Is that new gym ad (unintentionally) racist?

efb

the one where the black gym instructor is roaring at the white woman, her (white) boyfriend deflates him, and then cuts to a gym full of white people with a white instructor.

I found it had racist undertones, anyone else?

Death and Taxes

efb wrote: »

the one where the black gym instructor is roaring at the white woman, her (white) boyfriend deflates him, and then cuts to a gym full of white people with a white instructor.

I found it had racist undertones, anyone else?

Link needed!

0ph0rce0

Again :rolleyes:

Czarcasm

efb wrote: »

the one where the black gym instructor is roaring at the white woman, her (white) boyfriend deflates him, and then cuts to a gym full of white people with a white instructor.

I found it had racist undertones, anyone else?

If you had to scrutinise an advert to find unintentionally racist undertones, then you're just looking to be offended for the sake of it.

In this case, racism is in the eye of the beholder.

KTRIC

I was walking in town earlier and I seen this black guy. Is that racist ??

efb

Czarcasm wrote: »

If you had to scrutinise an advert to find unintentionally racist undertones, then you're just looking to be offended for the sake of it.

In this case, racism is in the eye of the beholder.

I didnt scrutinise it, it struck me quite quickly, I just described it cos I dont have a link.

Bipolar Joe

Not a note on the ad, but you know what's just as annoying as people who see racism everywhere? The people that roll their eyes at them without thinking it through, instead saying something along the lines of "Just because it has a black person in it doesn't make it racist!"


Also warped doors, they're VERY annoying.

dan1895

Maybe a black actor got a job in ad for a gym.

Cungi

Yeah and toothpaste must be racist cos its all white :rolleyes:

My name is URL

I don't get people sometimes... Should they only hire white actors in case someone reads too much into things, or only have black people portrayed in ways which nobody could ever possibly construe as racist?

not yet

KTRIC wrote: »

I was walking in town earlier and I seen this black guy. Is that racist ??

Yes 100% you are not supposed to look at them or call them black.

efb

But the tag line was "you wont find any of that here".

My name is URL

efb wrote: »

But the tag line was "you wont find any of that here".

Over zealous & somewhat aggressive personal trainers? :pac:

SV

Seems like we've tipped over to the other side of things regarding racism.
This does seem racist but people are so sick of being PC that they're just skipping over it now.

woodoo

I'm going to take this opportunity to tell you all that taking a hand at a nations accent is not racist.

KTRIC

not yet wrote: »

Yes 100% you are not supposed to look at them or call them black.

c_man

KTRIC wrote: »

I was walking in town earlier and I seen this black guy. Is that racist ??

And sexist

Custardpi

KTRIC wrote: »

I was walking in town earlier and I seen this black guy. Is that racist ??

Also, ableist, scotomaphobic & whatever word means you hate people who live in rural areas (agorophobic is the closest I can come up with). Basically you're a fascist.

Sonics2k

Custardpi wrote: »

Also, ableist, scotomaphobic & whatever word means you hate people who live in rural areas (agorophobic is the closest I can come up with). Basically you're a fascist.

I saw a black guy eating in KFC, and then he left and a white guy came in as he was leaving.

Racism everywhere.

Kev_2012

And this is the most racist children's tv programme character of all time, it's just terrible Joe... http://images2.alphacoders.com/422/42.jpg

debabyjesus

I am often embarrassed by my weedy arms and pasty skin when large black gentlemen shout at me in the gym.

This sounds like just the gym for me.

Boombastic

KTRIC wrote: »

A purple person, looking unhappy....are you RACIST?

:pac:

Duggy747

Black people shouldn't appear in anything in case us whites are mistaken for racists!................ah............eh..................no wait, that's not right............

antodeco

Cungi wrote: »

Yeah and toothpaste must be racist cos its all white :rolleyes:

Won't somebody please think of the aqua fresh babies

Cungi

Aww shit toothpaste is racist!

http://brog.engrish.com/2008/10/02/racist-toothpaste/

And another Google search shows black toothpaste. Feck.

anncoates

I haven't seen it it but it's definitely racist.

Mackman

It's only racist if you see it as racist, if you see the people in the ad as just people, then nothing's wrong, but if you see it as black people vs. white people then I think you are being a bit PC about the whole thing

Grayson

Mackman wrote: »

It's only racist if you see it as racist, if you see the people in the ad as just people, then nothing's wrong, but if you see it as black people vs. white people then I think you are being a bit PC about the whole thing

I read an article about the N word as part of a review for Django Unchained (not going to type it in case it results in a ban. There are forums where is does). Lenny bruce said that everyone should just walk around saying it repeatedly until it had no meaning left. It's only by refusing to say it that we give the word power. The word is so incredibly racist because we made it that way.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2013/jan/14/django-unchained-n-word

northernpower

I hate black pepper