A black woman hit a white woman with a soda can…so blacks are saying that it portrays blacks as violent. If it were a white person hitting a black person, blacks would say it portrayed blacks as victims. If there were all black actors..blacks would say that it was portraying black on black crime and if there were no black actors, Sharpton would complain that the casting director was racist. You can’t win.

It’s a stupid commercial and I doubt seriously that it makes blacks want to go out and drink Pepsi. Nothing says “hey, this stuff is delicious” better then jealously, violence and racial stereotyping.
That would be like Denny’s making a commercial using this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnWlTyZLQhQ

I posted the comment on my Facebook page and also discussed it with my African co-workers. Nobody black I knew had any issues with the commercial. I think it was all to do about nothing. Yeah the stereotypes are there but we all have to learn to relax a little. It was an edgy, funny commercial, perfect for the Superbowl.

armwood said:
my African co-workers

What part of Africa do you work in ?

The Lantern of Truth said:
What part of Africa do you work in ?

None, I mean African American (typo)

I didn’t watch the Super Bowl and have only sampled a few of the ads based on some online “best” lists because even the “best” weren’t that inspiring this year. (Though, I will give a big ups to Chrysler, Eminem and Detroit because they at least tried)

Based on the radio clip, I take it that the Pepsi ads were culled from some kind of contest, much like the Pepsi-owned Doritos contest that sparked some controversy due to one of the entrants, prior to the event. What did PepsiCo do? Fire their ad agency or did they hire a one-hit wonder that had just one idea for all of their brands?

As for the actual ad, I’m a middle-aged Caucasian; I didn’t see the ad in the Super Bowl and until Mediaite reported on Bill O’Reilly’s analysis in response to Rep. Jackson Lee, I didn’t know it existed. Like the director, I’m would’ve never gone to some kind of underlying racial aspect on my own and I applaud the amateur for hiring his friends for what I assume was initially an unpaid gig. Though of course, since I’m not among those who may be offended, I sort of have to bow to their post-air opinion and suggest that next time, perhaps Pepsi should go with a more professional product from a a professional agency.

Of course that’s still no guarantee of having a non-controversial spot, if GroupOn is any guide.

It’s just too bad about all of those potential contest entrants and the creative people willing to take a chance because after this year’s fiascoes, a shot at the brass ring is unlikely to occur again.

^whoops – edit/rewording issue – should have been something closer to…^

Like the director, I never would’ve thought of some kind of underlying racial stereotypes on my own…

Magister said:
^whoops – edit/rewording issue – should have been something closer to…^

Like the director, I never would’ve thought of some kind of underlying racial stereotypes on my own…

There is nothing wrong with that. That’s really the definition of a stereotype, assumptions that people make without thinking. I am sorry. The add caught me by surprise in a wtf way. but it was funny. I see absolutely nothing wrong with it though it is hard for me not to believe the actors choices were made in a color blind way. It does not matter. It was in my opinion a good commercial. Are we really as a culture in so much denial that we can’t admit that black men look at white women and the reverse? A whole lot of women or men would get mad at their significant other looking at someone attractive. It is natural. We would not think a thing if all the actors were of the same race. The creative people did a good job. It would be a crime to punish them.

armwood said:
None, I mean African American (typo)

Have you ever been to Africa?

What we have here is irrefutable proof–again–that the Left feasts on race and throws the card down when they see fit to do so. Properly and correctly, the cries of ‘Fire!’ lost their muscle long ago, and Limbaugh will stay as strong as he’s always been. Another Leftist ‘Epic Fail.’

“Director Brad Bosley said he’s completely surprised by the controversy surrounding the advertisement and claimed he had a generic couple in mind, but it just so happened “those were the best actors [he] had and [he] put them in there without thinking about race at all.””

i dont believe that

Atticus Draco said:
“Director Brad Bosley said he’s completely surprised by the controversy surrounding the advertisement and claimed he had a generic couple in mind, but it just so happened “those were the best actors [he] had and [he] put them in there without thinking about race at all.””

i dont believe that

I don’t either. He is trying to cover himself. This is just oversensitivity. This was a funny commercial.

Horse-crap!
All commercials now have to be multi-racial…multi-ethnic!
You need good guys and bad guys! You need strong characters and dummies!

MEN or Whitey are always the bad guy/DUMMIES!

dummy123 said:
Horse-crap!
All commercials now have to be multi-racial…multi-ethnic!
You need good guys and bad guys! You need strong characters and dummies!

MEN or Whitey are always the bad guy/DUMMIES!

And how was the white woman the bad person or enemy in this commercial. She was the victim! Did you even see the commercial before you posted?

Mediate, every week you play the race card to get hits on this site.

Is it worth your efforts?

armwood said:
And how was the white woman the bad person or enemy in this commercial. She was the victim! Did you even see the commercial before you posted?

I saw the commercial. You know what I’m talking about.
Making this commercial with a white couple and a black jogger was NEVER an option!
Blacks and whites are offended by this crap commercial for different valid reasons!!!!!

Have you ever watched any of those Progressive Insurance commercials?? Every male is a neutered effeminate submissive zombie! I boycott Progressive too!

@armwood: Did you listen to the clip?

It sounds as if the ad was the winner in an amateur contest. The director says that the actors were recommended to him by his brother with whom they had taken an improv class and because he didn’t have access to a casting director or big casting call…

IOW: These were the actors that he knew could do good work and I assume were willing to work on spec, it wasn’t a big plot to make some kind of statement. He was just hoping to win a contest with minimal investment.

dummy123 said:
I saw the commercial. You know what I’m talking about.
Making this commercial with a white couple and a black jogger was NEVER an option!
Blacks and whites are offended by this crap commercial for different valid reasons!!!!!

Have you ever watched any of those Progressive Insurance commercials?? Every male is a neutered effeminate submissive zombie! I boycott Progressive too!

Please explain why you are offended because I am not, at all.

I saw the commercial and enjoyed it, and never thought about race until I just read this story! (I’m white, btw.) I think the reaction says more about the insulted than it does about the creator(s). Amazing that we’re still at this level.

Big thumbs-down for the idea that it’s racist.

Aactually, I have heard blacks complain that the white woman is the “beautiful” one in the commercial and more “desirable.” Meaning that the commercial portrays black women in a light that is more violent and not as beautiful. This is a disgrace and blacks need to speak out against Sheila Jackson Lee, Shaprton, Jackson and every other race-baiting bigot who has profited off of the exploitation of blacks.

ChrisNH, this is not indicative that the Left sees racism everywhere. This is just the opinion of this one commentator — and quite a few other members of the Left.

We do have work to do to tell these people that offense can be taken where none was intended and where there wasn’t even much insensitivity being displayed. We on the Left do say these things to each other; we do criticize fellow Liberals. Still, we have stragglers.

On the Right, as exemplified by Reagan’s 11th Commandment, you people are allergic to self-criticism. One would think modern American Republicanism is dominated by nothing more than emptiness, otherwise you wouldn’t be so afraid of criticism.

This ad bothered me a lot. Not race. Not product endorsement.
I sat watching as a dad of girls, VIOLENCE against women. I do not care if it is a white or black, man or woman as perp doing the violence, nor any other race. The girl was knocked out cold with a thrown can of cola.
Shock came all over at that….until Roaeanne bar was slammed with a tree log….more violence to women…..and we are supposed to get jollies on this?

Effectiveness? I do not even recall the Roseann product.
Nor do I recall the girl hit with a cola product, other than it was a cola.
The appalling nature took my mind off the product, and the game.
I tuned out ads after that and made food

Maybe I’m still a bit pollyannaish, but I just saw a woman trying to ding her man in the head for ogling a sexy jogger. She missed and hit the jogger. Funny stuff in a slapstick, Stooges sort of way.

I didn’t think about the racial component until all this crap about it started.

I still don’t see a big deal about it. Women get, um, sensitive about their guys looking at other women.

Chill out. Sheesh.

The whole controversy reminds me of an old SNL parody commercial circa 1993-94. The scene is a corporate boardroom and an ad company is unveiling its new commercial to the toothpaste company who commissioned it. The scene involved a business man (played by the black Tim Meadows) and his devoted wife (played one of the forgettable white female cast members of that era–i.e., not Jan Hooks, Nora Dunn or Victoria Jackson). The ad guy who conceived of and created the ad is clearly proud of it, and it is typical in every way. However, at the climax of the ad, the husband is late for work and running out the door being seen off by his wife, but before he gets through the door, he turns to kiss his white wife goodbye, but rather than a peck on the lips, he lays a long–gratuitously long–and deep, soul kiss on her.

After they shut the video down. The ad people, clearly proud, then turn to the toothpaste company guys (all white) and are, like, “So what do you think? How great was that?” The corporate guys were naturally speechless but unable–as per the rules of political correctness–to explain the problem they had with it.

And for the record, this guy’s lying. If you lefties don’t believe me, won’t you at least believe Bill Hicks?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDW_Hj2K0wo

“I Picked Actors ‘Without Thinking About Race At All”

…which is the way it is supposed to be.

Sean68 said:
The whole controversy reminds me of an old SNL parody commercial circa 1993-94. The scene is a corporate boardroom and an ad company is unveiling its new commercial to the toothpaste company who commissioned it. The scene involved a business man (played by the black Tim Meadows) and his devoted wife (played one of the forgettable white female cast members of that era–i.e., not Jan Hooks, Nora Dunn or Victoria Jackson). The ad guy who conceived of and created the ad is clearly proud of it, and it is typical in every way. However, at the climax of the ad, the husband is late for work and running out the door being seen off by his wife, but before he gets through the door, he turns to kiss his white wife goodbye, but rather than a peck on the lips, he lays a long–gratuitously long–and deep, soul kiss on her.

After they shut the video down. The ad people, clearly proud, then turn to the toothpaste company guys (all white) and are, like, “So what do you think? How great was that?” The corporate guys were naturally speechless but unable–as per the rules of political correctness–to explain the problem they had with it.

And for the record, this guy’s lying. If you lefties don’t believe me, won’t you at least believe Bill Hicks?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDW_Hj2K0wo

I am one of the most leftist people who post on this blog and I posted earlier that I didn’t believe him. His statement about not seeing the color of the actors was pure CYOA B.S. I still thought the ad was both appropriate and funny.

armwood said:
I am one of the most leftist people who post on this blog and I posted earlier that I didn’t believe him. His statement about not seeing the color of the actors was pure CYOA B.S. I still thought the ad was both appropriate and funny.

why don’t you believe him?

cjd ohio 1 said:
why don’t you believe him?

I don’t believe he is that naive.

armwood said:
I am one of the most leftist people who post on this blog and I posted earlier that I didn’t believe him. His statement about not seeing the color of the actors was pure CYOA B.S. I still thought the ad was both appropriate and funny.

I don’t expect to see head injuries used as a source of humor in TV commercials. Shit, even in movies that require violence against animals, they make a point of showing that the animals did not suffer any (even fake) injuries (e.g., the two doberman pinchers whose heads Arnold smacks together at the beginning of the movie). This woman is left writhing in agony on the ground after suffering a blow to the head as the person who did it runs away. But as I stated in the other thread on this subject, there’s something in it to offend everyone–including black women and men.

armwood said:
I don’t believe he is that naive.

sorry on this one armwood, but just because the first thing you see is race, not everyone is like that

armwood said:
I don’t believe he is that naive.

and you are a little older, but the younger people are the less they see. ie…race, straight or gay.etc

armwood said:
I don’t believe he is that naive.

You are probably right.

Sean68 said:
I don’t expect to see head injuries used as a source of humor in TV commercials. Shit, even in movies that require violence against animals, they make a point of showing that the animals did not suffer any (even fake) injuries (e.g., the two doberman pinchers whose heads Arnold smacks together at the beginning of the movie). This woman is left writhing in agony on the ground after suffering a blow to the head as the person who did it runs away. But as I stated in the other thread on this subject, there’s something in it to offend everyone–including black women and men.

I cannot argue with that point. Your point on the violence is well taken.

cjd ohio 1 said:
sorry on this one armwood, but just because the first thing you see is race, not everyone is like that

If you were of a minority race you might have a better understanding of American culture. As Judge Sonia Sotomayor said, a wise Latina… It was amazing how some people clearly understood what she was saying and others did not.

cjd ohio 1 said:
and you are a little older, but the younger people are the less they see. ie…race, straight or gay.etc

Which is good, too.

armwood said:
If you were of a minority race you might have a better understanding of American culture. As Judge Sonia Sotomayor said, a wise Latina… It was amazing how some people clearly understood what she was saying and others did not.

well sir, it appears the races will never be equal, or race will always be a issue to you

Sean68 said:
I don’t expect to see head injuries used as a source of humor in TV commercials. Shit, even in movies that require violence against animals, they make a point of showing that the animals did not suffer any (even fake) injuries (e.g., the two doberman pinchers whose heads Arnold smacks together at the beginning of the movie). This woman is left writhing in agony on the ground after suffering a blow to the head as the person who did it runs away. But as I stated in the other thread on this subject, there’s something in it to offend everyone–including black women and men.

I noticed I didn’t specify which Arnold Schwarzenegger movie I was referring. It was True Lies.

cjd ohio 1 said:
well sir, it appears the races will never be equal, or race will always be a issue to you

No, I just don’t pretend that it is not an issue when it obviously is.

armwood said:
No, I just don’t pretend that it is not an issue when it obviously is.

too you, because it seems on this board it always is a issue with you, so your life must be the same way

armwood said:
No, I just don’t pretend that it is not an issue when it obviously is.

and i dont think i am naive, but MLK or my grandma said about the same thing……….never judge a book by its cover

cjd ohio 1 said:
too you, because it seems on this board it always is a issue with you, so your life must be the same way

Look at the title of this thread “Controversial Pepsi Ad Dir.: I Picked Actors ‘Without Thinking About Race At All’ Get real. I am bringing up race? You are living in denial. Race is often a topic at Mediaite. You are obviously uncomfortable with the topic. I am not.

cjd ohio 1 said:
and i dont think i am naive, but MLK or my grandma said about the same thing……….never judge a book by its cover

I do not know your grandmother but you are misquoting King. Clearly he did not pretend race was not an issue. He hoped for a day when people would not be judged by race. Unfortunately that day has not arrived in spite of your inability to face this reality.

armwood said:
I do not know your grandmother but you are misquoting King. Clearly he did not pretend race was not an issue. He hoped for a day when people would not be judged by race. Unfortunately that day has not arrived in spite of your inability to face this reality.

they were saying the same thing, i face reality, that day will not come until bigots and people like you are long gone

armwood said:
Look at the title of this thread “Controversial Pepsi Ad Dir.: I Picked Actors ‘Without Thinking About Race At All’ Get real. I am bringing up race? You are living in denial. Race is often a topic at Mediaite. You are obviously uncomfortable with the topic. I am not.

not at all

And by the way i speck for myself, my beliefs on race, not other peoples view. As long as there are bigots and race baiters in america, and money can be made from it , it will continue

armwood said:
If you were of a minority race you might have a better understanding of American culture. As Judge Sonia Sotomayor said, a wise Latina… It was amazing how some people clearly understood what she was saying and others did not.

What’s to explain? It was the usual ethnocentric self-esteem-boosting bullshit non-white college students are used to.

@armwood: I’m going to join the others in saying that just because you noticed the race and thought of the societal suggestions, it doesn’t mean that the director did. A quick Google shows that he’s a 28 year old Kansas City native, who studied film in college and two shorts, plus three commercials under his belt. If I’m interpreting the clip right and the Pepsi ad was a contest winner, it would make his second because one he did for GoDaddy was a top ten finalist in their race.

IOW: Perhaps a 28 yr old with friends in improv sees things differently than you and Rep Jackson Lee.

Magister said:
@armwood: I’m going to join the others in saying that just because you noticed the race and thought of the societal suggestions, it doesn’t mean that the director did. A quick Google shows that he’s a 28 year old Kansas City native, who studied film in college and two shorts, plus three commercials under his belt. If I’m interpreting the clip right and the Pepsi ad was a contest winner, it would make his second because one he did for GoDaddy was a top ten finalist in their race.

IOW: Perhaps a 28 yr old with friends in improv sees things differently than you and Rep Jackson Lee.

If you had actually read my posts you would see that I disagreed totally with Rep. Jackson. I said at least in 3 posts I like the ad. You obviously have a problem with race. I never said it was impossible that he didn’t think of race. I just don’t believe it. Being 28 does not make you dumb. There have been plenty of black people in Kansas City for a long time so your mentioning of that city indicates your lack of knowledge. As far back as the 1930s Kansas city was a center of African American culture with musicians like Jay McShann and Benny Moten and William “Count” Basie living and working there. The commercial was to clever for him to be that naive.

@armwood: I’ve seen you say that you like the commercial, but I’ve also seen you say a couple of times that you don’t believe the director didn’t take race into consideration or didn’t understand the implications. As for the ad itself, I consider it meh and as I said in my initial comment, I only saw it because of the controversy – due to a post on this website and without Rep. Jackson Lee’s rant, I would’ve never thought about all of the sociological and historical contexts.

As for your claim that I “obviously have a problem with race” and that there has been African-American culture in Kansas City for a long time, I’m just going to chalk that up to a misunderstanding similar to the one where you’ve said a couple of times that you personally weren’t offended, but the director obviously made an informed casting choice based upon a nefarious motive or something to that effect.

It was a stupid commercial. There wasn’t a controversy until one was manufactured and I believe the director cast people he knew because they’d do a good job and work on spec.

IOW: Why are we still talking about the ad, if most of us apparently agree?

Clarification: The “misunderstanding” that I reference in the second paragraph of my 12:13AM post is intended to refer to my misunderstanding of your position because it appears that you’re misunderstanding mine.

armwood said:
And how was the white woman the bad person or enemy in this commercial. She was the victim! Did you even see the commercial before you posted?

Actually, that’s one of the issues myself and apparently, other African-Americans have with this ad.

Black woman: Angry, scowling, intentionally unattractive, violent.
Black man: Weak, balding, passive, enabler of Black woman’s violence.
White Woman: Friendly, attractive, sympathetic victim of the Black woman’s violence.

Could you even imagine the races reversed in this commercial with the same script?

–Cobra

Cobra said:
Actually, that’s one of the issues myself and apparently, other African-Americans have with this ad. Black woman: Angry, scowling, intentionally unattractive, violent.Black man: Weak, balding, passive, enabler of Black woman’s violence.White Woman: Friendly, attractive, sympathetic victim of the Black woman’s violence. Could you even imagine the races reversed in this commercial with the same script? –Cobra

No I can’t. Because Pepsi and the director would have NEVER allowed a white couple (woman) to violently attack a black woman and run away. The director would have been VERY aware of race if the roles had been reversed. This passed the screeners because it was the white person being attacked by a black couple. And Armwood would have been beside himself if that had happened. He would NOT have found it funny.

Cobra said:
Actually, that’s one of the issues myself and apparently, other African-Americans have with this ad.

Black woman: Angry, scowling, intentionally unattractive, violent.
Black man: Weak, balding, passive, enabler of Black woman’s violence.
White Woman: Friendly, attractive, sympathetic victim of the Black woman’s violence.

Could you even imagine the races reversed in this commercial with the same script?

–Cobra

I hear that. I actually posted it on Facebook to see if people felt that way. I also discussed it with a Advertising professor where I teach. None of us, all African Americans had an issue with it but some of us saw how some could.

tatboy said:
No I can’t. Because Pepsi and the director would have NEVER allowed a white couple (woman) to violently attack a black woman and run away. The director would have been VERY aware of race if the roles had been reversed. This passed the screeners because it was the white person being attacked by a black couple. And Armwood would have been beside himself if that had happened. He would NOT have found it funny.

You really se things in a narrow minded way. you have no idea how I think. Sticking up for the rights of black people or other minorities does not make you anti-white. It simply reflects an awareness of the culture that we live in which is rationally stratified. Some people here try to rationalize that stratification. I do not. I analyze and explain it. The stratification was not acidental. It was intentional and it still remains.

This commercial reminded a little bit of the way Quentin Tarantino dealt with race in his masterpiece “Pulp fiction” You remember the scene with Mr Wolfe rushing Samuel L. Jackson and John Trovolta to hurry up and clean up the blood. He is constantly using the N word. The first time I saw the movie I was enraged at this point. He is complaining because his wife will be home and 8Am and that will have to be gone by then. Then you see Mr. Wolfe visualizing his wife’s return and she is black. I went from rage to laughing so hard my sides hurt.

I do not believe this ad was accidental. It was way to clever for that.

armwood said:
This commercial reminded a little bit of the way Quentin Tarantino dealt with race in his masterpiece “Pulp fiction” You remember the scene with Mr Wolfe rushing Samuel L. Jackson and John Trovolta to hurry up and clean up the blood. He is constantly using the N word. The first time I saw the movie I was enraged at this point. He is complaining because his wife will be home and 8Am and that will have to be gone by then. Then you see Mr. Wolfe visualizing his wife’s return and she is black. I went from rage to laughing so hard my sides hurt.

I do not believe this ad was accidental. It was way to clever for that.

I wish you would dream about and reenact the Vic Morrow scene in “Twilight Zone: The Movie”

armwood said:
You really se things in a narrow minded way. you have no idea how I think. Sticking up for the rights of black people or other minorities does not make you anti-white. It simply reflects an awareness of the culture that we live in which is rationally stratified. Some people here try to rationalize that stratification. I do not. I analyze and explain it. The stratification was not acidental. It was intentional and it still remains.

Well since you seem to be able to make a wide sweeping statment about me over the internet, let me take a shot at you. :). You are in fact the one who sees everything through the spectrum of race. Sticking up for peoples rights does not make you anti-white. Laughing at an ad when the victom is white, while not finding it funny if the victom is black does. I stand up for the right of poor mid-west folk everyday. Does that make me anti-urban? No… if I laughed at those people than YES it would.

dummy123 said:
I wish you would dream about and reenact the Vic Morrow scene in “Twilight Zone: The Movie”

For people like you I know I am your worst nightmare. Good for you. Get over it.

This one’s for you. I know you can appreciate it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RjXY_-PUbo

tatboy said:
Well since you seem to be able to make a wide sweeping statment about me over the internet, let me take a shot at you. :). You are in fact the one who sees everything through the spectrum of race. Sticking up for peoples rights does not make you anti-white. Laughing at an ad when the victom is white, while not finding it funny if the victom is black does. I stand up for the right of poor mid-west folk everyday. Does that make me anti-urban? No… if I laughed at those people than YES it would.

You are not very bright.

1) I never said it would not be funny if the race roles were reversed you be honest for once. You do not have to lie to make your point. You can do better than that.

2) I do not live in an urban environment so stop your embarrassingly ignorant, stereotyping.

armwood said:
For people like you I know I am your worst nightmare. Good for you. Get over it.

This one’s for you. I know you can appreciate it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RjXY_-PUbo

Perhaps I was too harsh.
Can you Squeal Like A Pig?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gLN3QoN-q8

armwood said:
You are not very bright. 1) I never said it would not be funny if the race roles were reversed you be honest for once. You do not have to lie to make your point. You can do better than that. 2) I do not live in an urban environment so stop your embarrassingly ignorant, stereotyping.

I’ve noticed something in life. The more someone brags about what they have, the less of it they actually own. Like someone bragging about their IQ. The more someone brags about how smart they are or how dumb others are. The dumber they are. I guess the next thing your going to say is that your dick is HUGE. ;)

Mr. Armwood you should have paid as much attention to your clients as you did this commercial.

http://www.gabar.org/public/directory/DisciplineHistory.php?id=022545

Anne 1 said:
Mr. Armwood you should have paid as much attention to your clients as you did this commercial. http://www.gabar.org/public/directory/DisciplineHistory.php?id=022545

Holy Crap!!!

I throw cans of Pepsi at Asian women. They don’t like it. Too sweet.

Anne 1 said:
Mr. Armwood you should have paid as much attention to your clients as you did this commercial.

http://www.gabar.org/public/directory/DisciplineHistory.php?id=022545

I have you do not become seriously ill. You should know whereof you speak before you judge.

armwood said:
I have you do not become seriously ill. You should know whereof you speak before you judge.

What??? That makes NO sense???

That would have been a “hate crime” if it was two whites knocking out some black chic. Either way, I could careless.

This advert is a racial rorschach test.
What you see, says more about you than the commercial.
I saw 3 people in a humorous situation. Go Pepsi!

Geez-Louise, you just can’t stop some lame-brained liberals from LOOKING for some offense or victims to gripe about.

Cobra said:
Actually, that’s one of the issues myself and apparently, other African-Americans have with this ad. Black woman: Angry, scowling, intentionally unattractive, violent.Black man: Weak, balding, passive, enabler of Black woman’s violence.White Woman: Friendly, attractive, sympathetic victim of the Black woman’s violence. Could you even imagine the races reversed in this commercial with the same script? –Cobra

my dogs gone said:
This advert is a racial rorschach test.What you see, says more about you than the commercial.I saw 3 people in a humorous situation. Go Pepsi!

What is the goal? I thought our goal is a color blind society where the color of your skin does not matter only the content of your character. From the responses many people saw no racial content (color blind). What do you want? Equality or special consideration? The dir says he didn’t see the racial implications and I believe him, neither did I. In hind sight after hearing the responses I see the stereo type but that is just nit picking and you can do that to about anything. Its like being in an art class and having to think what the artist meant. Took a piece in and the teacher had everyone say what I was trying to portray. They came up with all kinds of crap and then he asked me what I was trying to portray. Nothing, I was just trying to make something pretty. The 3 roses didn’t have anything to do with the trinity. I should have known better than to use 3, should have thought to paint a different amount so no one would put a religious connotation to my piece. Over sensitive and over reaction and as long as the black community continues to do so we will never get beyond the racial problems we have. They need to allow us to be color blind even when we make a mistake while being “blind”. The alternative is special consideration, “racism”.

RME KRNL said:
Geez-Louise, you just can’t stop some lame-brained liberals from LOOKING for some offense or victims to gripe about.

Ummmm. have you seen the weak $hit your guys label as “racist”??? Seriously? The left has no credibility in that department.

tatboy said:
What??? That makes NO sense???

Typo, being seriously ill is not funny. I was seriously ill and as a result had a business failure. Anne 1 apparently is the type of person who judges people personally without caring or bothering to find out what she is talking about while cowering behind a fake alias.

armwood said:
Typo, being seriously ill is not funny. I was seriously ill and as a result had a business failure. Anne 1 apparently is the type of person who judges people personally without caring or bothering to find out what she is talking about while cowering behind a fake alias.

We have reviewed the records in these cases and note in aggravation of discipline that in addition to the disciplinary matters set forth herein, Armwood has had prior disciplinary action against him including a one-year suspension ordered by this Court on February 16, 2004 in Case No. S04Y0839 and a subsequent two-year suspension with conditions for reinstatement entered July 12, 2004 in Case No. S04Y1097.   Based on his repeated violations of the rules governing the conduct of lawyers in this State, we hereby accept the voluntary surrender of Armwood’s license to practice law in the State of Georgia, an action tantamount to disbarment, see Bar Rule 4-110.   Armwood is reminded of his duties under Bar Rule 4-219(c).

http://caselaw.findlaw.com/ga-supreme-court/1048938.html

You have quite the history of accepting money from ” clients” then abandoning them , Mr. Armwood.

Anne 1 said:
We have reviewed the records in these cases and note in aggravation of discipline that in addition to the disciplinary matters set forth herein, Armwood has had prior disciplinary action against him including a one-year suspension ordered by this Court on February 16, 2004 in Case No. S04Y0839 and a subsequent two-year suspension with conditions for reinstatement entered July 12, 2004 in Case No. S04Y1097. Based on his repeated violations of the rules governing the conduct of lawyers in this State, we hereby accept the voluntary surrender of Armwood’s license to practice law in the State of Georgia, an action tantamount to disbarment, see Bar Rule 4-110. Armwood is reminded of his duties under Bar Rule 4-219(c).

http://caselaw.findlaw.com/ga-supreme-court/1048938.html

You have quite the history of accepting money from ” clients” then abandoning them , Mr. Armwood.

Come out behind your fake name and tell us who you are. You know what goes around comes around. Think about what what you have posted in the future you are laying in bed seriously ill laying in bed. You are an evil woman. You attack someone who was ill for having business problems. You are the lowest of the low. On the other hand you failed to mention that I have lectured twice at Harvard law school before I became ill.