Below is an GAP advertisement for which GAP has had to apologize for due to some folks deeming it racist. Does this look racist to anyone here? Doesn't to me.

(04-06-2016 11:18 AM)VA49er Wrote:  Below is an GAP advertisement for which GAP has had to apologize for due to some folks deeming it racist. Does this look racist to anyone here? Doesn't to me.

Yup. The black girl is symbolically under the white girl.

What are those 3 white girls doing in the photo, that has to be racist lol.

They aren't doing anything racist. I think the perception is that the black girl is under the one white girl and the other girls are talented enough to do some gymnastics but apparently the black girl isn't.

Remember, perception is reality.

This is exactly what happens when you have white privilege. You don't see racism when it's slapping you in the face.

You mean finally a mixed race photo that doesn't feature a Black person taller than the White people !

(04-06-2016 11:26 AM)CardFan1 Wrote:  You mean finally a mixed race photo that doesn't feature a Black person taller than the White people !

Black people are taller than white people? That's a new one on me.

(04-06-2016 11:20 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(04-06-2016 11:18 AM)VA49er Wrote:  Below is an GAP advertisement for which GAP has had to apologize for due to some folks deeming it racist. Does this look racist to anyone here? Doesn't to me.

Yup. The black girl is symbolically under the white girl.

(04-06-2016 11:25 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  They aren't doing anything racist. I think the perception is that the black girl is under the one white girl and the other girls are talented enough to do some gymnastics but apparently the black girl isn't.

Remember, perception is reality.

This is exactly what happens when you have white privilege. You don't see racism when it's slapping you in the face.

holy **** dude, make up your damn mind!

(04-06-2016 11:27 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(04-06-2016 11:20 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(04-06-2016 11:18 AM)VA49er Wrote:  Below is an GAP advertisement for which GAP has had to apologize for due to some folks deeming it racist. Does this look racist to anyone here? Doesn't to me.

Yup. The black girl is symbolically under the white girl.

(04-06-2016 11:25 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  They aren't doing anything racist. I think the perception is that the black girl is under the one white girl and the other girls are talented enough to do some gymnastics but apparently the black girl isn't.

Remember, perception is reality.

This is exactly what happens when you have white privilege. You don't see racism when it's slapping you in the face.

holy **** dude, make up your damn mind!

Saw this story last night. You just can't make this crazy stuff up....

Some people just want to see racism everywhere.

So, is this Gap ad racist?

(04-06-2016 11:35 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  Some people just want to see racism everywhere.

Screw 'Em !!!

(04-06-2016 11:37 AM)usmbacker Wrote:  So, is this Gap ad racist?

Why am I not outraged by this? Is it my white privilege?

(04-06-2016 11:20 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(04-06-2016 11:18 AM)VA49er Wrote:  Below is an GAP advertisement for which GAP has had to apologize for due to some folks deeming it racist. Does this look racist to anyone here? Doesn't to me.

Yup. The black girl is symbolically under the white girl.

That is absurd. If there was no black girl that would be deemed racist. If the black girl was in some weird position like the other kids then that would be deemed racist. Seems to me like some folks just look for things to be racist when in reality none exist.

(04-06-2016 11:35 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  Some people just want to see racism everywhere.

Yeah. They need to get a life. Looks friendly to me.

(04-06-2016 11:37 AM)usmbacker Wrote:  So, is this Gap ad racist?

I had to walk home from Chick-fil-a. My white privilege must be broken.

(04-06-2016 11:48 AM)Kronke Wrote:  

(04-06-2016 11:37 AM)usmbacker Wrote:  So, is this Gap ad racist?

Why am I not outraged by this? Is it my white privilege?

See Fit, the Black Girl is Taller !
And using the White Girl's head as an Armrest to Boot ! Racist ad

(04-06-2016 11:35 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  Some people just want to see racism everywhere.

And some people want to pretend that racism no longer exists.

The truth is somewhere in between.

(04-06-2016 12:13 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(04-06-2016 11:35 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  Some people just want to see racism everywhere.

And some people want to pretend that racism no longer exists.

The truth is somewhere in between.

Coon, Uncle Tom, Burnt, Gunsmoke, Crispy etc., are all used by blacks to describe other blacks. That is a shame.

(04-06-2016 12:13 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(04-06-2016 11:35 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  Some people just want to see racism everywhere.

And some people want to pretend that racism no longer exists.

The truth is somewhere in between.

If you cry racism four hundred times a day over meaningless horse crap like this until it is just an endless droning sound....then when real racism occurs that needs to be noticed...people think it is just another droning sound and pay not one bit of attention to it.