Ladle Ghoulash 25,135 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Just now, Morphine Prince said: If you have zero historical knowledge and media literacy just say that. Stay in school, kids! It’s like people have never heard of race eugenics before We have forgotten our public MANNERS 4 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombiecat 16,777 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 4 minutes ago, Mirrion Rizzons said: The tagline is ‘Sydney sweeney has good genes’ but then it’s crossed off with ‘jeans’ instead. Feels very eugenics/N*zi rhetoric hmm i guess i can kinda see it with this actually 'sydney sweeney has great genes' put like this poster is.. yeah.. very that thats more than just the play of words in the ad 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladle Ghoulash 25,135 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Here’s another ad that just recently came out with a white person, apropos of nothing, talking about their genes. I’m sure it’s nothing, though We have forgotten our public MANNERS 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B tchfork 43 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 I miss the 2000s when people weren't offended by literally everything 2 5 1 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUTELLA 10,773 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Just now, B tchfork said: I miss the 2000s when people weren't offended by literally everything In this context, you sound like an idiot. No offense though 8 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B tchfork 43 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 5 minutes ago, Ladle Ghoulash said: It’s like people have never heard of race eugenics before I've never heard the word eugenics if im being honest 7 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladle Ghoulash 25,135 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 1 minute ago, B tchfork said: I miss the 2000s when people weren't offended by literally everything Agreed. I, more specifically, miss living in Germany between 1933-1945 when this type of rhetoric was encouraged! We have forgotten our public MANNERS 3 15 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchheights8 298 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 8 minutes ago, Mirrion Rizzons said: The tagline is ‘Sydney sweeney has good genes’ but then it’s crossed off with ‘jeans’ instead. Feels very eugenics/N*zi rhetoric This is only problematic if you search for it. At the end of the day it's simply an American Eagle ad...like are we really discussing this as being Nazi rhetoric? Sometimes (believe it or not) things are created to just send a simple message...like selling jeans. I think people are thinking way to deep about this - lets move on and actually care about the world's problems. 4 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladle Ghoulash 25,135 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Just now, B tchfork said: I've never heard the word eugenics if im being honest https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/Eugenics-and-Scientific-Racism We have forgotten our public MANNERS Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B tchfork 43 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 1 minute ago, NUTELLA said: In this context, you sound like an idiot. No offense If im an idiot how did i possibly get my bachelors? 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Flower 5,065 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Just now, B tchfork said: I miss the 2000s when people weren't offended by literally everything One would think that after the atrocities of Nazi Germany and WW3 we would know better to recognize these things as a society. We literally are seeing latinos in a ****ing concentration camp, Alligator Alcatraz. Context is key and this ad doesn't come out of nowhere. Drop it 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUTELLA 10,773 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Just now, B tchfork said: If im an idiot how did i possibly get my bachelors? Summa cum laude at Clown College 27 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladle Ghoulash 25,135 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Just now, suchheights8 said: This is only problematic if you search for it. At the end of the day it's simply an American Eagle ad...like are we really discussing this as being Nazi rhetoric? Sometimes (believe it or not) things are created to just send a simple message...like selling jeans. I think people are thinking way to deep about this - lets move on and actually care about the world's problems. Nah, best case scenario AE was fully aware that this would generate blowback so it would go viral, but don’t endorse the actual implication. There’s no world where advertisers for a multi-million dollar corp would run ad copy that could even remotely be construed as racist without being aware of it lmao We have forgotten our public MANNERS 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 106,188 Posted July 31 Author Share Posted July 31 2 minutes ago, suchheights8 said: This is only problematic if you search for it. At the end of the day it's simply an American Eagle ad...like are we really discussing this as being Nazi rhetoric? Sometimes (believe it or not) things are created to just send a simple message...like selling jeans. I think people are thinking way to deep about this - lets move on and actually care about the world's problems. There was a completely different way this ad could have been made and still used the same concept. They purposefully did it this way to cause controversy in a time when fascism is quickly taking over US society and minorities are being ostracized. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roughhouse Dandy 11,567 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 (edited) To people not getting why people are criticizing this: it's like when marriage equality was in the courts during election season and republican candidates suddenly started emphasizing their spouse and children while talking about "family values". Not necessarily a spooky bad thing on its face until you realize in context it's a backhanded way to say they're against marriage equality. Now, fascism in America is on the rise and literal nazis in government are being more open about their intentions. The president is talking about immigrants "poisoning the blood of our country". Trad wives are setting trends on tiktok. The intelligence of Black and Brown governmental candidates are being discounted because their ethnic features don't adhere to eurocentric beauty standards. "Low IQ" is now a go-to insult more conservative people use on others belonging to minority groups. And now we're getting multiple cheeky national adverts with conventionally attractive white people talking their "desirable" genetic makeup. Eugenics. It's dogwhistling eugenics. Race theory that masquerades as science to justify white supremacy. That's why advertisements suddenly popping up with "hot" white people bragging about their genes is gross and messed up. Edited July 31 by Roughhouse Dandy This is my Hannah Montana™️ lipgloss. 9 11 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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