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Firestorm: Procter & Gamble ad portrays 'racist' America
wnd.com ^ | 8/4/2017 | Alicia Powe

Posted on 08/05/2017 6:08:35 AM PDT by rktman

WASHINGTON – A new video ad portraying America as a racist society, produced by consumer product giant Procter & Gamble, is being met with fierce criticism.

The ad, titled “The Talk,” depicts scenes of black mothers warning their children about the dangers of being black in America, how the system is stacked against them and why they should fear police.

Building on the company’s decade-old “My Black is Beautiful” campaign, the commercial begins with a black girl, from what appears to be the 1940s era, holding a white doll telling her mother that a woman at the store told her she was pretty for a black girl.

“That is not a compliment,” the mother responds. “You are beautiful, period. OK?”

The next scene depicts a young black boy running away from a group of white boys, which transitions into a mother’s explaining to her son why there is nothing he can do to stop whites from calling him the ‘N’-word.

“There are some people who think you don’t deserve the same privileges just because of what you look like,” another mother tells her son. “It’s not fair. It’s not.”

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: ads; advertisers; blackfamily; blacks; corporateamerica; pandg
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Phones? Now I know P&G didn't actually make the ad but whoever signed off on its production and release should be fired. Who is their ad agency? This kind of crap does NOT help promote better relatons between folks at all.
1 posted on 08/05/2017 6:08:35 AM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman

What does this have to do with selling soap?


2 posted on 08/05/2017 6:12:09 AM PDT by Andy'smom (Proud member of the basket of deplorables)
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To: rktman

Their phone:

(800) 612-0132.

Call them, tell them what you think and your future purchasing intentions.


3 posted on 08/05/2017 6:16:04 AM PDT by traderrob6
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To: rktman

Lol. If I were black, I’d be a billionaire by now.


4 posted on 08/05/2017 6:16:07 AM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: rktman
Remember the discussion about the long-time logo?


5 posted on 08/05/2017 6:16:31 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: rktman

More commentary on these ads:

Mercury News says “takes on racism”

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/04/procter-gamble-ad-taking-on-racism-is-met-with-praise-and-outrage/

This site ‘allhiphop’ slams Michelle Malkin for her comments rather disgustingly

http://community.allhiphop.com/discussion/comment/9916915/

And then there’s the dallasnews

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2017/07/27/procter-gamble-ad-offers-blunt-insight-racism-talk


6 posted on 08/05/2017 6:16:41 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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What does this have to do with selling soap?

Are these racist bastards still selling WHITE soap and WHITE soap powder?


7 posted on 08/05/2017 6:16:51 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (We were Trumpin' before Trumpin' was cool.....)
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To: traderrob6

Thanks, we were looking for the number.


8 posted on 08/05/2017 6:17:15 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: ptsal

LOL! Yeah, Wasn’t there something about the number of stars too?


9 posted on 08/05/2017 6:18:16 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: rktman

Shameful.


10 posted on 08/05/2017 6:19:17 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: traderrob6

Damn TYPO!!!! (800) 692-0132


11 posted on 08/05/2017 6:19:52 AM PDT by traderrob6
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To: rktman

NON print version:

http://www.wnd.com/2017/08/firestorm-procter-gamble-ad-portrays-racist-america/


12 posted on 08/05/2017 6:20:13 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: rktman

It is agitprop.

By now, it is obvious that all media is political, especially advertising.


13 posted on 08/05/2017 6:21:30 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: traderrob6

WTH? The “9” is like on the opposite end of the chain. LOL! Early, coffee. I get it.


14 posted on 08/05/2017 6:21:49 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Andy'smom

If shown on SNL as a parody, they might explain that not even P/G makes soap that can remove the dark, black dirt from garments, sheets, teddy bears, or sock monkeys. Other than that = nothing. IIRC, P/G, years ago, at one time was rumored to be turning Satanic in the products sold. How that was so, escapes me but there was a turmoil and words expressed between advertisers, consumers, and corp management.


15 posted on 08/05/2017 6:23:07 AM PDT by V K Lee (DJT: "Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war. ")
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To: Andy'smom

Selling social justice - not buying
Selling cleaning products- not buying P&G where I have any other choice


16 posted on 08/05/2017 6:23:44 AM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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P&G should select a country that aligns more closely with their “corporate values,” re-locate there, and refuse to make their wares available to the racist United States.

Of course, they’d be out of business in less than a year.


17 posted on 08/05/2017 6:24:31 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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Most likely source is this woman. She was once the Diversity Officer and is now Advisor to the Chairman and CEO David Taylor.


18 posted on 08/05/2017 6:25:38 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: rktman

List of P&G brands:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Procter_%26_Gamble_brands


19 posted on 08/05/2017 6:26:43 AM PDT by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo.)
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To: ptsal

Isn’t an inverted 666 actually 999, the British equivalent of 911?


20 posted on 08/05/2017 6:27:56 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Psephomancers for Hillary!)
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