Multiculturalism, Fake, and Dead
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The only non-white characters in that movie were blue and red freaks and that one black character, Darwin. And they killed him off quick. But of course, the media only shows non-white characters in a positive light and Men's Warehouse fake multicultural monkey avocado baking powder. Oh sorry, I'm just trying to keep up with the drunken incoherent rambling.
lolwut?
It's okay corduroy, the Smurfs in 3-D will be out soon. Garagamel is the only white guy and he is evil.
The Smurfs are sexist. There is only one female Smurf and she is a cause of conflict in the all male Smurf society. She is redeemed for her trouble-making and made more feminine as a result, reinforcing the female role as a passive object fulfilling male needs. Her name is Smurfette. The -ette suffix being a diminutive in English.
Smash the Smurf patriarchy, sisters!
Smash the Smurf patriarchy, sisters!
It is not the government that is dragging on the land claims. It is the white lawyers that work for the Indians that are making a career out of nothing. Paid for by taxpayers of course. As long as the money flows the land claims will drag on.
I have sat in on a few land claims hearings and I saw no white lawyers on the native side of the table. During the [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Nisga'a[/FONT] treaties I saw a lot of [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Nisga'a[/FONT] lawyers.
You see what you want to see, and when your glasses are racist coloured, things don't look rosy. You need a different pair of glasses for the rosy outlook.
I prefer uncorrected vision. Clarity.
Yea, I was a bit surprised they went with that oft-criticized trope as well.
Forgot his name was Darwin though, lol
News to the confused: The primitive mind always wants to shoot the messenger because if you give bad news you must be bad. The media is particulary concerned about getting non-white minorities into ads. Call it media studies and race. Race of course doesn't exist, although that's why its mentioned in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Ohhh, but you're not supposed to think about it. You're supposed to do what the govt tells you to do, which is not think about it. Continue not thinking about it.
A&W has a TV ad where a chubby white guy complains they don't have a spicy burger.
Not all ads target all markets, it varies on the area & the demographic. Do you think it's wrong to have Chinese people portrayed in ads targeted towards a Chinese demographic in Chinatown Vancouver or Toronto??
Bang on. Ethnicity in advertising isn't new, in fact most marketers believe this demographic is as important as gender. Not entirely sure what DTM's point is...
This is from the Canadian advertising councils code of ethics: The only spot they touch on race is when it has to do with discrimination.
The Canadian Code of Advertising Standards
"14. Unacceptable Depictions and Portrayals
It is recognized that advertisements may be distasteful without necessarily conflicting with the provisions of this clause 14; and the fact that a particular product or service may be offensive to some people is not sufficient grounds for objecting to an advertisement for that product or service.
Advertisements shall not:
(a) condone any form of personal discrimination, including that based upon race, national origin, religion, sex or age;
(b) appear in a realistic manner to exploit, condone or incite violence; nor appear to condone, or directly encourage, bullying; nor directly encourage, or exhibit obvious indifference to, unlawful behaviour;
(c) demean, denigrate or disparage any identifiable person, group of persons, firm, organization, industrial or commercial activity, profession, product or service or attempt to bring it or them into public contempt or ridicule;
(d) undermine human dignity; or display obvious indifference to, or encourage, gratuitously and without merit, conduct or attitudes that offend the standards of public decency prevailing among a significant segment of the population."
If an ad is on TV, it targets all markets because all Canadians across the country can watch it. it's a mass medium because anyone can watch it. These are the "public" airwaves. This ad targets all markets, anyone who wants to eat a burger.
The same A&W ad also has an Asian looking woman eating, having fun and enjoying herself-perfect. She's a Canadian, a vizmin. All about getting the right ratio or balance I suppose.
Just because it's on TV does not mean it's nationally broadcast. Ad's can easily be substituted out depending on the area you live. What I receive over the public airwaves; meaning, OTA via antenna is not what you see in your neck of the woods. Global Toronto is not the same as Global Calgary, the ad's are different obviously as who would invest money in local ad's if they couldn't control who would see them?
If multiculturalism is dead were am I going to find a decent donair, roti, perogy, samosa, pizza or egg roll in Canada?
That's not right at all. Everyone can see ads for children's toys, but that doesn't mean the ad is targeting the entire viewing audience. Golf fans as a demographic tend to be older men with large disposable income, hence why ads run during the tournaments ae not for economy cars, they are for luxury cars. Some middle class folk watch golf too, but an advertisement for a $90,000 sedan isn't targetting that demographic.
Egad.