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E-mobile Monkey Imitates Obama

Taken completely out of context by foreigners, this commercial will appear racist. I expect that e-mobile will be getting letters of complaint and phone calls from angry people who assumed this commercial was making an offensive racial joke, and I wouldn’t be surprised if e-mobile reacts by pulling the ad. But if you ask me if this commercial is a racist jab at Barack Obama and black people, I’d have to tell you I don’t think it is.

  • Leilah
  • posted by Leilah
  • Date 6/22/2008 4:00:05 AM
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Tony2z2 : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

Tony2z2

14 votes NegativePositive

77 days 23 hours ago...

i personally think saying thats racist is being racist sense saying that is a racial joke means you guys actually think black people look like monkeys... and no where in the commercial saids its suppose to be Obama. us Japanese LOVE monkeys... which is why we use monkeys in ALOT of our commercial because talking monkeys are HILARIOUS... and i guess if obama becomes president, we cant air Pan-kun and all those other funny chimps for 4 years huh? then i hope Obama loses... not to Hillary but to that other guy who`s name i can not recall.

PS. We like the aflac duck too :D

Drunken_Master : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

Drunken_Master

2 votes NegativePositive

77 days 20 hours ago...

American have to relate evrything to them

Nightmare80 : LVL 16: VP 2.5: said:

Nightmare80

3 votes NegativePositive

77 days 18 hours ago...

^^ Tony, no one is saying black people look like monkeys. It`s white people who used to call black people, or slaves at that time, monkeys. Hence, making any joke about black people and monkeys is offensive to some.

BTW, I find that Japanese people are also very easily offended. So let someone else talk about having a thick skin :P

delt_osvp : LVL 44: VP 5: said:

delt_osvp

21 votes NegativePositive

77 days 17 hours ago...

"Tony, no one is saying black people look like monkeys"

yes they do

fuckwit : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

fuckwit

7 votes NegativePositive

77 days 12 hours ago...

The Japanese have done this with total knowledge of the implications, however I don`t think they are just inferring African-Americans are monkeys, but all foreigners are monkeys!

darkangeledge : LVL 19: VP 2.8: said:

darkangeledge

-3 votes NegativePositive

76 days 8 hours ago...

well, nothing to be annoyed about, we descend from monkeys so...wtv

daeve : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

daeve

15 votes NegativePositive

76 days 8 hours ago...

I`m curious to know what E-mobile monkey`s stance on gay marriage is.

Mike_D : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

Mike_D

5 votes NegativePositive

76 days 6 hours ago...

Looks like a normal Obama vid to me. Whats the problem here?

Grothesk : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Grothesk

2 votes NegativePositive

76 days 5 hours ago...

Past presidents and presidential candidates have had their likenesses attributed to monkeys in the past. I recall seeing many Bush cartoons that equate him to a monkey due to his stark ears.

If they can handle it then so can Obama.

sinvicta : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

sinvicta

3 votes NegativePositive

76 days 2 hours ago...

^ imagine the kind of flack the black community would give the media if Obama wins the presidency and they saw this commercial on some internet site...

I shudder to think of the possibilities.

Panna : LVL 16: VP 2.5: said:

Panna

2 votes NegativePositive

76 days 2 hours ago...

A lot of the e-mobile commercials contain the monkey mascot, they`ve done several of the `monkey behind a potium` type things for their own political figures too...calm down America

Doingmyownthing : LVL 10: VP 1.9: said:

Doingmyownthing

3 votes NegativePositive

76 days ago...

Um.. is everyone forgetting how much our CURRENT president resembles a monkey, and how often we`ve made fun of him for it?

Icezero : LVL 8: VP 1.7: said:

Icezero

0 votes NegativePositive

75 days 23 hours ago...

Now if this was for a fried chicken commerical its be racist. But, its Not so Lets go get some fried chicken and eat it.

Ichigo_101 : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Ichigo_101

-2 votes NegativePositive

75 days 23 hours ago...

why is he crying =/

Infinitemonkeys : LVL 14: VP 2.3: said:

Infinitemonkeys

1 votes NegativePositive

75 days 23 hours ago...

People compare George Bush to a monkey all the time. There are countless pictures of his hilarious facial expressions alongside those of chimps. But when people do the same thing to Obama it`s suddenly racist? Geez, give it a rest, people. Sometimes a joke is just a joke.

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