It's early AM, the clock radio comes on, and a singing commercial is playing. It consists of female voices singing a song about heart attack awareness, and the chorus goes, "call 9-1-1." But the words are slurred, and it sounds like "caw ny wua wua." An early morning listener can't see the singers but might easily assume from the tone and diction that they are young, inner-city, African Americans. It's racial stereotyping with the black dialect and the Ebonic sound. And there will be hell to pay once the reverends Sharpton and Jackson find out about it.
But wait. A voice-over tells the listener that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was the sponsor and to please visit womens health dot gov. So if it's a product of the U.S. government, over which presides a Democrat president, it can't possibly be racist. And you'll likely never hear about it again.
Contrast that with the Burger King ad sung by African American Mary J. Bilge about Crispy Chicken Snack Warps. That ad raised such a ruckus with its alleged racial stereotyping that Burger King had to pull it and apologize.
Oh well. As the old saying goes, "If it wasn't for double standards, there would be no standards at all." Might as well consider it a bad dream and hit the snooze.
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