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1.11.2008

A Racist M&M???

My buddy Jeremy sent me a link to the new M&M commercial. We freeze-framed it when we saw this:



That, my friends, is a racist M&M.

As Jeremy said, "the only way it could be more racist is if it was only the brown M&M in the theater and he was hooting and hollering and yelling "AWW fuck no! don't go in that door! shit bitch you stupit!'"

I'd really hate to catch a glimpse of what Mars does with the yellow M&M.
Posted by Joe Peacock at 8:46 AM

10 comments:

  2. Yeah... I was a bit aghast when he pointed it out to me.

    Mars... Who knew such a delicious candy company could be so racist?
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  3. I didn't get it. Can you explain it?

    The issues of internationalization, perhaps?
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  4. Julian, I'm thinking it's the fact that the M&M has very large lips, a very stereotypical image for an African-American in the US
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  5. Because they've drawn an M&M with nappy hair and big lips, this is racist? Is not nappy hair and big lips and fairly typical physical characteristic of a black person? I mean, have you actually looked at the average black person like, ever? Just like almond eyes and black, straight hair is a fairly typical physical characteristic for an asian. Or freckles on a redhead. Would drawing an M&M with those features be racist, too?

    Now, if the M&M was eating fried chicken and watermelon, I could see the racist moniker. But to show fairly common normal physical characteristics...I just do not see how this is racist.
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  6. The extremity is what makes it racist. It's just just showing an M&M with specific racial features, it's taking that sterotype to an extreme. To use your own example, it would be like showing an Asian, except instead of the almond-shaped eyes, you took it to the extreme and gave it little slants for eyes.
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  7. the blue behind the yellow one seems to have proportionally the same size lips[just an observations]
    ps can you see the gay m and m

    my self i just see m and ms watching a movie
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  8. i am not gay just figured i would toss the salad some more
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  9. Because they've drawn an M&M with nappy hair and big lips, this is racist? Is not nappy hair and big lips and fairly typical physical characteristic of a black person? I mean, have you actually looked at the average black person like, ever? Just like almond eyes and black, straight hair is a fairly typical physical characteristic for an asian. Or freckles on a redhead. Would drawing an M&M with those features be racist, too?

    Now, if the M&M was eating fried chicken and watermelon, I could see the racist moniker. But to show fairly common normal physical characteristics...I just do not see how this is racist.
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  10. I didn't get it. Can you explain it?

    The issues of internationalization, perhaps?
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