I REALLY Dont Like This Commercial
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PhonZhi
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Funny thing about that Adidas commercial is the 1st time i saw it i was in a public setting and the brutha beside me was like "everytime i see black people in commercials we either running, jumping or rapping"
I was like
you damn rite. Couldnt believe somebody said what i was thinking.Goes to show that we're slowly waking up
PhonZhi
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Why does Indica aka @WickedSkengman think his opinion on black issues matters. He's a half breed from Europe
@WickedSkengman isn't black?
That explains it. Of course he wouldnt understand
he's biracial trash from across the pond. c00n dad cac mom. for some reason, his only goal in life is to shyt on "coli militants", he's a waste man from london.
[QUOTE="PhonZhi, postEast as 15272043, member: 2488OFunny thing about that Adidas commercial is the 1st time i sawfunnyas in a public setting and the brutha beside me was like "everytime i see black people in commercials we either running, jumping or rapping"
I was likedamn rite. Couldnt believe somebody said what i was thinking.
Goes to show that we're slowly waking up[/QUOTE]
Op you not wrong.
Easy for people to be oh so funny on the internet.
OF course an adidas commercial has atheletes and running and jumping.
Thats not the issue ofcourse.
The issue is that these are either only or the vast majority of the images that our children see that look like them in commercials.
Atheletes rappers singers dancers or some caricture of what they feel comfortable with us being. Ie the thug, the funny sidekick, the bumbling idiot or insert non threatening stereotype here.
continue staying woke brother.
I was like
damn rite. Couldnt believe somebody said what i was thinking.Goes to show that we're slowly waking up
[/QUOTE]Op you not wrong.
Easy for people to be oh so funny on the internet.
OF course an adidas commercial has atheletes and running and jumping.
Thats not the issue ofcourse.
The issue is that these are either only or the vast majority of the images that our children see that look like them in commercials.
Atheletes rappers singers dancers or some caricture of what they feel comfortable with us being. Ie the thug, the funny sidekick, the bumbling idiot or insert non threatening stereotype here.
continue staying woke brother.
OP you point is solid I think your examples is how this went left but I agree to an extent.
PhonZhi
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Cotdamn @WickedSkengman tell me he's rite.
It would explain why my OP made u so mad. Please confirm that you're a biracial from overseas. It would make ME feel better knowing this. Right now you got me feeling like shyt. Please confirm
PhonZhi
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Great thread about how the black image has been intentionally manipulated and distorted throughout history. Very informative. Its imperative that all black people are aware of stuff like this. Its still going on today:
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/iden...s-brutes-c00ns-toms-and-sapphires-etc.221290/
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/iden...s-brutes-c00ns-toms-and-sapphires-etc.221290/
PhonZhi
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Well ive been seeing these GE commercials about a programmer/engineer alot lately:
And of course with the way i think, i thought that it would be cool if the guy was black. Most of our images are of athletics or entertainment. Our youth needs to see a different depiction of themselves. Notice how swagged out and cool the blacks are in the Adidas commercial. Notice how "square" the white guy is. But he's SMART & INTELLIGENT. Not saying the athletes aren't but they are all about showing off their athletic prowess. We need to get away from that. Less athletics and entertainment and more of a focus on intelligence and education. We need less rappers, athletes and entertainers and more programmers and engineers. These types of commercials play a huge role in our psyche and how we view ourselves. Can we even imagine a black guy in those GE commercials?
[QUOTE="PhonZhi, postEast as 15272043, member: 2488OFunny thing about that Adidas commercial is the 1st time i sawfunnyas in a public setting and the brutha beside me was like "everytime i see black people in commercials we either running, jumping or rapping"
I was like
Goes to show that we're slowly waking up
Op you not wrong.
Easy for people to be oh so funny on the internet.
OF course an adidas commercial has atheletes and running and jumping.
Thats not the issue ofcourse.
The issue is that these are either only or the vast majority of the images that our children see that look like them in commercials.
Atheletes rappers singers dancers or some caricture of what they feel comfortable with us being. Ie the thug, the funny sidekick, the bumbling idiot or insert non threatening stereotype here.
continue staying woke brother.
[/QUOTE]I get what you are saying, but OP is still misguided for criticizing an Adidas commercial showcasing athletes....
If OP said "Why are these the ONLY commercials I see us in" (which is still completely untrue...I would imagine OP watches a lot of sports and ergo sees a lot of sports related commercials) then the outrage would be a little more fitting.
Anyone can find negativity in anything...when I see that commercial I see young kids having fun, working out, succeeding and getting the attention of a college coach...looks like Black Excellence to me
when I see this commercial I see a father and son having fun...people wanting to see the negative will say "I see a black guy having to dance again being a c00n"
When I see this one I see a nice father (married) and son... people wanting to see the negative can say "they show us sleeping during the day like we don't have jobs"
I know I'm taking it to the extreme but OP's claim about that commercial is so stupid. How else are 17 year old athletes supposed to be portrayed in a commercial for an athletic company?
Knuckles Red
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Agreed! I don't know why your post got so shytted on. These same people would be bytching if it were a commercial with a gay couple, or an interracial commercial talking about it being some "agenda." We do need more diverse images of black males in the media. The chances of making it pro as an athlete are almost as likely as winning the lottery. Also, like you said OP, the images we see say things without actually saying them, and when you don't see people who look like you in certain professions you get the idea that such professions aren't for you. If I have sons I will push them to focus more on academics than sports.
@TL15
actually you're way off base. if these were isolated images then you would have a point, but you have to understand the history of this country and their use of media to destroy the image of the black man.
Do you know what minstrel shows are?
Minstrel show - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Minstrel shows lampooned black people as dim-witted,[1] lazy,[1] buffoonish,[1][2] superstitious, happy-go-lucky,[1] and musical. The minstrel show began with brief burlesques and comic entr'actes in the early 1830s and emerged as a full-fledged form in the next decade.
do you know about the film the birth of a nation, which was viewed at the white house?
The Birth of a Nation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The film was a commercial success, though it was highly controversial owing to its portrayal of black men (some played by white actors in blackface) as unintelligent and sexually aggressive towards white women, and the portrayal of the Ku Klux Klan (whose original founding is dramatized) as a heroic force.[5][6]
now ask yourself, if media doesn't matter, why have they used it for hundreds of years to negatively portray blacks? Do you think that they suddenly abandoned that agenda?
actually you're way off base. if these were isolated images then you would have a point, but you have to understand the history of this country and their use of media to destroy the image of the black man.
Do you know what minstrel shows are?
Minstrel show - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Minstrel shows lampooned black people as dim-witted,[1] lazy,[1] buffoonish,[1][2] superstitious, happy-go-lucky,[1] and musical. The minstrel show began with brief burlesques and comic entr'actes in the early 1830s and emerged as a full-fledged form in the next decade.
do you know about the film the birth of a nation, which was viewed at the white house?
The Birth of a Nation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The film was a commercial success, though it was highly controversial owing to its portrayal of black men (some played by white actors in blackface) as unintelligent and sexually aggressive towards white women, and the portrayal of the Ku Klux Klan (whose original founding is dramatized) as a heroic force.[5][6]
now ask yourself, if media doesn't matter, why have they used it for hundreds of years to negatively portray blacks? Do you think that they suddenly abandoned that agenda?
Hes smart and intelligent but hes socially awkard, beta male, low testosterone, and physically weak. His own dad dissed him on that thor hammer scene. If he was black, he would get labelled a Urkel type. Then we wonder why "he has to be some Steve Urkel wannabe cac"
I get what you are saying but this is a poor example. Now those Lincoln commercials could use a black male instead of Matthew. Idris couldve been used instead of him. You dont see a blsck male in those type of sexy, sophisticated commercials that much.
PhonZhi
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[QUOTE="TL15, post: 15272646, member:
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I was randonly thinking about the song in this commercial like 2 days ago.
But back to the topic, the more u look in the past, today will make more sense. Black depictions are OVERWHELMINGLY that of the swagged out, athletic entertainer. The overall point like @Knuckles Red said is that we need to start seeing ourselves in more diverse roles. Our kids need to see black engineers, scholars, farmers, doctors and programmers. I worked at a youth detention center for 2 years and the number of "aspiring rappers" was frightening. Our youth needs to PHYSICALLY SEE different possibilities in life. The mind cant do what it doesn't know, and the sad truth is that alot of black people are unaware of certain possibilities outside of the "normal" because they never see black faces attached.
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I was randonly thinking about the song in this commercial like 2 days ago.
But back to the topic, the more u look in the past, today will make more sense. Black depictions are OVERWHELMINGLY that of the swagged out, athletic entertainer. The overall point like @Knuckles Red said is that we need to start seeing ourselves in more diverse roles. Our kids need to see black engineers, scholars, farmers, doctors and programmers. I worked at a youth detention center for 2 years and the number of "aspiring rappers" was frightening. Our youth needs to PHYSICALLY SEE different possibilities in life. The mind cant do what it doesn't know, and the sad truth is that alot of black people are unaware of certain possibilities outside of the "normal" because they never see black faces attached.
