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Is this a racist ad?
Topic Started: Apr 7 2016, 10:56 AM (1,111 Views)
Drudge X
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Just by looking at the picture


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Kate Steinle was separated from her family permanently but leftists didn't seem to mind.
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ringotuna
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I don't see anything racist about it.
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C'mon tuna you know drudge has some ridiculous explanation up his a#@ er, sleeve ...
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Two a.m.
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No, it isn't. I just read a story about it. Apparently, people are upset and imagine it is because the Internet exists and is filled with idiots. The ad has been pulled.
Edited by Two a.m., Apr 7 2016, 12:46 PM.
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Two a.m.
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Apparently, the two girls in the middle are actually adopted sisters, by the way.
"The stars can be near or distant, according as we need them." - George Orwell, 1984
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Coast2coast

No.

The Internet allows enough ill minded people to come together and create an influence greater than common sense should grant.



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Dem4life

What was the ad for...
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Coast2coast

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Apr 7 2016, 01:34 PM
What was the ad for...
It's an ad (was an ad) for "The Gap".

The objection was the "White Girl" using the "Black Girl" for an arm rest.



Yeah, I know. :rollseyes:

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Freaks
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No, I feel like they should all be smiling though. One kid has a big goofy grin, another has a half smirk, and two are just straight-faced.
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wilmywood8455
Apr 7 2016, 12:31 PM
C'mon tuna you know drudge has some ridiculous explanation up his a#@ er, sleeve ...
Is that your only opinion of me Wilmy?
Kate Steinle was separated from her family permanently but leftists didn't seem to mind.
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Drudge X
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The two are adopted sisters. Unfortunately, politically correctness leftists are accusing the Gap for racism.

Next time if you see a Black person drowning, you may as well turn away. If you try to help, leftists may conclude that you are drowning that Black person because of a picture posted on line.
Kate Steinle was separated from her family permanently but leftists didn't seem to mind.
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How about a link to this 'accusation of racism'?
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dcbl
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why won't a company like the gap shrug unwarranted criticism off?

If I were the marketing director, I would have kept the ad up and gotten excited about the free media I was getting...
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Dem4life

Coast2coast
Apr 7 2016, 01:57 PM
Dem4life
Apr 7 2016, 01:34 PM
What was the ad for...
It's an ad (was an ad) for "The Gap".

The objection was the "White Girl" using the "Black Girl" for an arm rest.



Yeah, I know. :rollseyes:

Wow...
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wilmywood8455
Apr 7 2016, 03:48 PM
How about a link to this 'accusation of racism'?
http://fortune.com/2016/04/05/gap-pulls-controversial-ad-image/
Kate Steinle was separated from her family permanently but leftists didn't seem to mind.
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Drudge X
Apr 7 2016, 03:37 PM
wilmywood8455
Apr 7 2016, 12:31 PM
C'mon tuna you know drudge has some ridiculous explanation up his a#@ er, sleeve ...
Is that your only opinion of me Wilmy?
Pretty much, yes.

And thanks for the link.

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Attaburnsinhell

I know the mother of the two girls. They're sisters, the black girl is adopted, she's from Africa

The mom is Brook Smith, you've seen her on Grey's Anatomy, or better yet, look at the taller girl, who is almost a clone of her

She played the girl in the well in Silence of the Lambs

Theres nothing racist going on there. Photo sessions take hundreds of pictures in different poses, they probably thought it was benign
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dcbl
Apr 7 2016, 03:50 PM
why won't a company like the gap shrug unwarranted criticism off?

If I were the marketing director, I would have kept the ad up and gotten excited about the free media I was getting...
Agreed...considering Gap stock has been tanking they need all the publicity they can get....these snowflake libs really need to mocked into a shameful non existence....of course that assume libs have an ounce of shame....
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Opinionated
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I don't think I could go so far as to call it racist. I do think that having the larger white girl resting her arm on and leaning on the smaller black girl is poor choice. The black girl doesn't look happy at all, which makes it a little worse.
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Robert Stout
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I always use back's heads as an armrest....Am I a racist ????....................... :confused:
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