Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Racism in Advertising

Yes, Slate has a review of racist advertising in history, spurred in no small part by Uncle Ben's promotion to CEO of his company.

On the Media has great coverage of the story. Sound clips of some awful racist mascots from the 70s.

Reminds me of the actual ads that played in CSA: Confederate States of America. It's an interesting movie, asking what if the South had won, and we still had slavery today. It would benefit from just a little more polish, that is, a higher budget. But it's good as it is.

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