Comments on Tafari's Mind Spill: Life Through Ebony Colored Lenses: Clever Sales Tactic???

dude, we're ABMs. That's how we roll.

2008-01-27T19:56:00.000-05:00

dude, we're ABMs. That's how we roll.

while we will occasionally see black people in ads...

2008-01-17T16:11:00.000-05:00

while we will occasionally see black people in ads, we very rarely see Asians. Look in a lifestyle magazine someday. If you see 1 Asian, you've seen a lot.

Informative post and comments!

2008-01-16T23:26:00.000-05:00

Informative post and comments!

Lola - From my experience the iSlaves are always ...

2008-01-16T21:39:00.000-05:00

Lola - From my experience the iSlaves are always busy. I guess Apple knows that there are a lot of non saavy people out there.

Tamra - Yes, I put the iSlave in. My intent was not to cause any trips to the ER due to heart attack LOL.

I called myself passive because I wa snot about to jump & make calls etc, so...

Bygbaby

Alright, don't be gettin folks' blood pressure up ...

2008-01-16T21:32:00.000-05:00

Alright, don't be gettin folks' blood pressure up and stuff...lol.

In perspective now, knowing that Apple didn't put that there takes a little bit of the *bite* (not sure what else to call it at the moment) out of the whole thing. The ad is a bit easier to digest, but still just a tad bit awkward (Free huuuumaaaan??? Something like that only works if a Ferengi says it.).

I am

What I find amusing is the implication that the la...

2008-01-16T14:40:00.000-05:00

What I find amusing is the implication that the lay person NEEDS an expert to help them use an Apple prodyct effectively. Apple is basically calling us dumbasses. Which, to may strange mind, is a little funny. But that, in addition to the woman of color in the ad, is also offensive.

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Tsk, Tsk. You know what I am in the market for buy...

2008-01-16T11:56:00.000-05:00

Tsk, Tsk. You know what I am in the market for buyin' a new PC & well iAint goin' MAC/Apple. Isn't free choice just the best :O)

Ooooh, if you do, please follow up & let me know w...

2008-01-16T11:07:00.000-05:00

Ooooh, if you do, please follow up & let me know what they said if anything.

Bygbaby

Aw damn! I thought you had made that yourself!!! T...

2008-01-16T10:25:00.000-05:00

Aw damn! I thought you had made that yourself!!! This is too much. The mere fact that there's a black woman in the ad should have made them reconsider!!! Gotdamn! They should have known better. Off to send a complaint...

OK people, just wanna let you know that I made up ...

2008-01-16T10:00:00.000-05:00

OK people, just wanna let you know that I made up the "iSlave" piece & added it to the image, so Apple did not do that, it was my attempt to give this a more tacky but fitting name.

Renea - They wear those name tags in the store. And I think someone was asleep at the wheel when choosing a stock image. Or maybe they were not & knew what they were doing???

Liz - I joked with

now they are just getting sloppy...

2008-01-16T09:46:00.000-05:00

now they are just getting sloppy...

Hmm yeah...I'ma need them to get their shit togeth...

2008-01-16T09:45:00.000-05:00

Hmm yeah...I'ma need them to get their shit together. Just like that Pentinum(?) ad with the white guy standing up and the black runners...hmm yeah

And of course they are going to deny that shit...but people are just trying to get slick with their shit and they think our dumb asses won't notice. Their nasty asses been incorporating subtle shit into things for years...if you look at the

One more thing and then I have to scat for a bit. ...

2008-01-16T09:37:00.000-05:00

One more thing and then I have to scat for a bit. --In the vernacular, I can definitely understand the use of "iSlave," but Apple taking the term and using it *this* way seems a bit of a stretch.

Yea - it seems a little fucked up.

2008-01-16T09:31:00.000-05:00

Yea - it seems a little fucked up.

I know it's about AIDS and not slavery, but this k...

2008-01-16T09:20:00.000-05:00

I know it's about AIDS and not slavery, but this kind of flies in the face of their participation in the Project Red (humanitarian) campaign. I'd forgotten that they were/are a partner in that. Hmmm.

I think it sends the wrong message there too...

Again, thoughtless.

Given that there is still human slavery and human ...

2008-01-16T09:12:00.000-05:00

Given that there is still human slavery and human trafficking going on today, 2008, I think it is, among other things, inappropriate. A poor choice of words and images.

And, as you mentioned, given all of the places you will NOT see a black woman featured prominently, sure this strikes me as a bit thoughtless and/or questionable...

They could have done better. I'd fire

Sad....But the ones not affected by the ad are the...

2008-01-16T06:44:00.000-05:00

Sad....But the ones not affected by the ad are the majority purchasing the products.

Not cool. I'm thinking they stuck the sistah in t...

2008-01-16T02:22:00.000-05:00

Not cool. I'm thinking they stuck the sistah in there because someone at the ad company has read too many Frank Yerby novels and was envisioning the white massa sneaking up on the black female slaves.

And do their ads ever have older people in them?

Huh? That's real? It looks like they have tags han...

2008-01-15T23:32:00.000-05:00

Huh? That's real? It looks like they have tags hanging around their necks. Why do some white folks use the word slave so freely? Why would a campaign even risk the chance of offense? a free human? I'm with you Byg. That is wack.