I find somethin wrong wit this pic

22 replies · 3939 views · Started by In Rod We Trust · May 2005

yeah thats not even cool...smh the united states is so damn twisted!!

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Linear D · May 2005

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I see the disturbing connotation as well. I could also be a smartass and say that could be a **** waiting to happen. That is a double-edged sword on so many levels.

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AggieWarrior from Charlotte, NC · May 2005

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LadyJag7 wrote:
Aside from the fact that I wouldn't wanna see that if I was walkin down the street lol nothing's wrong with it. They're just saying no matter what color you are on the outside you're all the same on the inside, but that first ad definately doesn't say that. If you don't see a negative connotation behind that first ad I really don't know what you're lookin at b/c it can't be the same ad my eyes see.

pretty much... i would've thought the same thing Rod would've... they should've rethought that more....

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P o e t i q R e i g n from Greensboro, NC · May 2005

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AggieWarrior wrote:
LadyJag7 wrote:
Aside from the fact that I wouldn't wanna see that if I was walkin down the street lol nothing's wrong with it. They're just saying no matter what color you are on the outside you're all the same on the inside, but that first ad definately doesn't say that. If you don't see a negative connotation behind that first ad I really don't know what you're lookin at b/c it can't be the same ad my eyes see.
pretty much... i would've thought the same thing Rod would've... they should've rethought that more....

yeah, i also agree... they could've easily given the black child a more positive expression and natural hairstyle... and this ad was featured in the textbook of one of my classes from this previous semester....in a chapter about how minorities are depicted in the media (advertising and otherwise)....and it mentioned that the ad did come from i believe the eighties or early nineties... but what i'm sure u all will find really shocking is that...the black child isn't a boy....she's a girl.....according to the caption and corresponding descriptions of the picture, in my book... which makes the picture look even worst....and more sad...in my opinion....

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La · May 2005

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P o e t i q R e i g n wrote:
AggieWarrior wrote:
LadyJag7 wrote:
Aside from the fact that I wouldn't wanna see that if I was walkin down the street lol nothing's wrong with it. They're just saying no matter what color you are on the outside you're all the same on the inside, but that first ad definately doesn't say that. If you don't see a negative connotation behind that first ad I really don't know what you're lookin at b/c it can't be the same ad my eyes see.
pretty much... i would've thought the same thing Rod would've... they should've rethought that more....

smh...That pisses me off more. Why cant they make that child look more happy and feminine. People thinking that poor girl is a boy...And why did they make her look like she just got off the **** boat...all joes aside. Extra dark ( nuthin wrong with being dark, just sayin tho ) extra **** hair...if they wanted the lil girl to have a natural look they could have AT LEAST gave her 2 combed out afro puffs ( those are cute on lil girls ) and had her smiling. Instead they got her mean muggin the camera next to extra happy Betty ****. but I agree with Rod and everyone else on this who sees this pic in the negative light it is TRYING not to show...Yea they talk about " United Colors " but this is a form of hidden racism at its best...smh

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· May 2005

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I just asked my mom what she thought of this picture she said "Shirley Temple and Buckwheat" The ppl who promoted this pic should be ashamed of themselves. The little boy could have had cornrolls or a low cut D***!!!!

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Hahaha · May 2005

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but eh yall i thik the black child looks prettier than the white child if you just look at the face...look at her eyes and look at that white baby's eyes...that white baby look fat and slant-eyed...there's just something evil about it even though it's suppose to be an angle...am i the only one that's getting this vibe? the black baby looks like something i'd rather hold... 8-) (evy)

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P o e t i q R e i g n from Greensboro, NC · May 2005

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demmeri wrote:
m0del_chiiq wrote:
yeah thats not even cool...smh the united states is so damn twisted!!
this isn't from the united states...the url of the pic is ca....i think that's canada...lemme remind yall that the canadians are liberal as hell so... and it is a devil/angel if you look at the pics url...see>>> http://www.athabascau.ca/courses/cmns/301/icons/angeldevil.jpg

just because the url shows evidence of a Canadian website doesn't mean the image was made in and/or for Canada.... nor does the "angeldevil" part of the url mean that that is straight-forward reason evidence about why these two children look the way they do... it was more than likely simply hosted from that website...and given the "angeldevil" name because of that being the most common analogy (attempt) people receive from looking at it.... and who knows what the intentions really were of the people who set this image up and allowed it to actually be made public, as it was.... just seems a little too convenient to have only been coincidentially set up the way it was...

demmeri wrote:
but eh yall i thik the black child looks prettier than the white child if you just look at the face...look at her eyes and look at that white baby's eyes...that white baby look fat and slant-eyed...there's just something evil about it even though it's suppose to be an angle...am i the only one that's getting this vibe? the black baby looks like something i'd rather hold... 8-) (evy)

and I definitely feel what you're saying......not viewing the black child in a threatening, unpleasant, or generally negative light...is a great way of looking at it... but...regardless as to how wonderfully interpreted anyone thinks it is (or the intentions of those who were behind this)....I think the whole point of the image is that it plays on exactly what has been engrained in Western culture - that "white" (and any physical feature most commonly associated with the people who fall under that category) is right....and really, anything but is wrong....but "black" (and any physical feature most commonly associated with the people who fall under that category) is just the worst of worst... when i said they could've easily set up the little black girl with a "natural" hairstyle....like mila said, i was thinking moreso little afro puffs or the like.......i ain't askin' for a lil' "Just for Me"-lookin' girl, lol (the ladies...& even the fellas, maybe, lol...should know what i'm talkin with "Just for Me").....just a natural, non-"devil horns"-shaped hairstyle :???:

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P o e t i q R e i g n from Greensboro, NC · May 2005

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Da_Rodfather wrote:

and i mean, really....honestly, truthfully...yes, it would have been nice if the ad had both girls smiling....but for those who argue that there is seriously nothing wrong with this picture...and it's all in the rest of our heads....i could see your point....if....like I believe someone already mentioned...them shapes in that girl's head! that is just unnatural.....I would just like to ask one true believer in the positive of this image...to please explain that, if nothing else.....why would this child hair look like that? and let me clarify that I'm not talking about the texture - that's beauty....I'm talking about the way it is shaped... that is truly unnatural...which is why I can't really understand how anyone could have "positive" and such naive intentions when creating and attempting to circulate this.......to advertise the uniting of all people, no less :???:

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La · May 2005

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P o e t i q R e i g n wrote:
Da_Rodfather wrote:
and i mean, really....honestly, truthfully...yes, it would have been nice if the ad had both girls smiling....but for those who argue that there is seriously nothing wrong with this picture...and it's all in the rest of our heads....i could see your point....if....like I believe someone already mentioned...them shapes in that girl's head! that is just unnatural.....I would just like to ask one true believer in the positive of this image...to please explain that, if nothing else.....why would this child hair look like that? and let me clarify that I'm not talking about the texture - that's beauty....I'm talking about the way it is shaped... that is truly unnatural...which is why I can't really understand how anyone could have "positive" and such naive intentions when creating and attempting to circulate this.......to advertise the uniting of all people, no less :???:

EXXXXACTLY !!!

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