Stereotypical impractical joke is implied in this Italian detergent commercial. A woman shoves her white husband into the washing machine, pours in some detergent, and out pops a muscular black man with hip-hop background music.
This Kool-Aid ad offended many with the stereotypical hip-hop basketball court vignette. Kool-Aid is often referred to as “ghetto juice” and this ad played into the slur.
This public service ad warning children about the dangers of drugs only serves to make black men out to be terrifying monsters. Sensitive viewers were understandably offended.
This bizarre Asian commercial reminds viewers that “appearances can be deceiving”. A black man acts as a Good Samaritan before turning into black herbal toothpaste. If you’re thinking, “Huh?” you’re not alone.
McDonald's is known for making their chicken nuggets commercials geared towards the African-American community following the notation all black people love chicken. But customers were offended when a radio ad ran that deemed pit bulls as more dangerous than eating McDonald's food.
