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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

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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
 
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


No offense here. Move the TV back inside ... out of the sun..... (just razzin' ya')

I don't see anything to L

Enjoy t he games !!

Thom Paine
 
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

I think far too many people look for racism where there is none. Including this commercial, there is no racism.
 
No offense here. Move the TV back inside ... out of the sun..... (just razzin' ya')

I don't see anything to L

Enjoy t he games !!

Thom Paine

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.
 
I think far too many people look for racism where there is none. Including this commercial, there is no racism.

A black stereotype is that all they need is a 40 to be happy. This plays right into that and the portrayal of a white person who enjoys fine wine is a bit offensive too.
 
A black stereotype is that all they need is a 40 to be happy. This plays right into that and the portrayal of a white person who enjoys fine wine is a bit offensive too.

Again people like yourself can see racism in a SPCA commercial. Doesn't mean there is any.
 
Again people like yourself can see racism in a SPCA commercial. Doesn't mean there is any.

I respect your opinion on this and that is why I asked the question. Thank you for your answer I just disagree. No need to try and berate me for my opinion though.
 
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

I like it. The commercial I mean. Short, Sweet and to the point. I see nothing racist about it. I think it is an excellent commercial. Although I prefer beer and bourbon.
 
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.

:lamo Okayyyy, I get it ! This is a joke thread right ??

:rofl

Thom Paine
 
A _____ stereotype is that all they need is ______ to be happy.

Congratulations, now you know how marketing works. You've taken your first step into a larger world.
 
Potraying wine lovers as a bunch of pretentious white snobs is not a stereotype of white people; it stereotypes wine lovers

If they portrayed white people as a bunch of pretentious wine loving snobs, they'd be stereotyping white people.
 
I like it. The commercial I mean. Short, Sweet and to the point. I see nothing racist about it. I think it is an excellent commercial. Although I prefer beer and bourbon.

It plays right into this


Like we aint****ed up already
See the man they call Crazy Eddie
Liquor man with the bottle in his hand

He give the liquor man ten to begin
Wit' no change and he run
To get his brains rearranged
Serve it to the home they're able
To do without a table
Beside what's inside ain't on the label
They drink it thinkin' it's good

But they don't sell the **** in the white neighborhood
Exposin' the plan they get mad at me I understand
They're slaves to the liquor man
Back to my homeboy shorty
He can drink it down
And think nothin' about it
Pass it around and get tha forty dog buzz

At the same time
Shorty can't remember what day it was
Say I'm yellin' is fact
Genocide kickin' in yo back
How many times have you seen
A black fight a black
After drinkin' down a bottle
Or a malt liquor six-pack
Malt liquor bull
What it is is bull**** Colt
45 another gun to the brain

Who's sellin' us pain
In the hood another up to no good
Plan that's designed by the other man
But who drink it like water
One and on till the stores reorder it
Brothers cry broke but they still affordin' it
Sippin' it lick drink it down oh no
Drinkin' poison but they don't know
It used to be wine
A dollar and a dime
Same man, drink in another time
They could be hard as hell and don't give a damn
But still be a sucker to the liquor man

1 Million Bottlebags Lyrics
 
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Potraying wine lovers as a bunch of pretentious white snobs is not a stereotype of white people; it stereotypes wine lovers

If they portrayed white people as a bunch of pretentious wine loving snobs, they'd be stereotyping white people.

I hate wine.
 
How pathetic is our country when people are so hung up on race that any humor is deemed to be racist? Am I offended that the gomer wearing a sweater like a cape is lame? No. Are black people offended that the couple chose the advertised product over wine that stains your teeth? No. Yet race baiters and liberals have to find something to be offended at. It is as if they aren't happy unless they are unhappy.
 
I hate wine.

Growing up in a neighborhood with a lot of Italian immigrants, many of whom made their own wine from their own grapes (and whose cultures does not disapprove of serving it (watered down) to children) I learned to like wine.

However, the wine I like tastes like not sweet grape juice.
 
Growing up in a neighborhood with a lot of Italian immigrants, many of whom made their own wine from their own grapes (and whose cultures does not disapprove of serving it (watered down) to children) I learned to like wine.

However, the wine I like tastes like not sweet grape juice.

Maybe you can explain white wine to me, because to me it tastes like red wine, but without the flavor, body, or any reason whatsoever for drinking it that red wine has.
 
Wine favorites ?

I like the types that have spouts on the boxes :2razz:
 
Maybe you can explain white wine to me, because to me it tastes like red wine, but without the flavor or the body.

When it comes to wine, there's very little I can explain except for what I like. And when it comes to what I like, the more they describe the taste with language like "notes of" x and "hints of" y, the less likely I am to like it.

If someone ever describes their own as "tastes like grape juice but with alcohol instead of sugar", I'll buy a case.
 
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

Why don't you look at it as a nerdy American and a trendy American couple? If your a white guy afraid of being portrayed as nerdy then be a man, if you think all black people are cool and trendy then you obviously don't know many black people.
 
When it comes to wine, there's very little I can explain except for what I like. And when it comes to what I like, the more they describe the taste with language like "notes of" x and "hints of" y, the less likely I am to like it.

If someone ever describes their own as "tastes like grape juice but with alcohol instead of sugar", I'll buy a case.

Yum...
 
Why don't you look at it as a nerdy American and a trendy American couple? If your a white guy afraid of being portrayed as nerdy then be a man, if you think all black people are cool and trendy then you obviously don't know many black people.

I looked at it as it was intended by Madison Ave to be looked at and I didn't like what I saw. Incidentally I don't drink wine, I'm a Scotch man. sip :)
 
Growing up in a neighborhood with a lot of Italian immigrants, many of whom made their own wine from their own grapes (and whose cultures does not disapprove of serving it (watered down) to children) I learned to like wine.

However, the wine I like tastes like not sweet grape juice.

I understand. The only wine I ever saw growing up was on TV. But like your wine I seen some beer give in little sips to kids. Not much mind you. I suppose it all depends on where you grew up and perhaps when. Even in the military, way back when, I can't remember any wine drinkers.

Probably the huge difference between New York and Georgia, city vs. rural. I also have had my share of moonshine and going on today is a moonshine festival. Only in Georgia.
 
I looked at it as it was intended by Madison Ave to be looked at and I didn't like what I saw. Incidentally I don't drink wine, I'm a Scotch man. sip :)

Did you deliberately misspell "Mojave?"
 
A black stereotype is that all they need is a 40 to be happy. This plays right into that and the portrayal of a white person who enjoys fine wine is a bit offensive too.

If it was two black couples in that scenario, would it be offensive? If it was two Asian couples in that scenario, would it be offensive? If it was two white couples in that scenario, would it be offensive? So why is it offensive if it happens to be a white couple and a black couple in that scenario?

We need to stop being so hypersensitive to race and start letting people just be people.
 
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