Comments on: “muddy uneducated uncivilized people who need to be educated (probably by any random westerner)” http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/muddy_uneducated_uncivilized_people_who_need_to_be_educated_probably_by_any_random_westerner.html black looks Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:54:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Noah Sow http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/muddy_uneducated_uncivilized_people_who_need_to_be_educated_probably_by_any_random_westerner.html#comment-61703 Noah Sow Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:26:17 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/muddy_uneducated_uncivilized_people_who_need_to_be_educated_probably_by_any_random_westerner.html#comment-61703 hello all! I started this campaign (not the UNICEF campaing of course - I wrote and posted the initial letter against it :-) because I didn’t want to go through this alone and because I felt that our black german media-watch organisation “der braune mob” would need all the help we could get. So far: THANK YOU so much for sharing your thoughts and doing this together! The original link is in our blog, in English and German. The reactions are frequently being updated, and there's a response letter from UNICEF Germany online that we think doesn't make things any better. We'd appreciate your thoughts on this one as well. And also, if you could refer to our organisation "der braune mob" (www.derbraunemob.de) for initiating this campaign. yours sincerely, Noah Sow our UNICEF-blog-link is: http://blog.derbraunemob.info/english-scandalous-german-unicef-advertising-campaign-please-help/ hello all!

I started this campaign (not the UNICEF campaing of course - I wrote and posted the initial letter against it :-) because I didn’t want to go through this alone and because I felt that our black german media-watch organisation “der braune mob” would need all the help we could get. So far: THANK YOU so much for sharing your thoughts and doing this together!

The original link is in our blog, in English and German. The reactions are frequently being updated, and there’s a response letter from UNICEF Germany online that we think doesn’t make things any better. We’d appreciate your thoughts on this one as well.

And also, if you could refer to our organisation “der braune mob” (www.derbraunemob.de) for initiating this campaign.

yours sincerely,
Noah Sow

our UNICEF-blog-link is:

http://blog.derbraunemob.info/english-scandalous-german-unicef-advertising-campaign-please-help/

]]> By: No More “Black Faces”- UNICEF Pulls Down Controversial Ad - AfricanLoft http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/muddy_uneducated_uncivilized_people_who_need_to_be_educated_probably_by_any_random_westerner.html#comment-61087 No More “Black Faces”- UNICEF Pulls Down Controversial Ad - AfricanLoft Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:52:27 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/muddy_uneducated_uncivilized_people_who_need_to_be_educated_probably_by_any_random_westerner.html#comment-61087 [...] to be educated (probably by any random westerner)” this is Black Looks’ blog post of the controversial UNICEF (Germany) ads. She writes in follow-up post: Good to know that making the effort to write can work and that some [...] […] to be educated (probably by any random westerner)” this is Black Looks’ blog post of the controversial UNICEF (Germany) ads. She writes in follow-up post: Good to know that making the effort to write can work and that some […]

]]> By: Black Looks http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/muddy_uneducated_uncivilized_people_who_need_to_be_educated_probably_by_any_random_westerner.html#comment-61080 Black Looks Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:21:49 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/muddy_uneducated_uncivilized_people_who_need_to_be_educated_probably_by_any_random_westerner.html#comment-61080 [...] American Opinion Pundit decided to write to UNICEF about their “black face” campaign I am concerned about the “racial overtones” of the recent campaign of placing [...] […] American Opinion Pundit decided to write to UNICEF about their “black face” campaign I am concerned about the “racial overtones” of the recent campaign of placing […]

]]> By: Simon Columbus http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/muddy_uneducated_uncivilized_people_who_need_to_be_educated_probably_by_any_random_westerner.html#comment-60720 Simon Columbus Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:43:00 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/muddy_uneducated_uncivilized_people_who_need_to_be_educated_probably_by_any_random_westerner.html#comment-60720 @ Sokari: "racism is rampant across Europe." Not just there... everywhere. @ Sokari:

“racism is rampant across Europe.”

Not just there… everywhere.

]]> By: Africa Media http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/muddy_uneducated_uncivilized_people_who_need_to_be_educated_probably_by_any_random_westerner.html#comment-60716 Africa Media Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:20:23 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/muddy_uneducated_uncivilized_people_who_need_to_be_educated_probably_by_any_random_westerner.html#comment-60716 Are they outsourcing the ads to some "edgy" upstart marketing group with this sort of end result secretly in mind? Is racist imagery simply a new marketing tactic by these aid groups, many of which lost their real mission long ago? Is it simply about generating buzz and using "viral" media , etc. etc.? In which case, they not only don't give a damn if it's offensive, they likely hope that it is. Are they outsourcing the ads to some “edgy” upstart marketing group with this sort of end result secretly in mind? Is racist imagery simply a new marketing tactic by these aid groups, many of which lost their real mission long ago? Is it simply about generating buzz and using “viral” media , etc. etc.? In which case, they not only don’t give a damn if it’s offensive, they likely hope that it is.

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