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Monday, May 18, 2009

Lunchtime Quickie

Posted by on Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:01 PM

An accidently racist non-racism commercial, made for a real furniture store by a couple of comedians? Is this a new trend?

 

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do you know how old this is?
Posted by robbie on May 18, 2009 at 12:09 PM
Cracker Jack 2
But we don't want the Irish!
Posted by Cracker Jack on May 18, 2009 at 12:14 PM
StillNon 3
No local low-budget commercials are a minute-thirty. STOP BEING PRANKED. It's not accidentally racist non-racist, you dummie. It's pointedly rediculous to get random exposure on random blogs, just like yours.

They won, we lose.
Posted by StillNon on May 18, 2009 at 12:14 PM
erin 4
@1 do you know how old it is to say how old it is?
Posted by erin on May 18, 2009 at 12:15 PM
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@4 do you know how old it is to say do you know how old it is to say how old it is?
Posted by very very old. on May 18, 2009 at 1:00 PM
6
It's a read ad (this cut is for web video, not TV).

Racial consciousness continues to exist, especially (but not exclusively) in places like High Point, NC. And corny, off-key reconciliation humor is just part of the process of people dealing with it.
Posted by octave on May 18, 2009 at 1:35 PM
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EDIT: "real ad."
Posted by octave on May 18, 2009 at 1:37 PM
8
It's the Stranger's favorite group activity: an "Is It Racist?" free-for-all!

It looks like the standard leftist practice of injecting race into unrelated contexts, so I would think would be PC. But it goes so far as to make standard leftist practice look stupid. So perhaps it's racist because making leftism look stupid is racist. On the other hand, it is done in the service of a business. So perhaps it's racist because capitalism is racist.
Posted by David Wright on May 18, 2009 at 1:49 PM
I'm 85 Years Old 9
Wow
Posted by I'm 85 Years Old on May 18, 2009 at 2:36 PM
10
waaaaaah its so waycist waaaaaaaah my widdle feewings aww huwt waaaaaaaah waycism
Posted by Typical Seattle White Liberal Progressive Wimp on May 18, 2009 at 3:11 PM
merry 11
What About Asians!!!

Don't They Get No Damn Furniture, Too???

sheeeeesh..........
Posted by merry on May 18, 2009 at 6:44 PM
yucca flower 12
@ 11,

Don't forget about the Hispanics and Aboriginal Australians! They apparently don't need discount factory seconds either!
Posted by yucca flower on May 18, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Our Lady Of Guadalupe 13
"big Head" and that commercial in general forgot to use the word UGLY before saying black people and white people ...

In short it should have touted that UGLY black people and UGLY white people like to shop at red house...
Posted by Our Lady Of Guadalupe on May 19, 2009 at 8:53 AM

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