Naomi Campbell Thinks This Ad Is Racist, Thankyouverymuch
Naomi Campbell is threatening to throw a lawsuit right at the faces of Cadbury for using her name and comparing her to a chocolate bar in one of their new ads. The "diva" Cadbury is referring to could be their bitchy office manager Naomi Lewis, but Naomi Campbell thinks this is about Naomi Campbell. Which it totally is. The diamonds give it away. Cadbury should've thrown in a blood-soaked maid's uniform and a broken BlackBerry too.
Naomi released this short statement to The Independent. A statement that will make every executive at Cadbury trade in their BlackBerry for an iPhone, because don't think that Naomi can't control any BlackBerry WITH HER MIND!
"I am shocked. It's upsetting to be described as chocolate, not just for me, but for all black women and black people. I do not find any humour in this. It is insulting and hurtful."
Cadbury has since apologized, saying they didn't mean to offend anybody. They have also pulled the ad and will not run it again. Instead, they are retooling the ad for their new Bliss white chocolate and nuts bar and plan to use the tagline: "Move over Karl, there's a new kunt in town!"
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Submitted by TexnDoc on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 6:18pm.
BTW Naomi played herself on an AbFab and one of the running gags through that show were battling PR companies Edina Monsoon and Claudia Bing ("..of 'Bing, Bing, Bing, and Bing' ") both courting Naomi and saying over and over "She's behaving very badly!" "She's being very difficult!" , so Naomi has never ever shy'd from the DIVA act.
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Yes, but that was done with her consent. This wasn't. She only needs the race card to differenciate herself from the other Naomi's...Hence the chocolate. This is what I'm saying. It's licensing of her image which SHE has control over. Cadbury doesn't. That's the issue. How can they persuade a judge or jury that they are talking about HER rather than Watts, Judd, etc.? Chocolate! You have to understand the burden of proof is MUCH LESS in a civil matter (which this is) than a criminal matter (which this isn't). All her peeps have to do is convince a judge or jury that it is more likely than not that they were referring to HER. That's it.
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When did Naomi become the spokesperson of black people??
Bitch please. 50 percent may be offended by the chocolate comment, the other 50 not.
I go with WuTang on this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K_C-78RvuM&feature=fvst
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Submitted by cliffdweller on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 6:14pm.
Submitted by Tigerlilly on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 6:03pm.
Yeah, I'd be afraid of waking up with a blackberry embedded in my skull too. In your case, I couldn't imagine having to hack up that weave. You know it would get stuck in your teeth and the glue is probably toxic. Sometimes, It's better just to walk away...
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*hacks up Asian hair weave and coconut oil fur ball*...*rubs tiger head*...Hey, what just happened here with that uppity chocolate, blood diamond hoarding diva bitch? I blacked out after she took out her cell phone...Meh, who wants some Cadbury???? I got left over Easter eggs!!!
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Naomi Campbell didn't even spring to mind when I read the caption. That's how little I think of that cunt.
Submitted by TexnDoc on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 6:18pm.
BTW Naomi played herself on an AbFab and one of the running gags through that show were battling PR companies Edina Monsoon and Claudia Bing ("..of 'Bing, Bing, Bing, and Bing' ") both courting Naomi and saying over and over "She's behaving very badly!" "She's being very difficult!" , so Naomi has never ever shy'd from the DIVA act.
Ahahahahaha! One of my fave episodes.
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"I am shocked. It's upsetting to be described as chocolate, not just for me, but for all black women and black people. I do not find any humour in this. It is insulting and hurtful."
OK fine your feelings have been hurt Naomi but do not speak on behalf of ALL black people. Issac Hayes would beg to differ if he were still here.
And the chocolate Playboy bunny pic? Seriously?
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BTW Naomi played herself on an AbFab and one of the running gags through that show were battling PR companies Edina Monsoon and Claudia Bing ("..of 'Bing, Bing, Bing, and Bing' ") both courting Naomi and saying over and over "She's behaving very badly!" "She's being very difficult!" , so Naomi has never ever shy'd from the DIVA act.
Agreed misslainey.
Personally, I HATE food/racial references of all kind. So gross, dumb and tacky. Like when people refer to Latinos as being caramel or mocha. Blech! I'm not a Starbucks coffee bitch!!
Submitted by Tigerlilly on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 6:03pm.
Yeah, I'd be afraid of waking up with a blackberry embedded in my skull too. In your case, I couldn't imagine having to hack up that weave. You know it would get stuck in your teeth and the glue is probably toxic. Sometimes, It's better just to walk away...
Like Hekki said...What about bikini Naomi on the chocolate playboy bunny???
Nice ad! brace yourself people i can see someone throwing mobile phones in 3....2....
'We are responsible for what we do unless we are celebrities.'
How stupid of the candy company. If it was jelly beans and they used "Move over Gisele..." of course she'd sue. They're powerful rich ladies and using their names I'm sure in ads without permission is an infringement. Idiots.
Submitted by Thornhill on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:58pm.
According to Keebler, Elves like to pack a lot of fudge. Is anyone calling Keebler racist homophobes...?
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Yeah! I AM!!! Lil' fag hating Nazi's...Oh, shut up, you know they are...*munching on Keebler coconut dream cookies" What? What?
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Naomi needs to stop thinking she speaks for every black person. She doesn't. I'm not black but my husband is. His only comment on this is that Naomi does not speak for him.
On another note, I know one black man who calls white women vanilla. My father in law calls me Vanilla Latte.
Submitted by islandgirl on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 4:59pm.
Submitted by Zedrie on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 4:49pm.
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I CALL!!
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AHAHAHA! That one is brilliant! You win XD
Snickers also had Aretha in one of their commercials (guy in backseat turning into her when he was hungry) fairly certain that implies she was fine with it.
Uh...I don't see anything racist about that Dove ad. Actually that just sounds like people looking for something to bitch about. Where does it show someone black turning white? The placement of the models? Please.
The skin they showed remained the same color, just with less visible flaws.
Cry racism when it actually exists...
No one likes a professional victim.
I could see how the ad could be considered kind of gross and offensive to black folks.
I'm Asian and don't think I'd like to see an ad with a bowl of rice and "Move over Connie Chung, we got a new dish!" Ya know what I mean?
That said, it is kind of petty BUT if you look around in pop culture there's been an awful lot of blackface or cutesy racial references in ads lately.
Legally, she has a case, thanks to Blohan but also it's pretty clear they are using her 'image' in a 'bad light'...She's got them over the barrel there. Where she seals the deal is that any defense saying..."Oh well, we were referencing Naomi Judd or Naomi Watts or a collage of Naomi's" because her team can come back and say, "Is it really a coincidence that THOSE Naomi's are White and our client is Black? CLEARLY, you meant to single her out with not white, but dark chocolate. How is that most obvious? Because of her RACE." That's where race comes in. Naomi isn't OFFENDED. It's NOT OFFENSIVE. She just needs to make it clear to a jury or a judge that is company was using her image without her consent AND showing her in a bad light as a "diva"...Yeah, I know, she is a diva and that can be brought up, but the issue is using HER image without consent. Naomi got this. Do I belive she should? Under the law, yes. In real life? FUCKING HELL NO!!!!
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Submitted by clairey claire on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:49pm.
Definitely a huge d'oh moment than anything else. Dove is known for making racially diverse adverts though, which, if anything, is pretty commendable. But that was definitely a very stupid presentation of their idea.
According to Keebler, Elves like to pack a lot of fudge. Is anyone calling Keebler racist homophobes...?
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Submitted by snarkychyck on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:50pm.
Exactly! If someone said that to me, I'd be like, "Thank you!" That would mean you're delicious, creamy, rich and cause people to have love hormones.
I mean, the joke is stupid because chocolate is not a diva. But it's not inherently racist.
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The before/after in that dove ad is showing two billboards in the background and the skin on one side is all crackled and dry and then more even textured on the billboard to the right side. The skin color on both billboards is a light beige I think.
All of the women in the ad are looking happy with their new and improved skin.
Hope that clears that up.
@clairey claire
Lawd! That is the stupidest ad I've ever seen. How could they let that through?! I mean, hundreds of people saw that ad before it was released and not a single person stepped in with an "Excuse me, but that's pretty damn racist.". Idiots run everything nowadays.
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Submitted by heathen on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:48pm.
Didn't Snickers already do this with Aretha (a true diva) anyway
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Yeah, but they covered their bases by putting Betty White and Abe Vigoda in the Super Bowl spot version.
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She's just pissed off about "Move over Naomi."
And I agree, this ad is really quite terrible and unfunny...but not racist.
Speaking as a black woman, I have to say that Naomi Campbell is a FUCKING IDIOT. It's one thing if this were an ad for the city zoo and they compared her to an orangutang. But getting angry over being compared to a piece of delicious chocolate is just stupid. Seems like she's trying to find a way to make herself relevant but this is just making her look like a fool. And black folks wonder why white folks think we're always waving the race card around. Naomi, please stop speaking for all black women. Most of us have more than three brain cells, unlike yourself.
Fuck Naomi, she's just a washed-up cunt who can't control her superbitch temper tantrums. If she doesn't want to be called out, perhaps she should STFD & STFU.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1390312/Soap-giant-Dove-accuse...
It's the week for dumbass possibly racist adverts. Check this one out. If that wasn't intentional, then it's the biggest fucking 'DOH' moment in recent advertising history, shurely?
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Seeing the ad I just thought it was about her diva personality and not anything else. I am also not black so I can see how this could get tricky as race is clearly such a volatile topic. Now *this* is why ad agencies need to think things through and run shit by test groups to make sure it's not offensive. Maybe Kraft knew she'd get mad at her name being used, make a public comment and draw attention to their new product? No publicity is worse than bad publicity as they say.
@ miss lainey..is "nubian queen" perjorative? I always thought it was a term of endearment. I have only heard black men say it to a good looking black woman, I thought it was a compliment? But I thought it is def. Not something a white guy should say to a black woman say, someone he saw walking by.
Submitted by Jintess on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:38pm.
"Move over Obama, there's a new mixture of chocolate in town. OH YES WE DID xoxo Cadbury"
I LOL'd
Naomi did them a favor as this ad should have never seen the light of day -- not because it is racist, but because it's a shit ad. If it had been funny or witty I might think differently, but who wants to get all huffed up over a shit ad? Didn't Snickers already do this with Aretha (a true diva) anyway (Aretha complaining in the back of a car & friends say to eat something because you're such a diva when you're hungry & Aretha turns into some frat-boy douche after eating the Snickers)?
Cadbury needs a new ad-team. Maybe they can call Don Draper.
And yeah, with all the other "divas" in the world, I guess it is pretty obvious why they picked the black one to reference, but is describing someone who is black as "chocolate" really racist? I don't know & as I said, I don't care because it is a shit ad anyway.
Submitted by Hekki on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:29pm.
Yeah, but... She was happy enough to pose on top of a chocolate bunny for Playboy.
Here: http://thestyledit.blogspot.com/2008/12/naomi-campbell-chocolate-playboy...
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I rest my case.. bitch doin it for publicity. FFS just throw a phone at someone random and go away
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I see absolutely nothing racist about this. Naomi just needs some attention.
Chocolate is a GOOD THING, bitch!!!
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That was the last time,
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Submitted by becky n sydney on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:42pm.
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Like I need someone to bash me in the head to buy chocolate LOL
All I can say is, if you're going to get that upset over a stupid candy bar ad, that was clearly just poorly-conceived and not a deliberate offense (because why would Cadbury WANT to pay $ to alienate a bunch of potential customers), you deserve to be upset.
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Submitted by misslainey on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:33pm.
It kills me when people presume to know and understand what blacks in America have been through when they are not black. Don't speak to what I've been through unless you've been through it yourself.
I agree.
It doesn't even call for being black to at least make an effort to understand why something could be offensive to black people, it just calls for being a fucking human being with brains and a heart.
When I hear some twat make off-hand comments about the "oversensitivity" of blacks in America I want to fucking kill the person, even though I'm not black or American.
This reminds me of that South Park episode where Chef gets all bent out of shape because he sees the South Park flag as racist ..but finds out at the end, that the kids don't notice the racism..
so.. I can see where some would be blind to any racism here.. and some would immediately get bent out of shape.
I don't think it's lawsuit-worthy, but it's definitely fishy.
*Peeks in*
*backs out slowly*
Its Non Confrontation Tuesday, bitches!!!
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Submitted by Lucifer_Sam on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:29pm.
I completely agree with you. I mean sure, it's funny for us to read about here, make a comment or 2 and move on to the next story. I'm pretty sure there is a larger population that won't be so flippant about it. Can't say I would blame them, cheap shots at Naomi aside.
Would they have run it with the tagline "Move over Obama, there's a new mixture of chocolate in town. OH YES WE DID xoxo Cadbury"
I think not
I'll buy it, if it's the wallgreens deal of the week register promo..
Call the wahhhhmbulance. People are way too damn sensitive. Everything is always about RACE shut up already, it's 2011. Stop with the black shit already, it's old. Anyway Naomi should hardly be the spokesperson for this OMGSOHORRIBLE ad, she is an embarrassment to her race.
I can see why she would be offended. I mean the ad campaign would have been much more effective with both her participation and involvement. But, this is
the best they could come up with?
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Submitted by Hekki on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:29pm.
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Good grief, I think you just lost her lawsuit for her. *claps*
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Fuck her! Who doesn't love chocolate???? I'm a white whore, but if some hot bitch called my Tigerlilly white ass (and I white as fuckin' snow peeps, I ain't gonna lie) white chocolate, I'd give that bitch some DListed love (free oral and a lollipop afterward with a promise never to contact)...Bitch needs to STFU. She ain't chocolate, chocolate's too sweet...Oh great. Now I'm craving chocolate. Thanks a lot you fucking bitch! Why don't you just take a Blackberry to my skull?????
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If it were a bag of cow manure instead of chocolate I could see a problem. Because then Cadbury would be implying that people actually prefer cow manure to her. Though this may actually be true, I could see it as being hurtful. But if you were to take a pole I'm sure most people would prefer some delicious chocolate to her. If most people prefer chocolate that's not hurtful it's just true...
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Submitted by ba-buttons on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:02pm.
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Wow. So wrong. Nowhere in the add did it mention race. Nowhere in the add did it imply race. The comparison is between the relative "divaness" between "Naomi" and the chocolate.
You don't want equal treatment, you want special treatment.
btw - the special treatment is stored about the six inch mark of my colon.
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Uh, first of all, you don't know me, so you can't ASSUME that I want "special" treatment. So, fuck off on that account.
It kills me when people presume to know and understand what blacks in America have been through when they are not black. Don't speak to what I've been through unless you've been through it yourself.
I've never asked for "special" treatment a day in my life, but I'll be damned if I sit and keep my mouth shut when someone tries to be slick and pulls one over. I'll be double fuck damned if I'm going to sit by and have my people sit at the back of the damned bus drinking water out of a Dixie cup on a stick.
See, you don't even understand what level I'm on because you can't. The fact of the matter is, the ad is racist. Say whatever the hell you want, but you've never been called 'chocolate', 'brown sugar', 'Nubian princess/queen' or whatever. You've never been equated to being a good lay based on your skin color. You have no idea what it's like being a black woman here in America. You're either considered ghetto, lazy, thieving, promiscuous, fat, Mammy-like or if you don't fit into one of those boxes you're 'not like those other black people'.
May be hypocritical, but unless you've experienced what I and millions of other black people have experienced, you don't get to tell me how to perceive racism. I know it when I see it because I've been very well acquainted with it for my 43 years.
I can't tell Native Americans or gays how to perceive injustices for them because I've not been in their experiences. Yet, people are always so quick to tell black people what really is going on. How would you know? And you can take that and stick it 12" in your colon.
They only referenced Naomi because the chocolate has the unusual ability to jump off the shelf, smack you in the head and scream "buy me, bitch".
Submitted by ISprainedMyUvula on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:26pm.
Pulling the race card isn't going to make people forget that above all, Naomi is known for being a total cunt.
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That's another reason why this ad is problematic. It's racist, yes, but mainly fucking STUPID. I'd say most people wouldn't want to associate a delicious, sweet bar of candy with a woman known for being a sour cunt.
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Hey guise! I got an important tweet from January Jones to all you dlisted posters:
"I am shocked. It's upsetting to be described as vanilla, not just for me, but for all blonde women and white people. I do not find any humour in this. It is insulting and hurtful."
So please refrain from your h8 speech in future posts about her. Thank you for your time n good nite.