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Anyone know of a link that concisely explains all the problems with that Pepsi commercial so that even people blinded by their own privilege can begin

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Apr 10 '17, 13:13

to see what makes it so insulting and appropriating?

Responses:

Confession: I've never seen the commercial -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Apr 10, 13:26 13
- you're lucky, because all the controversy does is to make a member of that family more famous -- nm - crash davis Apr 10, 13:30 9
  - well, at least it is the hottest member of the family. -- nm - groiny Apr 10, 13:31 8
    - Kendall? then why did you spend all that time on Xbox the other night raving to me about Caitlyn? - crash davis Apr 10, 13:33 1
      - like you are ever on Xbox. - groiny Apr 10, 13:34
    - Careful, Melania might get jealous. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 10, 13:32 5
      - Melania might be the hottest first lady, but she is not even top 4 for Kardashians. -- nm - groiny Apr 10, 13:33 4
        
        Melania is a cat lady. As in, so much plastic surgery she starts to look like a cat. - Andie Apr 10, 13:34 3
        
        yep. -- (link) - Diva Apr 10, 13:42 [Backboard] 1
        
        Alien logo -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 10, 14:06
        
        she is like the tallest midget. - groiny Apr 10, 13:36
- It was three minutes long, and was never shown on TV, I think. -- nm - mara Apr 10, 13:30 1
  - Cable news showed it , whole at first, then snippets, also late night talk shows, TDS did a whole segment, I believe colbert too -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 10, 13:33
- it is not the most brilliant commercial in history, but I can see what they were going for. -- nm - groiny Apr 10, 13:28
Just watch the SNL spoof from this week. -- nm - pmb Apr 10, 13:25
Vox's take -- (link) - mara Apr 10, 13:21 4
- Actually, there's a link in that with more explanation. -- nm - mara Apr 10, 13:29
- I love vox. -- nm - Amanda Apr 10, 13:29
- you can't make a statement about all races being equal without showing people of all races in the ad.... - groiny Apr 10, 13:25 1
  - and you can't have white people protesting, because white people have nothing to protest over. -- nm - groiny Apr 10, 13:32
here you go -- (link) - Remlik Apr 10, 13:19 [youtube] 1
- not available in canada -- nm - Beaker Apr 10, 13:20
of all the things going on, the commercial fails to make my outrage meter needle rise -- nm - crash davis Apr 10, 13:17
Pepsi dragged Kendall Jenner off a plane. -- nm - Da5id Apr 10, 13:14 2
- For the record, United serves Coke -- nm - IBM Watson Apr 10, 13:15 1
  - The United CEO used to work for Pepsi - ty97 Apr 10, 13:17

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Anyone know of a link that concisely explains all the problems with that Pepsi commercial so that even people blinded by their own privilege can begin

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