Racism in a Chinese laundry detergent advertisement

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[–]IkeConn 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YewrnKgBMM

We had better racism in the 1970's: 70s Calgon "Ancient Chinese Secret" Commercial

[–]Newmug 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The coconut head that came out of the washing machine at the end - was he supposed to be attractive?

[–]Questionable-̱͞|͞מ͟͞͞פ͟ו͟͞͞ק͞פ͟͞͞ק͞|̊̆ 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

There are clearly more attractive Chinese men they could have used. But I think their ethnic groups are equally shunned. So they had to go with milquetoast there.

[–]Newmug 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

He looks like an alien disguised as a human

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

I’m not sure it’s racist.

[–]UncleJemima[S] 2 insightful - 5 fun2 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

His dick shrank in the wash.

(Also racist.)

[–]Fourier 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Well it checks so well the definition of racism, so how come it's not racism?

Was it funny, yes, because how racist and naive it is.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They wash a black guy. Just trying to clean up the streets.

[–]bucetao6969 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Factually less racist than the "it's gonna be all white" TV show

[–]Brewdabier 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I saw nothing wrong with the advert.

[–]DNase 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Except the yellowmans wife had the wrong voice.

[–]DNase 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

China has issued enormous loans to African nations. Like so big they probably can't be paid back. This ad must be some social engineering to keep from cultural mixing while going full economic mixing. Are there many Black people in China? Maybe "wealthy" African entrepreneurs visitng have the commies scared?

[–]UncleJemima[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Indeed in recent years I suspect there'd be no such ad in China. I don't knwo answers to your questions, but I think the laundry ad video is very old - well over 7 years - and significant loans by the Chinese to African nations started 10 or 15 years ago.

[–]MagicMike 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

We’ve all heard of inbreeding. There’s also a thing called outbreeding. Having kids with someone not of your race invites all kinds of shit for the kids because of genetics. Doctors tell people who have mixed race kids to begin hunting for donors now, before the donors are needed. A black dude and Asian chick have to find donors with THAT same profile. Good fucking luck!

[–]0_0 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Are you saying a kid with asian and black parents need a donor from a person with asian and black parents? Because I don't think it works that way.

[–]MagicMike 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/helping-you-to-decide/organ-donation-and-ethnicity/

It does.

[–]0_0 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I learned something today.

[–]Fourier 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It really depends on the specie.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-021-02016-1

[–]bucetao6969 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Damn this is fucking old