Racism or not? Watch the commercial and leave state your mind^^

[sethnova]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H0xPWAtaa8

As of lately this commercial by Volkswagen seems to have stirred quite some commotion in the U.S.A., saying that it is racism agains the Jamaican people to have a white person talk with a Jamaican accent in this commercial.

Watch the commercial and state your mind!

Peace out

Nova

[actualmanx]

i love cool runnings and im always saying peace be da jurney (in a Jamaican accent) and im no racist and i dont see how this ad is either. my opinion, so i voted no

[sethnova]

i love cool runnings and im always saying peace be da jurney (in a Jamaican accent) and im no racist and i dont see how this ad is either. my opinion, so i voted no

haha yeah thats what i thought. some people are running around like headless chickens saying this is pure racism(how?), so i wanted to see other's opinions.
Jamaican people themselves have said they love this commercial as its also good commercing for Jamaica^^
positive vibes man

[thegutta]

I don't see anything wrong about this commercial it's actually very funny if i were Jamaican i would of been laughing my ass off lol

[drizzy]

definitely not a racist commercial. but it might be for people that are sensitive or are just looking for something to complain about.

[thegutta]

definitely not a racist commercial. but it might be for people that are sensitive or are just looking for something to complain about.

True True some people just love to start shit for stupid little things they wanna make it huge lol

[CloudStrife7x]

i dont think its a racist commercial either but people always find something to complain about

[sethnova]

i dont think its a racist commercial either but people always find something to complain about

aye, thats just how some people are. Funny thing that only some people in the US are complaining. Those who are complaining aren't even Jamaican. The Jamaican people themselves dont have anything against the commercial, on the contrairy, the like it.
what my question is after getting to this point is "why"? why complain about something that doesnt affect you?
i mean i dont complain about scratches on my neighbor's car. or about a bird that shat on the head of a classmate, thats just weird..... right? or am i weird...?
sigh..... ah well, seems like i'll never get the awnser to my question.....

[CloudStrife7x]

aye, thats just how some people are. Funny thing that only some people in the US are complaining. Those who are complaining aren't even Jamaican. The Jamaican people themselves dont have anything against the commercial, on the contrairy, the like it.
what my question is after getting to this point is "why"? why complain about something that doesnt affect you?
i mean i dont complain about scratches on my neighbor's car. or about a bird that shat on the head of a classmate, thats just weird..... right? or am i weird...?
sigh..... ah well, seems like i'll never get the awnser to my question.....

i completely agree i never complain at stuff that dont affect me, its stupid that some people do lol

[Emerald Lance]

I don't think it's racist at all. I think it paints Jamaicans in a very positive light. The definition of racism is "the discrimination against others due to different racial backgrounds than one's own". I see no discrimination here (the white man pretending to be Jamaican is not doing so as an insult). Ergo, this is not racist.

[Jefejoobes]

I love this commercial lol, nothing wrong with it imo.

"Don't fret me braddah, sticky bun come soon~" xD

[D3VILB3HINDYOU]

definitely not a racist commercial. but it might be for people that are sensitive or are just looking for something to complain about.

That's basically most of the U.S. lmao. I hate people like that.

[lickerout]

that commercial is just trying to say something like "a ride in this car can change your mind" or something like that, no racism intended.

[SiN]

I don't see anything wrong about this commercial it's actually very funny if i were Jamaican i would of been laughing my ass off lol

indeed..
See nothing wrong with it.. Some people take THINGS way too serious..

[bl4ck]

Why should this be racist?

Cmon, sometimes we speak a whole weakend with this accent, not in english but in german, or we speak american german... or france german, or italian german... or crazy gangster turkey german..
There just some people who over react.

My father is from turkey and we always make realy realy bad jokes about them, or about austrians, or germans or jews...

Like every good austrian must have a child in his basement
which sort of beer is natasha kampush favorite?
Kellerbeer... (get it?) maybe only european will get this ^^

Yes iam a realy realy bad person

People should differentiate between fun and real racism... ok sometimes its realy borderline?(grenzwertig) to differentiate between fun and not fun

BTT

No racism!

[bitemabawz]

Jamaican a big fuss outta nothin !!!