to drink.
 
White guy a nerdy idiot, black couple being cool and drinking their 6 pack of hardened sweet booze. No racism there.:lol: You have been brainwashed for so long by the news media and Madison Ave that you don't even notice it anymore. I only recently got a television so I see it and am shocked by what I see.

you keep SAYING that but the rest of us are waiting for FACTS and PROOF to support your claim, let us know when you have some please.
so far you have showed and been able to support ZERO amounts of racism. lol
 
1.)You are really high strung.
2.) It is cheap compared to a good wine and fits the stereotype of what blacks are supposed to drink.

1.) nope, just logical and like facts and reality of fantasy that cant be supported by anything lol
2.) again says who? does it say its a good wine? by whos standards? thats all subjective and you assuming again, illogically assuming.
3.) what stereotype? what are blacks supposed to drink?

also other questions you dodged and never answered, is wine a common drink for tailgating lol
nobody honest, educated and objective will ever by the strawman you are trying, and failing, to sell.
Facts win again

PLEASE in your next post, post ONE simple fact that supports your failed claims . . one . . thanks
 
you keep SAYING that but the rest of us are waiting for FACTS and PROOF to support your claim, let us know when you have some please.
so far you have showed and been able to support ZERO amounts of racism. lol

You are to angry and your attitude is to repulsive to have a conversation with.:2wave:
 
You are to angry and your attitude is to repulsive to have a conversation with.:2wave:

Translation: you have nothing to support you failed claims so you are dodging and deflecting!:lamo

let us know when you can, thanks
 
You are really high strung. It is cheap compared to a good wine and fits the stereotype of what blacks are supposed to drink.

It seems you have this stereotype on what blacks are supposed to drink, does that make you racist? Nobody here, people of all ages and colors, are agreeing with you that this type of alcohol is what blacks are supposed to drink, maybe that should tell you something about how you think black people are supposed to act.
 
White guy a nerdy idiot, black couple being cool and drinking their 6 pack of hardened sweet booze. No racism there.:lol: You have been brainwashed for so long by the news media and Madison Ave that you don't even notice it anymore. I only recently got a television so I see it and am shocked by what I see.

You insist on pointing out (emphasizing?) only the racial, rather than the cultural, differences between those actors portrayed in the ad. Considering that this ad is aimed the typical football fan - which cultural group do you feel the ad was made to appeal to?
 
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It seems you have this stereotype on what blacks are supposed to drink, does that make you racist? Nobody here, people of all ages and colors, are agreeing with you that this type of alcohol is what blacks are supposed to drink, maybe that should tell you something about how you think black people are supposed to act.

not only that the analogies all failed
malt liquor was mentions, redds is an ale
sweet was mentioned which "colt 45" is not
cheap was mentioned and redds is MORE expensive than beer and malt liquor
expensive wine was mentioned which wasn't mentioned in the commercial
they are sports fans and tailgating, wine is not a common drink among tailgaters of any race

the OP fails on so many levels that its one of the biggest failures this year lol
 
Yes, targeting them with the standard fortified swill they are "supposed" to drink.

Black people are "supposed" to drink hard cider?

That's a stereotype?

Who knew? :shrug:

on edit: I see it's an ale, not a hard cider
 
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I for one found the ad deeply offensive as I belong to the North American Wine Bottle Active Preservation Society (NAWBAPS)...and that senseless and cruel destruction of a fine wine bottle just sickened me to the core.

;)
 
At a loss at the connection to racism in the ad.

I don't drink any alcohol beverages so I don't shop for them unless I'm getting something for guest.

But I've noticed over the past year or so that "APPLE CIDERS" and "APPLE ALES" have been a trending product that is competing with the "GRAPE" (wines and related)" beverage industry.

The video made a mockery of "WINE"...as it shows the guy drinking it grape stained teeth. Then the Apple Ale falls out of sky squashing the wine.

So to me it was nothing more than competing products creating catchy ads like the "Chick Fil A" ad showing cows holding up a sign that says:

chick-fil-a-eat-more-chickn.png
 
As a native American I get the stereotype crap too. We are all hopeless drunks swilling fire water you know.:roll:

A native American huh? Nice.

What happened with the native warriors stereotype that fought with cowboys? You know, Cowboys & Indians?
 
A native American huh? Nice.

What happened with the native warriors stereotype that fought with cowboys? You know, Cowboys & Indians?

Many of my tribe became cowboys. It was gold seekers that destroyed our nation
 
Black people are "supposed" to drink hard cider?

That's a stereotype?

Who knew? :shrug:

on edit: I see it's an ale, not a hard cider

Quite honestly I don't sit around thinking about what blacks drink, it just doesn't cross my mind. Boy I guess I better get with the program, and know what's up.
 
I have been watching football today and saw this add for the first time. IMO it is racist in every way. The white guy is portrayed as a goofy little nerd while the black couple look cool and trendy. Conversely the black couple is also portrayed as preferring fortified liquor products to fine wine. I can't believe this is on the air.

Redd's Wicked Apple Ale TV Commercial, 'Refreshingly Hard' - iSpot.tv

It's ok for people to prefer hard cider over wine. Even if they are black.
 
no vote ... there is but ONE race .. the human race ...and my way of causing the end of racism ... which we MUST do ... even as most refuse to change and modernize ..
 
no vote again .. I do NOT waste time watching stupid ads .....
TCM
NPR, PBS being ruined by too much begging !
 
Why can't you just be happy the black couple got a the job?
 
The only race on this planet is the human race.

I didn't see anything racist in the ad.
 
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