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Sony Pulls Controversial PSP Ad, Issues Apology
xenongamer writes "Sony has finally stepped up and pulled the racially controversial PSP ads out of the Netherlands. 'We... recognize that people have a wide variety of perceptions about such imagery and we wish to apologize to those who perceived the advert differently to that intended. In future, we will apply greater sensitivity in our selection of campaign imagery, and will take due account of the increasingly global reach of such local adverts, and their potential impact in other countries,' said Sony in a statement."
It's about time SOny got their head out of their ass and looked around at the rest of the world.
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I love the people saying that the critics of this ad are overly sensitive.
Nothing more ridiculous than a bunch of white people sitting around agreeing that there aren't any problems with racism anymore.
Tell you what. Take a black guy and stand him next to a tall tree, and then take a white guy and stand him next to a medium-sized tree, and then take an Asian guy and stand him next to a shrub. Plausible deniability allows you to say this has nothing to do with anything but people and the earth's vegetation, but who is not going to read something into that?
Take it one step further. Look at how white people have basically shit all over black people over the centuries. Now you've got an ad with a white person grabbing a black person threateningly by the jaw.
Art does not exist without context.
bothers you how? because it shows a white chick dressed in white grabbing the face of a black chick dressed in black? it wouldnt bother you if it was the other way around burn in hell now mod me down
What does this have to do with the "liberal" media? What the heck is a "liberal" media? Are you 5 years old? Do you have simple comprehension of simple English words? Have you ever heard of a dictionary? Have you ever had a original thought in your life? I am guessing you feel like Rush Limbaugh is "conservative" too right?