Comments on: Racist Laxative Ad http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/02/racist-laxative-ad/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:26:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Will S. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/02/racist-laxative-ad/#comment-629790 Will S. Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:51:41 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/02/racist-laxative-ad/#comment-629790 Well, if you have a cough, and you've taken laxatives, you might be afraid to cough, so that'd work! ;) Well, if you have a cough, and you’ve taken laxatives, you might be afraid to cough, so that’d work! ;)

]]> By: Chris http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/02/racist-laxative-ad/#comment-609124 Chris Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:22:54 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/02/racist-laxative-ad/#comment-609124 The biggest problem is stereotypes arise from reality, whether it's a good or bad stereotype. Some people speak perfect english, some don't, in every race. Portraying life accurately should not be a bad thing. Maybe if we did, we wouldn't have this odd urge to pretend that we're all living in harmony when we're not. But yeah... they could've left out the million apostrophes from the porter's dialog. hahah and who knows, we're hardly so advanced in 2007 that we know cleansing the intestinal tract DOESN'T help the body cure a cold. We've recently discovered that a great portion of the immune system works withing the colon. So there. I love this site by the way =) The biggest problem is stereotypes arise from reality, whether it’s a good or bad stereotype. Some people speak perfect english, some don’t, in every race. Portraying life accurately should not be a bad thing. Maybe if we did, we wouldn’t have this odd urge to pretend that we’re all living in harmony when we’re not.

But yeah… they could’ve left out the million apostrophes from the porter’s dialog. hahah

and who knows, we’re hardly so advanced in 2007 that we know cleansing the intestinal tract DOESN’T help the body cure a cold. We’ve recently discovered that a great portion of the immune system works withing the colon. So there.

I love this site by the way =)

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/02/racist-laxative-ad/#comment-569512 Firebrand38 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:29:23 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/02/racist-laxative-ad/#comment-569512 You know, the whole laxative thing to fight a cold is stupid, but I just can't join in the self-righteous uproar over this. Even setting aside that stereotypes don't appear out of thin air, when Snoop Dog appears in a commercial babbling about "fo' shizzle, ma nizzle", and Sean "Puffy" Combs aka P-Diddy appears in a Burger King commercial and says that he's "hongry" I suppose that doesn't count as ridiculously stereotyped language for some reason? By the way, never mind the 1930's but in 1960's New Jersey I could find folks that really did talk like that. You know, the whole laxative thing to fight a cold is stupid, but I just can’t join in the self-righteous uproar over this. Even setting aside that stereotypes don’t appear out of thin air, when Snoop Dog appears in a commercial babbling about “fo’ shizzle, ma nizzle”, and Sean “Puffy” Combs aka P-Diddy appears in a Burger King commercial and says that he’s “hongry” I suppose that doesn’t count as ridiculously stereotyped language for some reason?

By the way, never mind the 1930’s but in 1960’s New Jersey I could find folks that really did talk like that.

]]> By: nlpnt http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/02/racist-laxative-ad/#comment-567247 nlpnt Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:23:12 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/02/racist-laxative-ad/#comment-567247 A feeble attempt to explain how this sounded to me: (Over-the-top exaggerated Uncle Remus voice):Pahdon me, fo’ overhearin’ yo’, but Sal Hepatica does BOTH dose things. It’s a min’ral salt laxative (switches to James Earl Jones-esque professional-pitchman voice); and it helps Nature counteract acidity, too. Um, uh, I mean- Las’ trip a doctah tole me. You think with a name like "Sal Hepatica" they'd use offensively exaggerated, stereotypical *Italians*, though.... A feeble attempt to explain how this sounded to me:

(Over-the-top exaggerated Uncle Remus voice):Pahdon me, fo’ overhearin’ yo’, but Sal Hepatica does BOTH dose things. It’s a min’ral salt laxative (switches to James Earl Jones-esque professional-pitchman voice); and it helps Nature counteract acidity, too. Um, uh, I mean- Las’ trip a doctah tole me.

You think with a name like “Sal Hepatica” they’d use offensively exaggerated, stereotypical *Italians*, though….

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/02/racist-laxative-ad/#comment-566957 Firebrand38 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:09:46 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/02/racist-laxative-ad/#comment-566957 In that case, let's print it!!! In that case, let’s print it!!!

]]> By: Thundercat http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/02/racist-laxative-ad/#comment-566336 Thundercat Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:45:13 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/02/racist-laxative-ad/#comment-566336 Yeesh, if something like this was printed today Reverend Al would have a heart attack! Yeesh, if something like this was printed today Reverend Al would have a heart attack!

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