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Racism, all washed up.
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:21 pm
by Gob
A company behind a new range of Afro style washing up sponges has been slammed for being racist.
Campaigners have attacked British makers Paladone for its latest range of dish cleaning products which caricatures black soul legend Diana Ross as having a brillo pad for a hairstyle.
The offending items, which have just gone on sale across the UK, have been likened to reproducing golliwogs or the Black and White Minstrels by reinforcing negative stereotypes.
Paladone said the range had been a phenomenal success since hitting the shelves.
But its attempts to give the humble cleaning implement a funky 70s disco makeover seems to have backfired.
A company spokesman said: ‘Our range of four washing up sponges are designed to make an everyday chore like washing up more fun.
‘The Disco, Beehive, Punk and Diva have sold hundreds of thousands of pieces. They have been a phenomenal success.’
Each, priced at up to £8, are currently on sale in the UK.
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Re: Racism, all washed up.
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:17 pm
by BoSoxGal
WTF?
Afros are as worthy of fun-making as bell bottoms; it's not racism! It's mocking the 70s, which is SACRED SPACE. Don't fuck with that shit.
Geez.
Re: Racism, all washed up.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 2:48 am
by Jarlaxle
Is it my imagination, or is that dude in a leisure suit?
Re: Racism, all washed up.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:00 am
by Sue U
bigskygal wrote:It's mocking the 70s, which is SACRED SPACE. Don't fuck with that shit.
Re: Racism, all washed up.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:36 am
by MajGenl.Meade
Unfortunately they didn't sell so well in Sweden. The Mistress of Kultur reported they taste bad\
Meade
Re: Racism, all washed up.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:01 pm
by rubato
$6.50 US dollah for a dish sponge?
You gotta be rich to be this kinda racist. (and Diana Ross has a lot nicer body than that)
yrs,
rubato
Re: Racism, all washed up.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:57 pm
by dales
I'd buy it just to piss rubato off!
Re: Racism, all washed up.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:09 pm
by rubato
dales wrote:I'd buy it just to piss rubato off!
You would have failed. I have no emotional reaction to this at all except that it seems stupidly expensive and does not look like Diana Ross.
yrs,
rubato