Why is this ad not deemed racist ?

[alfredmizen]

Shockingly racist IMO , there would be howls of outrage if there was an ad showing an aggressive rudeboy harassing an old white lady.

 

[Normal Rob]

because the see-saw is level, meaning that they are both equal?

 

[Biscuit Barrel]

Is it racist because it is portraying white men as thugs?

 

[Wellesley]

It depends how you look at it. I think it's lovely that they've gone to play in the park together.

 

[TSB]

I think it's more class-ist than racist.

 

[KVLT]

It depends how you look at it. I think it's lovely that they've gone to play in the park together.

Brilliant.

 

[Hillian1]

Shockingly racist IMO , there would be howls of outrage if there was an ad showing an aggressive rudeboy harassing an old white lady.

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[Buzzer]

To be fair to the white guy, the woman is sat side-saddle. How the hell can she get enough traction to push down? She'll fall off. No wonder he's angry. Either play nicely or don't play at all.

If I were him I'd bin her off and go play on the slide by myself.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Depressingly, elections now are becoming less about a positive vision and more about getting people to vote one way because of fear of the alternative. This negative image fits that narrative perfectly.

The ad agency would have been paid tens of thousands of pounds for this and they've come up with something 40 years out of date.

 

[alfredmizen]

I think it's more class-ist than racist.

Have you ever worked as a press spokesman for saddam hussein ?

 

[Billy the Fish]

Shock tactics to get their ad in the news.

 

[alfredmizen]

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thats just as bad.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Depressingly, elections now are becoming less about a positive vision and more about getting people to vote one way because of fear of the alternative. This negative image fits that narrative perfectly.

The ad agency would have been paid tens of thousands of pounds for this and they've come up with something 40 years out of date.

The ad agency is, of course, Saatchi and Saatchi. They were big on negativity back then, were they not?

 

[Greg Bobkin]

I think the negative spin that both sides are putting out there (rather than concentrating on the positives), coupled with the fact that the 'worst-case scenarios' are getting more and more extreme, is making people less likely to vote AT ALL, let alone choose which way to vote...

 

[JC Footy Genius]

To be fair the white guy was only pointing at a health and safety issue of too many people on the swings

The OP is right though if this was the other way around there would be a predictable response.

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

I wouldn't say it is racist, much like I wouldn't if it was the other way around.

There will be people of both sides that would claim it was in either connotation.

I think what they are trying to say is that all votes are equal. Its a clever way of doing it. However they have probably determined that two white people would be un PC, then having a person of colour being aggressive at a white person would be un PC so gone for what they have gone for.


EDIT: I have just seen the 'Operation Black Vote' thing. So I guess they have gone for the white person being aggressive deliberately - still don't find it racist though. People of all colours are racist and they are all as equally small minded and idiotic.

 

[GreersElbow]

OP's a little bit sensitive, isn't he?

 

[Easy 10]

Sam Dingle hasn't got a racist bone in his body. He's probably pointing at an ice cream van.

 

[Yes Chef]

It's all so unfair

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

Just looking at the Sol Campbell one - what the hell is that all about?

Surely us being outside of the EU would have very little impact on the skin colour of British residents? I may be being ignorant but Europe is historically inhabited by caucasians isn't it? I appreciate that many people from french colonies can get French citizenship and therefore have free travel but I would assume that isn't a majority.

We are lucky to have a multicultural society and I don't think that would change whether in the EU or not?

Am I completely missing the point of it or is it really trying to go down that argument? As a side note, I don't like Sol Campbell and don't think he actually does much good in the whole equality battle