Japan: EMOBILE's Racist Commercial Depicts Obama as a Monkey

This commercial is currently being aired on Japanese TV, mimicking the success that Senator Barrack Obama has found on the campaign trail with blatantly racist imagery. When will the Japanese people begin to confront the problems of racism in their midst?

http://emobile.jp/movie/2008/EMCM2008-6.html

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• obama
• politics
• japan
• emobile
• cell
• phone
• racism
• election

[Hitmonchan107]

The monkey kept his promises. Obama didn't.

[noxidolsx777]

Haha change......sounds familiar

[ScienceManComics]

It's not considered racist in Japan.

[8rrison]

I used eMobile. I tried to cancel service and they said to call back in January as I couldn't without paying a charge. I called back in January, and they said I couldn't cancel as my contract had been renewed. Terrible company. I wish Japan's legal system had some consumer protection!

[Diamoniqueisis1chick]

@ameenmutha HEHEHE. Me, too.

[Diamoniqueisis1chick]

HEHEHE. Me, too.

[ameenmutha]

I thought this was really obama for a second



[JamesTjustice]

日本人は人類差別を意識に毎日やっている。本当にさいやくな国だ­！

[JamesTjustice]

Are you serious? Why do you think Japanese bring up the term, "Yellow Monkey" to foreignors? Do you really think they don't know about our history? They are taught from middle school on about racism in the U.S.; they know our history better than most Americans! You are a food KakashiHatake2121! 本当に馬鹿やろうね！

[mizzSHADYgurl]

Lol!! Not racist

[Miss1989Sweety]

lol! was Obama even mentioned in this ad?

[KakashiHatake2121]

"That monkey is to EMobile as the gecko is to Geico. Moreover, Japanese people generally don’t know that black people and monkeys have a nasty history. We just think monkeys are cute and Obama is awesome." - Lisa Shoreland, half japanese, half american.