The Breaking Point

22 Responses to “Stereotypes come at you fast”

1. Tiffany in Houston // Jun 24, 2008 at 10:13 pm

   Yeah it’s pretty bad. LOL!! And it’s not just running on BET.

   Response: Believe that … ‘cos I don’t even watch BET and I see it all the time.

2. Pserendipity // Jun 25, 2008 at 12:16 am

   Yeah, I was waiting on Rev. Wright to jump out and say something about gotDAMNNNNN the Nationwide.

   Response: He’s too busy eschewing middle-classness as he awaits completion of his $1 million home in a gated community.

3. tanyetta // Jun 25, 2008 at 12:26 am

   0:16 on the clock

   is that Thelma from Good Times???????

   Response: Don’t know. I thought she was somewhere watching the asphalt grow.

4. Mokumegane // Jun 25, 2008 at 1:16 am

   Um, yes I have seen wedding programs printed on fans, complete with a picture of the bride and groom on it.

   Response: Um, yeah, you were at a ghetto ass wedding. but

5. rbl1906 // Jun 25, 2008 at 4:43 am

   This just makes me ill inside

   Response: You just sound disgusted.

6. rbl1906 // Jun 25, 2008 at 4:44 am

   And I thought i was the only one felt some kind of way about this commercial

   Response: No sir. I think it’s awful and there are others who do, also. And have you seen that KFC commercial where the chick rolls her neck and says, “Flava”?

7. Tsiporah // Jun 25, 2008 at 8:36 am

   Sigh…
   I hate this commercial.

   Response:

8. Hostess // Jun 25, 2008 at 9:33 am

   You know this is the only way they can get Black folks to get insurance. LOL Just kidding. I think they were able to get away with it because there was no rap music or dancing in it.

   Response: So basically it’s cooning, just without the music.

9. Miz JJ // Jun 25, 2008 at 10:26 am

   Well, at least it shows black people getting married. That isn’t a stereotype.

   Response: Good point.

10. Andree // Jun 25, 2008 at 11:46 am

    I just thought it was rather silly.

    Response: And it is … but I saw something a bit more disturbing. I often do, for better or worse.

11. rbl1906 // Jun 25, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    I am through with KFC anyways…. I hate the way they make black people on their commercials bite into that chicken with that smile on their face……….

    Response: Real coonerific type cats on the commercials, huh?

12. Pnoty // Jun 25, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    I mean not for nothing but I found this to be kinda funny. Its not like he said nigga or there was cooning goings on lol. Hell, I wish someone let me know all that stuff before I got married! lol

    Response: I wish I were marrying the woman in the commercial. Or, for that matter, the insurance agent. Or, both of them at once. I mean …

13. 1969 // Jun 25, 2008 at 7:54 pm

    LH…everytime that commercial comes on, my husband pauses it to get a look at Thelma. LOL

    Response: So that is Thelma? DAMN! DAMN! DAMN! Oh, wait … that was Florida, right? Ha!

14. glory // Jun 25, 2008 at 7:55 pm

    um… but all commercials aimed at black people since i’ve been born are just.like.that.

    Response: Damn. All of them, though?

15. Ed // Jun 25, 2008 at 8:51 pm

    If I’m correct, that pastor conducting the wedding was on the “Best Man” and in the end of the movie, he had some stereotypical role of starting the Electric Slide or some group dance and I remember walking out of that awful stereotypical movie..it was that very scene that made me chose never to see another Black movie with Taye Diggs ever again..

    And when Taye Diggs got married, I straight LOL at all those bitter sistas who croon at him on these corny Black movies he played in..

    Response: No surprise there.

    And I do have to admit to smirking when I found out he was married to ol’ girl.

16. Ed // Jun 25, 2008 at 8:53 pm

    Tanyetta,

    Yes, that is Thelma from Good Times..

17. Mokumegane // Jun 26, 2008 at 1:35 am

    rbl, you must be really mad about that KFC commercial for it to warrant TWO posts about it. . First of all, they play the hell out of that commercial here in Cali; so much that I thought this was a test market (since it’s chipotle and all which the Mexicans invented). But, apparently they play it on the East Coast too. Anyway, I LOATHE that commercial for the exact line you mentioned. But today, after seeing it for the 47th time in 3 weeks, I had just noticed and wondered, “Now, why do the two main characters have to be Black? I have seen plenty of KFC commercials with White people. Did they hire Burrell Advertising to do that one specifically? Have we regressed to the 1980ish cooning up commercials for products everyone uses?”

    So anyway, my husband fell for it and got some 2 weeks ago. Admittedly, I am a early adopter of new products (food, beauty or cleaning products, chicken cutlet bras,–not high tech stuff like the new IPhone the first day it comes out). But when he asked if I wanted the chicken I told him no because every damn food establishment has something “chipotle” and I have often been disappointed by it. It’s to the point where I wonder what chipotle even means. Chipotle is being played out like the Mojito. Secondly, the chicken is bright orange on the commercial and I told him I was scared of the toxic waste coloring. But he went ahead and got it anyway. We got half original and half chipotle and it does not look much different from the regular crispy in real life. To make a long story short, there ain’t no real “Flava” to it. I was so mad at her for saying that in the commercial. Liar. Popeye’s regular chicken is more seasoned. I told my husband that he got bamboozled and they gave him regular crispy but we found a piece that looked a little more orange. Again, only a vague difference from original. Sorry for the extended food review but I’m just trying to warn you all not to waste your money. KFC still has buttermilk biscuits on lock though. With some honey…..wow.

    Response: You.sound.HEATED! I am literally sitting here laughing aloud. Maybe it’s because I know it takes a lot to get you heated but this is comedy! Oh, and thanks for the heads up.

    On an unrelated note, has it occurred to you that in one way or another we’ve been in touch for eight years? It doesn’t seem like it, does it?

18. profunksticated // Jun 26, 2008 at 11:04 am

    Stereotypes — the lifeblood of the entertainment industry. Just ask Tom Joyner and Steve Harvey, who traffic in stereotypes on their respective morning radio shows.

    I’ve seen the commercial here on the East Coast, too, but I didn’t know that was Bernadette Stanis (you see, I’m the only oddball who actually calls actors by their real or stage names and not the characters they play. For another example, you’ll never hear me call Jaleel White “Urkel.” He’s Jaleel White, dammit! Get a grip!! LOL!)

    Response: Wow … this is wild to me that Thelma is in this commercial. Like … THELMA???

    As for trafficing in stereotypes, I think that’s life. But there’s a way to do it that isn’t so off-putting. And … blacks are most often portrayed as coons with no measurable intelligence or cultural refinement.

19. profunksticated // Jun 26, 2008 at 11:59 am

    OK, if you wanna call her Thelma, that’s fine with me

    To me, she’ll always be Bernadette, wid her fine-azz self.

20. profunksticated // Jun 26, 2008 at 12:05 pm

    “…blacks are most often portrayed as coons with no measurable intelligence or cultural refinement.”

    Oh man, on that note, I’ve got something for you from waaaaaaaaay back in the day that I’m gonna post at my spot. Only thing is I gotta run out to an appointment. I will do so later.

    Peace.

21. Mokumegane // Jun 26, 2008 at 2:07 pm

    Yeah 8 or 9 years. We met all because of ICAN. We were just trying to post out, suckas!!

    Response: Well, eventually … we did post out.

22. Mokumegane // Jun 27, 2008 at 12:48 pm

    OKAY????!!!???