I sincerely believe that Pepsi was completely oblivious to anything related to the protest movements or to anything that affects the lives of non-one percenters. I doubt any of their ad execs could describe what BLM, Dreamers, etc are fighting to accomplish. To me, this ad wouldn’t have been any less ridiculous if…

My point was that the focus on her race distracts from the facts that the commercial:

While it’s fun/cathartic to pick at this woman’s whitey-white-whiteness, that completely distracts from the point. Her race is not a problem/issue. That cheapens your criticism. This ad would have reached peak foolishness even if Rosa Parks was substituted in for her.

In my petty dream world, there would be 5-10 years of mandatory minimums nationwide for all drug offenses. POCs seem to be the only folks that consistently face those legal consequences. We’d have some sensible drug laws once everybody’s families share some equal pain.

Tony is the HOF baseline for current QBs. Most with a better resume will get in. Anyone behind him has no chance. Looking a you Marmalade.

This might be an Atlanta specific issue but i’m sure it affected other cities with a sizeable black middle class. Genetrification in Atlanta really started about 10 years ago. East Atlanta neighborhoods like Grant Park, Inman Park, Edgewood and Kirkwood had been really old and poor for about 20-30 years. Black Gen X’s…

So we’ll see if North Carolina can feign decency for the next three years and make this stick in November 2020.

Definitely. The first and last time I took a Gawker/Jezebel article seriously was when they correctly pointed out that black characters were replaced/traded-in during the early seasons. It’s comical when people complain about Negan’s gratuitous violence if they continued watching after Carl killed his recently in…

We’re not in the minority. This show would be headed toward cancellation if more than half of its viewers were gone. Just about every show in the history of television loses viewers after this long of a run. This is normal. People rarely write think pieces about longevity or consistency.

“Duh”

Stations there do this all the time. It’s surprising because that’s the only area of Ohio where literacy is universally expected. A ticker would be sufficient

“Trash talking, cussing, and personality were not included in his programming.”

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“Haha and you lost in Overtime”

So you’re saying that the original Japanese character, from a Japanese work, based in Japan could/should be changed to white because he wasn’t Asian looking enough in the art? What does that mean?

This is the entire point that I was trying to make. People created an issue to be mad about when the entire enterprise is built on shaky ethno-politics. Taking a contrived stand is cathartic but it doesn’t change the fact that wholesale changes are needed. The CW’s Flash and Arrow aren’t perfect, but they accomplish…

Bruh, they should have chosen a different city if they thought relocating was a cover for whitening up this project. Seattle has more asians than a handful of states. This was ill conceived.

Death Note deserves to be dragged for flagrant whitewashing. Iron Fist, while awful, was not white washing. These are two completely different situations. I gave Iron Fist a chance but I wont watch this one. Even with LaKeith.

“Obama deap state opertives wrekked repeel voat. Hates sick people. Luvs Isis. Hates Amurica!!”

Comic heroes, both Marvel and D.C., have always been way too white for comfort. Basically ever comic hero story fits that white savior situation. Danny Rand isn’t any more egregious than any other character.