Is the VW Super Bowl commercial racist?

[derspiess]

She looks blacker than Blake Griffin.

My wife said something very unkind about him the other day

[Valmy]

Robin Williams always got away with it somehow.

He is not the only one.  It is possible but tricky.

[Admiral Yi]

My wife said something very unkind about him the other day

Slacks on defense?  Doesn't box out?

[Martinus]

Why?

Because, as I said, if a white person does it it seems like White Supremacy more than simply making fun of how silly people are.  And since White Supremacism has been social problem #1 for centuries it tends to bring up strong emotions.

Ok but that's stupid. It's like saying that a heterosexual person cannot tell a gay joke because gays were discriminated against in the past.

I mean, I realize that these are the rules of political correctness, but I find it quite surprising and disappointing that you are attempting to rationalize them. They are stupid and based on a victimhood status some groups have attained.

[Valmy]

"Why is it that Arabs are always shown as either oil-rich sheiks, terrorists, or belly dancers?" said Warren David, president of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, or ADC.

How is a Bedouin nomad any of those things?  And this is nonsense they are not always shown as one of those things, rather he has it backwards. Oil-rich sheiks, terrorists, and belly dancers are always Arabs.  Maybe we should mix in some central Asian and African terrorists...well actually we probably do do that.

The ADC garnered attention back in 1992 when it complained that lyrics in the Walt Disney animated film "Aladdin" were racist.

Ironically a movie where all the human characters were arabs and not one was a Oil-rich sheik, terrorist, or a belly dancer.  Well ok maybe Jafar was a terrorist and some of the women were sorta dressed like belly dancers.

[garbon]

Ok but that's stupid. It's like saying that a heterosexual person cannot tell a gay joke because gays were discriminated against in the past.

For the most part they can't.

[Valmy]

I mean, I realize that these are the rules of political correctness, but I find it quite surprising and disappointing that you are attempting to rationalize them. They are stupid and based on a victimhood status some groups have attained.

I am not justifying it, I am just explaining it.

[CountDeMoney]

They are stupid and based on a victimhood status some groups have attained.

Like the one you always claim, stuck in that little closet of yours?

[CountDeMoney]

Ok but that's stupid. It's like saying that a heterosexual person cannot tell a gay joke because gays were discriminated against in the past.

For the most part they can't.

Only fag hags can do it, if I recall my heterophobe social protocol correctly.

[Eddie Teach]

She looks about a quarter black to me.  Maybe half.

She looks like a white chick that gets some sun.

If Rashida Jones and Jennifer Beals are part black, I could definitely see it with this chick too.

[CountDeMoney]

So every brunette has some Sally Hemmings in her.  Got it.

[11B4V]

No, it's funny.

[Martinus]

Ok but that's stupid. It's like saying that a heterosexual person cannot tell a gay joke because gays were discriminated against in the past.

For the most part they can't.

Which is stupid, as well. There is only one aspect of a joke, parody, comedy etc. that should be subject to judgement - whether it is funny. Telling people they cannot tell some joke because of their race, gender or sexual orientation is discrimination at its vilest.

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url="http://www.nbcnews.com/business/arab-american-groups-say-coke-super-bowl-ad-racist-1B8191874"]http://www.nbcnews.com/business/arab-american-groups-say-coke-super-bowl-ad-racist-1B8191874[/url]

Arab-American groups say Coke Super Bowl ad is racist

Arab-American groups have sharply criticized a Coca-Cola Super Bowl ad depicting an Arab walking through the desert with a camel, and one group said it would ask the beverage giant to change it before CBS airs the game on Sunday before an expected audience of more than 100 million U.S. viewers.

"Why is it that Arabs are always shown as either oil-rich sheiks, terrorists, or belly dancers?" said Warren David, president of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, or ADC.

Well, obviously, the solution is to ditch the camel, and show the Arab guy setting a timer on a roadside IED instead.

[Tamas]

It is boring that there must be a "controversy" about Superbowl commercials/performances. Doesn't that event have enough coverage on it's own? God damn.