Those wacky Germans with their racism and their personality cults...

Started by MadImmortalMan, March 17, 2009, 06:27:50 PM

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MadImmortalMan

March 17, 2009, 06:27:50 PM
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Neil

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March 17, 2009, 06:34:32 PM
Is that funny?
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derspiess

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March 17, 2009, 06:37:32 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 17, 2009, 06:34:32 PM
Is that funny?

Yeah, kinda.  Obama, like all black folks, just luuuuuuvs him some fried chicken.  I like the Golden Gate Bridge that is in the background for no apparent reason, as well :D
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Sheilbh

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March 17, 2009, 06:45:46 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 17, 2009, 06:37:32 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 17, 2009, 06:34:32 PM
Is that funny?

Yeah, kinda.  Obama, like all black folks, just luuuuuuvs him some fried chicken.  I like the Golden Gate Bridge that is in the background for no apparent reason, as well :D

It could be different in Germany but in the UK that's not a stereotype.  I didn't get it because I thought the racial stereotype was something to do with Indians and curry and wondered if Germany had just got very concerned.

Edit:  In the UK fried chicken is called 'southern fried chicken' and large American flags and so on are inevitable marketing accoutrements.
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garbon

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March 18, 2009, 01:23:52 AM
Quote from: derspiess on March 17, 2009, 06:37:32 PM
Obama, like all black folks, just luuuuuuvs him some fried chicken.

How could he dislike fried chicken? :o
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March 18, 2009, 01:47:29 AM
Quote from: derspiess on March 17, 2009, 06:37:32 PM
Yeah, kinda.  Obama, like all black folks, just luuuuuuvs him some fried chicken.
Not a common cliché in Germany. Black people are associated with music (Americans) or drug dealers (Africans).
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Savonarola

#6
March 20, 2009, 12:27:42 PM
After this story broke I found a photo essay with the historical racism in advertising.  As recently as 2001 this caricature was used to sell marmalade in the UK:



It's called a Golliwog; based on a popular childrens book from early last century.  Apparently you can still buy Golliwog dolls in Australia and the UK.
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Neil

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March 20, 2009, 02:50:18 PM
When I was a kid, I had children's books with golliwogs in them.  Anybody who thinks they're offensive should be killed.
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Savonarola

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March 20, 2009, 03:15:37 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 20, 2009, 02:50:18 PM
When I was a kid, I had children's books with golliwogs in them.  Anybody who thinks they're offensive should be killed.

The Queen called them racist (after it was found that they were being sold at the tourist shop at her estate at Sandringham.)  Why do you hate your sovereign, Neil?   :(
In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

Neil

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March 20, 2009, 07:44:52 PM
Quote from: Savonarola on March 20, 2009, 03:15:37 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 20, 2009, 02:50:18 PM
When I was a kid, I had children's books with golliwogs in them.  Anybody who thinks they're offensive should be killed.

The Queen called them racist (after it was found that they were being sold at the tourist shop at her estate at Sandringham.)  Why do you hate your sovereign, Neil?   :(
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Josquius

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March 21, 2009, 06:18:35 AM
The steryotype for fried chicken is more white trash than black folks over here. Thanks to the colonel I guess.
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Darth Wagtaros

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September 10, 2022, 08:59:19 AM
SUcks that this is now mainstream in the US. :(
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mongers

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September 10, 2022, 05:49:16 PM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on September 10, 2022, 08:59:19 AMSUcks that this is now mainstream in the US. :(

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September 11, 2022, 12:27:22 AM
This is quite the necro-bump.
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