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		Get your tin hats on... Volkswagen Super Bowl ad condemned as 'racist', labelled the 'Jar Jar Binks of 2013' (motortorque.com)		71
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GreenAdder		2013-01-29 10:19:45 AM

I can't get my tin hat on. I need to sell / invest it.

Speaker2Animals		2013-01-29 10:25:31 AM

Was Jar-Jar Jamaican?

scottydoesntknow		2013-01-29 10:27:02 AM

Wait, wouldn't it be the 'Darth Vader of 2013'? I mean it is a white man with a black man's voice

Krymson Tyde		2013-01-29 10:30:02 AM

Jesus Christ, why do we always have to be offended?

Nabb1		2013-01-29 10:34:21 AM

First ting, er, thing I thought of.

Sybarite		2013-01-29 10:38:28 AM

The Jamaican thing seems to be in with advertisers right now. I just saw one of those Cinnamon Jacks commercials with its dreadlocked mascot CinnaMon.

Nabb1		2013-01-29 10:53:48 AM

Second thing I thought of.

Demetrius		2013-01-29 10:57:46 AM

I'm going to go with amusing, not racist.

jaybeezey		2013-01-29 11:06:49 AM

Quick! To the offendedome!

DubyaHater		2013-01-29 11:07:57 AM

That was just an awful commercial, but not racist. VW sucks

Lumpmoose		2013-01-29 11:08:01 AM

Nabb1: [mentalfloss.com image 640x430]

Second thing I thought of.

Yeah, but this is the guy that did the voice:

Between that and Cool Runnings, the standard seems to be at least get a black person to play the fake Jamaican. Otherwise you're in Rosie O'Donnell territory.

LesserEvil		2013-01-29 11:10:23 AM

Hmmmm... they went for a drive and turned into Rastafarians?

So, the VW Bug was just the mode of transportation to their pot dealer?

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RepoManTSM		2013-01-29 11:13:45 AM

If crying racism keeps this shiat off the air, I'm all for being a PC thug. I think this would be a justifiable assault in real life.

garandman1a		2013-01-29 11:21:48 AM

Why is it that everything, except true racism, is called racist these days?

For me, I would wear it as a badge of honor as it imparts the knowledge that one ISN'T a racist.

Klippoklondike		2013-01-29 11:22:55 AM

It's not racist, it's just really really annoying.

Harbinger of the Doomed Rat		2013-01-29 11:23:07 AM

How is that racist? Wait...are people assuming that everyone from Jamaica is black? There's racism happening alright, but it's not coming from the commercial.

marleymaniac		2013-01-29 11:23:25 AM

VW is just trying to cash in off the recent Colorado and Washington laws passed.

A Bob Marley song would have made the ad way better. Not that I am biased in any way.

Still liked it.

Riotboy		2013-01-29 11:23:46 AM

O. M. G.

/not offended
//420

shanteyman		2013-01-29 11:25:27 AM

That was just an awful commercial, but not racist. VW sucks

VW Rules !

/// Aye, mon !

Lost Thought 00		2013-01-29 11:27:27 AM

It's racist to think that only black people can speak with a Jamaican accent.

tacchimonster		2013-01-29 11:27:32 AM

This isn't racism.

chemrebel		2013-01-29 11:47:29 AM

Lost Thought 00: It's racist to think that only black people can speak with a Jamaican accent.

It still throws me for a loop when I see travel shows with non-blacks living in Jamaica and speaking with a Jamaican accent. Likewise with the whites in Hawaii trying to talk with a Polynesian inflection.

/someone tell me it's okay, really

Nabb1		2013-01-29 11:49:01 AM

Lumpmoose: Nabb1: [mentalfloss.com image 640x430]

Second thing I thought of.

Yeah, but this is the guy that did the voice:

[wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net image 450x675]

Between that and Cool Runnings, the standard seems to be at least get a black person to play the fake Jamaican. Otherwise you're in Rosie O'Donnell territory.

Okay, sure. But what was negative about the use of the Jamaican accent in this commercial? It seemed overall positive, and in no way seemed to be saying anything at all negative about Jamaicans. Rosie O'Donnell's "ching chong" comment was a slightly disparaging as it seemed to mock the language, but even then, as much as I cannot stand Rosie O'Donnell, that flap was way overblown.

stevetherobot		2013-01-29 11:52:08 AM

Nabb1: Lumpmoose: Nabb1: [mentalfloss.com image 640x430]

Second thing I thought of.

Yeah, but this is the guy that did the voice:

[wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net image 450x675]

Between that and Cool Runnings, the standard seems to be at least get a black person to play the fake Jamaican. Otherwise you're in Rosie O'Donnell territory.

Okay, sure. But what was negative about the use of the Jamaican accent in this commercial? It seemed overall positive, and in no way seemed to be saying anything at all negative about Jamaicans. Rosie O'Donnell's "ching chong" comment was a slightly disparaging as it seemed to mock the language, but even then, as much as I cannot stand Rosie O'Donnell, that flap was way overblown.

Maybe it's a stereotype that Jamaicans are always happy?

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom		2013-01-29 11:53:26 AM

Did the guy in the commercial tale every last dime that you had? But it was worth it just to learn some sleight of hand?

LesserEvil		2013-01-29 11:54:31 AM

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom		2013-01-29 11:55:19 AM

garandman1a: Why is it that everything, except true racism, is called racist these days?

For me, I would wear it as a badge of honor as it imparts the knowledge that one ISN'T a racist.

Ironically, assuming that all Jamaicans are black is actually kinda racist.

RatBomb		2013-01-29 11:56:58 AM

unitednihilists		2013-01-29 12:08:46 PM

DubyaHater: That was just an awful commercial, but not racist. VW sucks

Not funny, only pictured the actual car for a second.

Money spent poorly, you have.

carrion_luggage		2013-01-29 12:11:21 PM

Not even a little racist because it's not about Jamaicans, it's about channelling Jamaica's famous "no worries" vibe, which has always been VW's marketing soul.

Apos		2013-01-29 12:17:33 PM

Nabb1: [3.bp.blogspot.com image 480x272]

First ting, er, thing I thought of.

As did I. In that context , it was hilarious. This.....not so much.

Pivot		2013-01-29 12:18:17 PM

Krymson Tyde: Jesus Christ, why do we always have to be offended?

This. I am offended by offended people. Good grief I'm sick of political correctness.

Lumpmoose		2013-01-29 12:19:36 PM

Nabb1: Lumpmoose: Nabb1: [mentalfloss.com image 640x430]

Second thing I thought of.

Yeah, but this is the guy that did the voice:

[wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net image 450x675]

Between that and Cool Runnings, the standard seems to be at least get a black person to play the fake Jamaican. Otherwise you're in Rosie O'Donnell territory.

Okay, sure. But what was negative about the use of the Jamaican accent in this commercial? It seemed overall positive, and in no way seemed to be saying anything at all negative about Jamaicans. Rosie O'Donnell's "ching chong" comment was a slightly disparaging as it seemed to mock the language, but even then, as much as I cannot stand Rosie O'Donnell, that flap was way overblown.

Eh, fair enough I guess. Rosie could have gotten away with that joke if she was Chinese just like a Jamaican person could get away with Jamaican jokes. If you venture into "positive stereotypes" territory for jokes, it gets a little hairy but not as bad as what Rosie did.

fruitloop		2013-01-29 12:23:59 PM

The Wall Street Journal, for instance, has gone so far as to label it 'the Jar Jar Binks of 2013'.

I took this comparison to mean stupid instead of racist.

/It can't be racist, the Asian guy does it too.
//can't wait to see the back-up ad.

SithLord		2013-01-29 12:24:02 PM

You know who else was involved with Volkswagen and enjoyed racism.

Bruce Campbell		2013-01-29 12:26:53 PM

One would think Germans know a thing or two about what racism is. This reich here is not racism.

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom		2013-01-29 12:27:08 PM

SithLord: You know who else was involved with Volkswagen and enjoyed racism.

Jerry Lewis?

zvoidx		2013-01-29 12:27:48 PM

Step 1: Create controversial commercial.
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit.

MrSteve007		2013-01-29 12:28:54 PM

So sounding like someone from another country is racist? Last I checked, that's how Jamaicans sound - and not all Jamaicans have the same skin color.

If they're accusing of something, it's closer to being ethnocentristic, but in a positive way towards the Jamaican cheery attitude (which their tourist board promotes in American commercials to visit the country).

Krab		2013-01-29 12:34:14 PM

MayoSlather		2013-01-29 12:35:42 PM

Under no circumstances should a straight white American male try and imitate anything other than other straight white American males. If he does then he is clearly a bigot.

radiovox		2013-01-29 12:36:54 PM

Oh for fark's sake...as a VW driver and enthusiast, I'll admit that this isn't their best commercial by far but racist? Really? Go fark yourself then die in a fire.

KellyX		2013-01-29 12:42:37 PM

Guess I was the only one that thought it was a decent ad...

r0Be		2013-01-29 12:48:43 PM

I'm pretty sure Nutrigrain is the key to a great feeling at the office.

/ooohhhh. I feel GREAT!
//babies everywhere.

WhippingBoy		2013-01-29 01:01:27 PM

It's not just racist. It's master racist.

kobrakai		2013-01-29 01:05:41 PM

Racist.

wallywam1		2013-01-29 01:11:52 PM

kobrakai: Racist.

Blob Marley

PsyLord		2013-01-29 01:42:25 PM

And only guidos can have a Jersey accent?

GlobalStrategic MapleSyrup Reserve		2013-01-29 01:48:49 PM

RepoManTSM: If crying racism keeps this shiat off the air, I'm all for being a PC thug. I think this would be a justifiable assault in real life.

So here's what we're gonna do; we're gonna grease ourselves up real good and trash that ~~place~~ ad with a baseball bat!