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Posted: Mar 24 2011 10:03 pm

Not trying to be funny at all. But seriously. Maybe they should have thought this through?

Posted: Mar 24 2011 10:18 pm

lol i get it.

its actually quite true though. people w/black genes have a more dense body, which makes them less buoyant. so, its harder for them to learn to swim since they sink easier.

Posted: Mar 24 2011 10:20 pm

Why is he the only black person in the last shot?

Posted: Mar 24 2011 10:53 pm

It shows a black person succeeding over his problems. So...?

Posted: Mar 24 2011 10:58 pm

Why was he in the water when everyone else was already in the boat?

Posted: Mar 24 2011 11:04 pm

because he learned swimming.

i would say this commercial try's to show the marine corps as an institution that will be helpful to you and your life. There is no way this commercial could be meant as racist. You know why? Because you can't promote with racism. Nobody wants to see that.

Posted: Mar 24 2011 11:31 pm

well, the stereotype is that all black people cant swim. so, a black dude saying he had to conquer his fear & learn swimming can be misconstrued as racist.

so, i understand atma's original point. obviously, the marine corps is not trying to say its racist, but i can see how someone might believe it to be so.

Posted: Mar 25 2011 01:22 am

That cliche doesn't exist in austria, it's the first time i heard about it. Our main imigrants are from Turkey, we don't have much black people.

Posted: Mar 25 2011 10:30 am

Yeah it's a common stereotype in the US that "black people can't swim".

All I'm saying is the commercial could have been just as effective if they would have filmed it with a white guy or really any other race overcoming it.

I don't really give a shit, but one of my Black Friends who saw it with me said "That's the most racist shit I've seen all month, why couldn't it be a honky?"

That is a direct quote by the way. Laughing

Posted: Mar 25 2011 11:26 am

This is just one in a series. There's another one where a white guy is getting owned on the basketball court. But after becoming a Marine it shows him dunking over a bunch of black dudes. I'll try to find that video...

Posted: Mar 25 2011 12:16 pm

i'll_bite_your_ear wrote:

because he learned swimming.

i would say this commercial try's to show the marine corps as an institution that will be helpful to you and your life. There is no way this commercial could be meant as racist. You know why? Because you can't promote with racism. Nobody wants to see that.

I'm pretty sure the SS and the AB or AN would disagree with you...

Posted: Mar 25 2011 12:44 pm

If they would still exist they would disagree.

Posted: Mar 25 2011 01:19 pm

This reminds me of a story a friend of mine told me. When he enlisted in the Navy, one of the test they had to do was swim the length of a swimming pool. There was one black guy that was about 6'4" and ~300lbs of solid muscle in the group, and when they all jumped into the water he sunk straight to the bottom. He kinda shrugged and then walked the entire length of the pool under water and passed the exam.

Posted: Mar 25 2011 02:39 pm

join the marines. see the world. learn how to swim

Posted: Mar 25 2011 02:51 pm

Knyte wrote:

This reminds me of a story a friend of mine told me. When he enlisted in the Navy, one of the test they had to do was swim the length of a swimming pool. There was one black guy that was about 6'4" and ~300lbs of solid muscle in the group, and when they all jumped into the water he sunk straight to the bottom. He kinda shrugged and then walked the entire length of the pool under water and passed the exam.

Hahaha. Nice.

One of the things the Seals have to do is swim the Olympic pool while holding their breath, word is that some pass out, but if they drift into the other end of the pool they pass.

Posted: Mar 25 2011 03:34 pm

i'll_bite_your_ear wrote:

If they would still exist they would disagree.

The AB/AN (Arayan Brotherhood/Arayan Nations) most definitely still exists, and although most are dead now, a good portion of the SS, particularly scientists and intelligence agents, were brought over to the US underneath Project: Paperclip. That's not even mentioning how many escaped during ODESSA.

Posted: Mar 25 2011 03:46 pm

Yeaah, that may be true. Still, i was taking about austria and not germany. I
I have no idea what you are trying to tell me but yeah, austria has some racist people too.
You know, like every other country.

Posted: Mar 25 2011 04:08 pm

i'll_bite_your_ear wrote:

Yeaah, that may be true. Still, i was taking about austria and not germany. I
I have no idea what you are trying to tell me but yeah, austria has some racist people too.
You know, like every other country.

What I'm trying to tell you is that it's perfectly feasible to promote via racism. I'm not saying it's a great idea, or nice, or palatable, but especially in our multicultural world, people's xenophobia/race bias is, in many cases, considerably closer to the surface. Me? I can't wait until it's all gone and we're one happy grey race.

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Klimbatize wrote:

This is just one in a series. There's another one where a white guy is getting owned on the basketball court. But after becoming a Marine it shows him dunking over a bunch of black dudes. I'll try to find that video...

Didn't it star Woody Harrelson as the ol' shoe?

Posted: Mar 26 2011 01:06 pm

username wrote:

its actually quite true though. people w/black genes have a more dense body, which makes them less buoyant. so, its harder for them to learn to swim since they sink easier.

Fucking RACIST!

Posted: Mar 26 2011 01:07 pm

aeonic wrote:

Me? I can't wait until it's all gone and we're one happy grey race.

Not gonna happen. People will split along grey/less-grey lines.