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Is this Racist ? - ketchim - 10-23-2013
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Re: Is this Racist ? - ketchim - 10-23-2013
Posters promoting a new line of cigarettes featured pictures of monkeys dressed as news reporters,
declaring "Africa is coming !
Re: Is this Racist ? - chairman - 10-23-2013
how?
Re: Is this Racist ? - ketchim - 10-23-2013
The company, KT&G, says they contain African tobacco roasted and dried in a traditional fashion.
The cigarette packets contain images of monkeys roasting tobacco.
Re: Is this Racist ? - ketchim - 10-23-2013
"We are deeply offended by KT&G's shameless and insulting use of this mocking imagery,"
said the African Tobacco Control Alliance in a statement calling for the withdrawal of the ad
campaign, saying it was "at a minimum culturally insensitive".
Re: Is this Racist ? - ketchim - 10-23-2013
"Mocking Africa to sell a product that causes death and disease is unacceptable,
and we will not stand for the exploitation of Africa by tobacco companies."
Re: Is this Racist ? - ketchim - 10-23-2013
This is a Korean firm cigarettes
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Re: Is this Racist ? - ketchim - 10-23-2013
"We absolutely had no intention to offend anyone and only chose monkeys
because they are delightful animals that remind people of Africa,"
Re: Is this Racist ? - mapoui - 10-23-2013
roasted in the african way ::confused:: ::confused::
the same fiyah the congo man used fuh white meat ::confused:: ::confused::
Re: Is this Racist ? - ketchim - 10-23-2013
Are Monkeys exclusive to Africa ?
In Guyana , we have all the Species and tons and tons ....