Sony PSP + New Color + Ad = White person grabbing black person?

[SoCalSpursFan]

http://pspupdates.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/57882/omg_qjpreviewth.jpg

Thoughts?

[Phil Hellmuth]

thats gonna create a stir up!

[DarkReign]

Welcome to America, Sony!

Hope you enjoy the NAACP crammed up your ass.

[sa_butta]

http://pspupdates.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/57882/omg_qjpreviewth.jpg

Thoughts?That chicks hair is jacked up.

[jman3000]

Why does this have to be about race? Why can't it just be seen for what it is?

A symbolic metaphor.

[atxrocker]

that bitch almost looks albino

[Kenneth Lay]

In the case of Enron, we balance our positions all the time.

[Willinsa]

In the case of Enron, we balance our positions all the time.

I thought you were dead??? :lol :lol

[sa_butta]

I thought you were dead??? :lol :lolPeople thought the same of Elvis and 2pac :lol

[Kenneth Lay]

Any slots at the senior level, including CEO or other slots, will be filled internally.

[sa_butta]

Any slots at the senior level, including CEO or other slots, will be filled internally.http://www.corante.com/mooreslore/archives/images/beavis-butthead.jpeg

Did you say filling sluts internally??

[DarkReign]

Why does this have to be about race? Why can't it just be seen for what it is?

A symbolic metaphor.

Well, thats because society at large wont let it.

See: MLK day becoming a national holiday, Affirmative Action, Ebonics, Kwanza, etc.

See also: KKK, Nazi rallies in known black neighborhoods, racial profiling by police, etc.

[Mixability]

Well, thats because society at large wont let it.

See: MLK day becoming a national holiday, Affirmative Action, Ebonics, Kwanza, etc.

See also: KKK, Nazi rallies in known black neighborhoods, racial profiling by police, etc.

If the two girls roles were reversed and "black was coming", we wouldn't even hear about this.

[Kenneth Lay]

If the two girls roles were reversed and "black was coming", we wouldn't even hear about this.


True

[jman3000]

If the two girls roles were reversed and "black was coming", we wouldn't even hear about this.

Some stupid group out there would make a big fuss about it ... everyone gets their panties in a bunch over every little thing nowadays ... it's inevitable.

[Mixability]

Some stupid group out there would make a big fuss about it ... everyone gets their panties in a bunch over every little thing nowadays ... it's inevitable.

yeah, true. GLAAD would come out and say it's making lesbians look violent. :lol

[Phil Hellmuth]

this is in europe so there won't be chaos with the organizations.

[Mixability]

I'm boycotting Sony until a brown PSP is released.

[Spurminator]

I predict the number of people offended by this ad will be significantly less than the number of people calling it offensive.

From a strictly advertising perspective, though, dumb move... assuming this ad is in America.

[jman3000]

I predict the number of people offended by this ad will be significantly less than the number of people calling it offensive.

From a strictly advertising perspective, though, dumb move... assuming this ad is in America.

Even if it was in America, which according to Phil it isn't, it would get tons of exposure and although the billboard would have to be taken down after a couple of days, they would have received enough publicity to make it worth it.

[Mixability]

I predict the number of people offended by this ad will be significantly less than the number of people calling it offensive.

From a strictly advertising perspective, though, dumb move... assuming this ad is in America.

I don't see it as dumb, it's an ad for a new white model of their product. Maybe if the message on the board was "white power" then it'd be a dumb move. People complain just for the sake of complaining nowadays.

[Mixability]

Even if it was in America, which according to Phil it isn't, it would get tons of exposure and although the billboard would have to be taken down after a couple of days, they would have received enough publicity to make it worth it.

Maybe that was Sony's intent all along, to offend to get national exposure. Good move Sony. I'm glad someone still has the balls to make real ads nowadays.

[Phil Hellmuth]

its an european ad btw.

[jman3000]

its an european ad btw.


Even if it was in America, which according to Phil it isn't, it would get tons of exposure and although the billboard would have to be taken down after a couple of days, they would have received enough publicity to make it worth it.

I'm aware of that

:fro

[Mixability]

its an european ad btw.

are there not black people in europe?

[Mixability]

Even regular commercials nowadays are ridiculously biased.

God forbid they show a woman lost in her car when a GPS unit is advertised. Or when a plumber commercial comes on, how often do you see the husband not know how to fix the pipes and his wife is the smart one and has to call a plumber. The men are usually the butt of the jokes in commercials and the women the saviors. At least make the commercials equal.

I could go on and on......

[davi78239]

That white meat looks pretty hot! By the way, what do you all think of a White PSP anyway?

[Mixability]

That white meat looks pretty hot! By the way, what do you all think of a White PSP anyway?

the black looks better to me, what is it with everything having to look like the iPod?

[strangeweather]

Even regular commercials nowadays are ridiculously biased.

God forbid they show a woman lost in her car when a GPS unit is advertised. Or when a plumber commercial comes on, how often do you see the husband not know how to fix the pipes and his wife is the smart one and has to call a plumber. The men are usually the butt of the jokes in commercials and the women the saviors. At least make the commercials equal.

I could go on and on......
So what you're saying is that it offends you?

[Mixability]

So what you're saying is that it offends you?

if i cared, it would offend me.

[strangeweather]

if i cared, it would offend me.
You've made 9 posts to this thread. To the casual observer, it would appear that you care.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/04/ad-critic-sonys-racially-charged-psp-ad/

[Mixability]

You've made 9 posts to this thread. To the casual observer, it would appear that you care.

Maybe the observer should be less casual and actually READ my posts.

I'm bothered by the fact that this ad would probably offend people if it were in the US.

[strangeweather]

Maybe the observer should be less casual and actually READ my posts.

I'm bothered by the fact that this ad would probably offend people if it were in the US.
Yes, I did read that.

And it sounds like you're saying that women, racial minorities, etc. should stop their whinging, but advertisers should stop making commercials that make fun of men because they offend you.

[Mixability]

Yes, I did read that.

And it sounds like you're saying that women, racial minorities, etc. should stop their whinging, but advertisers should stop making commercials that make fun of men because they offend you.

wow, the weather isn't the only thing strange, huh?

[SoCalSpursFan]

I'm boycotting Sony until a brown PSP is released.

:lol

[strangeweather]

wow, the weather isn't the only thing strange, huh?
Well, thanks for clearing that right up.

[CuckingFunt]

http://pspupdates.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/57882/omg_qjpreviewth.jpg

Thoughts?
That albino chick's got a mean look on her face.

Ingrate.

I'd be much happier than she is if I were coming.

[NorCal510]

ah hell nah she tryin to put my people back to slavery callin us monkeys n shit, i woulda slapped that hoe before her powder white hands touched me

[SoCalSpursFan]

^^^wtf^^^

[jman3000]

I'd be much happier than she is if I were coming.

:lmao