Emobile of Japan commercial deep sixth by CNN

A cellular company in Japan named, "Emobile," traditionally uses a monkey in their television commercials. Apparently a monkey is a cute animal to the people of Japan. As in America if you add a baby or a dog in a commercial, you are guaranteed to maintain the viewers. It seems in Japan the winning recipe for a commercial to keep the viewers is a baby, dog, or a monkey.

In a recent commercial by Emobile they used their monkey in a campaign setting resembling Senator Barack Obama's campaign. This was a double header for the Japanese, because the Japanese like monkeys and they also favor Senator Obama. Until the mental disorder of American liberalism entered. CNN did a report in Japan that the commercial was racist. CNN brought in a group of black Americans in Japan to ask how they saw that commercial. Remember they are Americans and historically in America monkey reference to blacks has been racist. It is with these legitimate sensitivities the black Americans replied to CNN's questions in Japan stating the commercial was racist and insensitive. The commercial got pulled. When the average Japanese was shown the commercial and asked to respond, they liked the commercial and saw nothing wrong with the commercial, as a monkey is cute to them, and they like Senator Obama.

Here is the link to the CNN report:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82J-TDASyY0


Once again the ugly disorder of American liberalism is infecting another nation with its lunacy. Liberalism is a mental disorder.

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[gameprohalo]

dude u look like mccain

[PropagandaBuster]

Thank you.

[gameprohalo]

come on dont tell me u a angry . it was suppose to be a joke . if u are angry srry

[PropagandaBuster]

I was not angry. I wrote "thank you" because I took your comment as a compliment. Thank you for your concern.

[skierdude95]

@hanzotk How do they hate blacks? That's a bummer for me I was hoping to escape racism in the US.

[hanzotk]

@skierdude95

been there means shit. try living there for over 10 yrs.

[skierdude95]

@hanzotk Japan does not hate blacks. I've been there. Ignorant bastard.

[WMsReligion]

HEY! You missed a BIG POINT! ... the monkey on the ad is what is called a "Japanese Macaque". It is indigenous to Japan and it is on the endangered list. ... Also the Japanese have a LONG, and I mean 1000+ yrs of using the monkey, THEIR monkey, in cultural symbolism.

[hanzotk]

Make an Italian monkey not getting laid on a phone commercial. See what happens. Japan is a racistville. KKK pride. They hate Black. That's a fact. How about this...Let's make a commercial where we drop a nuke on Japan and a retarded looking monkey starts to sales Nikes. Let's see what happens.

[Tzadeck]

@dremicosbooksandgame No, Japan has no obligation to be sensitive to Americans when they are airing a commercial only in Japan. The Japanese have NO IDEA even to this day that it is racist to compare a black person to a monkey. In America monkeys are associate with Africa, and calling a black person a monkey implies that s/he's not human and doesn't belong here. But there are monkeys all over Japan, and they're seen as part of the country. It's not racist AT ALL. Context matters man.

[Tzadeck]

The same thing happened with a Pokemon card, which Nintendo stopped producing because it had what looked to Americans like a swastika on it. The symbol is used to represent Buddhist temples in Japan.

But, I disagree with the video--it has nothing to do with liberalism. I'm a liberal and I know what CNN did was idiotic, just like the Pokemon card. It has to do with ignorance over a cultural issue, not politics.

[dremicosbooksandgame]

I recently spoke to one of my buddies about this and she did not understand my feelings about it. She is also American, but not African descended. A am Mixed with some African ancestry and I do feel offended that a monkey was used for Obama, but only because In America it IS a sensitive topic to use monkeys to portray people of African decent. The media no matter what country should be sensitive to that fact. That is why it was pulled. This issue is more sensitive to some than others.

[atmark666]

i think even Obama himself wouldn't mind.