#26
Posted: 9/6/13 at 5:15pm
See the post right above mine.
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Dunkin' Donuts Ad Campaign: Racist or not? — Page 2
#27
Posted: 9/6/13 at 6:15pm
Well, for me the post above your is Wilmingtom, but since he didn't mention Oreos, I'm thinking you're responding to someone I'm using the "ignore" feature for.
Feel free to clue me in. Or not, as you wish.
Feel free to clue me in. Or not, as you wish.
#28
Posted: 9/6/13 at 7:01pm
Reg, in an earlier post someone said:
"In a related story, OREO COOKIES have been banned at Columbia University for being Racist."
And posted a picture of someone in an Oreo costume.
I've done a google search for "Columbia Oreo Banned " and have come up empty. The person who posted it did not give a link to the story so that it could be verified or to give context.
"In a related story, OREO COOKIES have been banned at Columbia University for being Racist."
And posted a picture of someone in an Oreo costume.
I've done a google search for "Columbia Oreo Banned " and have come up empty. The person who posted it did not give a link to the story so that it could be verified or to give context.
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#29
Posted: 9/6/13 at 7:10pm
I'll probably regret wading into this, but
The Associated Press noted that skin tone is a big deal in Thai advertising, with one whitening cream selling the idea “that white-skinned people have better job prospects than those with dark skin” and a toothpaste brand assuring consumers that its darker product “is black, but it’s good”.
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The Associated Press noted that skin tone is a big deal in Thai advertising, with one whitening cream selling the idea “that white-skinned people have better job prospects than those with dark skin” and a toothpaste brand assuring consumers that its darker product “is black, but it’s good”.
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#30
Posted: 9/6/13 at 7:13pm
Skin tone is a big deal in a number of societies, including our own. But I still don't think the ad carries the same signifiers for a Thai audience as it would a US one.
JAG, thanks. Yeah, I couldn't find anything either.
JAG, thanks. Yeah, I couldn't find anything either.
#31
Posted: 9/6/13 at 7:28pm
There is/was a toothpaste sold in Thailand called Darkie-now called Darlie but still with the same minstrel[sort of] on the packaging.
#32
Posted: 9/6/13 at 7:36pm
It said that Columbia University outlawed oreo cookies on campus deeming they were racist.
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#33
Posted: 9/6/13 at 7:45pm
I don't think it's about forcing American notions of what is and isn't racist on them, anymore than I think that just because Thailand doesn't have the experience of American white on black racism that as a whole an entire country can be ignorant of the racial implications of something that brings to mind the tradition of blackface. But I also don't understand the thinking that the way to advertise a "charcoal" donut is to paint a person's skin black.
Here's the toothpaste commercial
Here's the toothpaste commercial
Updated On: 9/6/13 at 07:45 PM
#34
Posted: 9/6/13 at 7:46pm
Apparently "Black Man" is a brand in Thailand.
#35
Posted: 9/6/13 at 8:01pm
Apparently. That to me seems different from the doughnut ad. Maybe it's not.
Roxy, is that true?
Roxy, is that true?
#36
Posted: 9/6/13 at 10:41pm
I have an oreo & you have something different ???
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#37
Posted: 9/6/13 at 10:45pm
First response was to Phyllis; second to you.
#38
Posted: 9/6/13 at 11:03pm
Where's the racism? I don't see any.
Seriously why are people so ridiculous 24/7?
Seriously why are people so ridiculous 24/7?
#39
Posted: 9/6/13 at 11:05pm
I'm still waiting for some info about this Columbia Oreo ban.
#40
Posted: 9/6/13 at 11:08pm
I'll be working there in a couple weeks, Reg. I'll check the vending machines! 
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#42
Posted: 9/7/13 at 12:25am
where is all this oreo b.s. coming from?!?!
#43
Posted: 9/9/13 at 9:41pm
Did anyone ever offer any substantiation for this story? Google only leads me back to this thread.
#44
Posted: 9/9/13 at 9:58pm
The story came out of a troll's ass it seems.
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#45
Posted: 9/9/13 at 10:04pm
God gosh. It was a joke. Didnt the picture of the Oreo Man make that clear?
Though with Columbias history of lefty radicals. Booing soldiers and welcoming terrorists like the weather underground, Qaddafi and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad I guess its understandable.
Though with Columbias history of lefty radicals. Booing soldiers and welcoming terrorists like the weather underground, Qaddafi and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad I guess its understandable.
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