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Racist Laxative Ad

blog.modernmechanix.com — Setting aside the ridiculously stereotyped language of the porter, a laxative to cure a cold? Really?

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  • bcuban, on 05/13/2008, -1/+4can you imagine that ad in 2008?
  • dodgejon, on 05/13/2008, -3/+13I could never imagine that ad being distributed now days...It doesn't even have color...

    Ok that was wrong
    • XanderDee, on 05/13/2008, -0/+6It was funny though.
      Not sure what to think about the ad. It did not make sense because black people do not speak like that. But then again laxative for a cold?
  • futureisours, on 05/13/2008, -10/+6Those were the good days where black people were polite and professional (just talked a little funny), now you see them walk down the street swearing against the man and you fear for your life.
    • Skunkhair, on 05/13/2008, -1/+3damn you, on one hand i want to label you a effin idiot. yet the effin idiot in me agrees.
  • trevorbadly, on 05/13/2008, -1/+2Wow ... speechless ...
  • shopsinc, on 05/13/2008, -0/+8This is pretty much the only way you'll see a black person at all in magazines of this time. I've read thousands of Science and Tech magazines from 1900-1970's and I can count the number of black people I've seen on my hands. It's just amazing that such a large portion of the population could be so completely ignored. And when they are shown it is almost always in a derogatory context.
  • suspid, on 05/13/2008, -1/+8This black man talked with an accent and all, but he actually had a solution to a problem.
    In todays ads/movies/tv shows a black man would probably suggest supamaning that ho.
    • suspid, on 05/13/2008, -3/+1Just for the record: I'm not saying black people are more stupid these days, I'm talking about the way they're portrayed
  • brjohnson789, on 05/13/2008, -0/+14I think its racist to assume white people with health problems have something wrong with their butt.
  • jmkiii, on 05/13/2008, -7/+4Don't spam your own submissions!
    Buried!
  • Warden72, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1The only ignorant people in that ad were the honkeys.
  • kmotiv1, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1Why the hell would you take a laxative for a cold?
  • egeo2000, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1So what exactly was racist about this?
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