Racist GAP

[MattBackHome]

Gap banner ads all over the place now.

The racist PIGS.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

When I saw that the OP was Crodonilson I assumed this was going to be some kind of hard to fathom joke. Seems I was wrong.

That is not racist. And that video...FFS.

 

[Goldstone1976]

I post this earlier ad run by Gap with no comment whatsoever:

 

[alfredmizen]

Blacks in UPROAR in the States over this horrific racist ad from Gap.

I'm puzzled, seriously , I genuinely cant see what is meant to be racist.

 

[pastafarian]

I'm puzzled, seriously , I genuinely cant see what is meant to be racist.

if you turn the picture sideways and squint your eyes you can see Bill Cosby with his cock out

 

[hart's shirt]

Since they're girls, shouldn't they all be forced to wear pink and not blue?

 

[alfredmizen]

if you turn the picture sideways and squint your eyes you can see Bill Cosby with his cock out

 

[lawros left foot]

The first girl is so obviously meant to be an Australian, lazy stereotyping of our upside down, antipodean cousins

 

[SAC]

"Blacks in UPROAR in the States over this horrific racist ad from Gap." All black people in the US, a lot, or just a tiny minority?

I'd imagine that there were some white people who were in UPROAR on the behalf of black people, would it then be appropriate to write "Whites in UPROAR in the States over this horrific racist (sic) ad from Gap."

 

[GT49er]

"Writing in The Root, a black culture magazine, Kirsten West Savali argues that the advert compounds "the feeling that our black bodies are undervalued and positioned to serve as props upon which white bodies can be better appreciated and admired."

Jesus. Can somebody please stop 2016, I think I want to get off.

Yes, I see what you mean, and agree with you. But on reflection, I'd rather Kirsten West Savali (whoever she is) got off instead!

 

[Loftslaces]

I am offended - I do not voluntarily choose to walk on my hands - this offend me

 

[Buzzer]

Meanwhile modern slavery in Africa is still counted in the millions and the SJWs in American and British universities do sweet Fanny Adams about any of that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_contemporary_Africa

They don't petition embassies, they don't boycott countries, they don't raise awareness. In short they don't really give a f*ck because all they care about is their own perceived mistreatment and bad position in life. Hypocrites, the lot of them.

 

[The Albion Roar]

"Writing in The Root, a black culture magazine, Kirsten West Savali argues that the advert compounds "the feeling that our black bodies are undervalued and positioned to serve as props upon which white bodies can be better appreciated and admired."

So this is a HEIGHT issue rather than a RACE issue.

The only offence I can take at that ad is its cliched blandness. It's four girls posing in GAP gear. Righty-ho.

 

[Aveacarlin']

I spent most of the time trying to work out whether their odd body poses are supposed to be spelling something out.

Whatever is supposedly racist about that ad has completely gone over my head I'm afraid.

I did that too and was surprised to find out the fuss was about the white girl resting her arm on the head of the black girl. Pathetic really.

 

[Goldstone1976]

So this is a HEIGHT issue rather than a RACE issue.

The only offence I can take at that ad is its cliched blandness. It's four girls posing in GAP gear. Righty-ho.

No, no, no. It's a SEXISM issue - where are the boys in that ad? Precisely.

EDIT: I don't know what I was thinking. It's quite clearly an AGEISM issue - where are the people aged over 20 in that ad? Precisely.

 

[pastafarian]

No, no, no. It's a SEXISM issue - where are the boys in that ad? Precisely.

EDIT: I don't know what I was thinking. It's quite clearly an AGEISM issue - where are the people aged over 20 in that ad? Precisely.

you are clearly being sexist for suggesting there should be boys in the advert
why do you dismiss gender conforming?
surely it would be better for all if the advert only contained children whose gender expression was non aggressive to the gender binary

or something

 

[WhingForPresident]

A previous Gap advert:





The fact they've actually apologised is absolutely pathetic.

 

[heathgate]

A previous Gap advert:

View attachment 73485



The fact they've actually apologised is absolutely pathetic.

Bloody hypocrites.... these representative groups are just so selective.... shame the papers don't throw this picture back at them.

 

[John Bumlick]

The most offensive thing is that they appear to trying to corner the paedophile foot fetishist market....

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

A previous Gap advert:

View attachment 73485



The fact they've actually apologised is absolutely pathetic.

But that is racist as well. It's in black AND WHITE. Why can't we just be allowed to have a black advert? It's disgusting that it has to be white as well...