Maybe I'm missing something, but with a cursory search for variations on "racist about.com commercial," I have come up with nothing remotely like what I expected.
Why would I search for that, you ask?
A few weeks ago the folks at About.com released a new commercial where some science nerd is using the internet and starts talking to a colleague about all the neat features on About.com. He remarks that without tools humans would just be- and then the orang utan that his colleague is holding finishes his thought with "animals in pens?" The science nerd looks uncomfortable and says yes. The orang leans back and says it is hungry.
Hilarious commercial, right? Really, really funny and hilarious stuff, no? Well, it may not be as funny as some ironic comics in the back of your local college newspaper (a topic dear to my own heart), but it has got an edge on those comics in one way: the voice of the orang is clearly a black guy. The science nerd and colleague are, of course, white.
I don't want to end up being lectured by the very people who I've complained are going looking for racism where racism doesn't exist, so I'll let you draw your own conclusions.
But really, has this occurred to no one else?
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Dr. Foreman (takes pen, goes to whiteboard): "Well, maybe..."
Dr. House: "Excuse me, but I think this is a WHITE board..."
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Dr. Foreman: "... hand me that BLACK marker."
This word verification to prevent comment spam is no doubt a good thing, except I can't READ them, oftentimes.
Word verification is reabsurd. I'm tempted to turn it off, as I, too, can almost never read what the hell crazy word they've generated. This one is 'feabbrjs', which I have a sneaking suspicion is actually the name of the guy who will next preside over Saddam's trial.
Are Iraqi bloggers getting word verifications like 'Matt' and 'Steve'?
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