Advert with monkey doing gymnastics right after Black olympic athlete causes outrage

NBC has become the centre of a race storm after airing an ad featuring a monkey performing gymnastics, right after showing the performance of Gabby Douglas, the first African-American to win Olympic gold.

The network has since apologised for the advert's poor timing, explaining: 'No offense was intended.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2183284/Gabby-Douglas-NBC-forced-apologise-ad-features-monkey-doing-gymnastics-Douglas-victory.html#ixzz22aWAzvj8

You're obsessed.

Whose brain works like this? Seriously, how far do some people go to be offended?

Reply 3

Clip

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Daily FAil Trolololololol. StoppeD reADING after I saw thta.

Really?

OP

White girl wins, followed by monkey commercial, no big deal.

Chinese girl wins, followed by monkey commerical, no big deal.

Black girl wins, followed by monkey commerical, RACISM! Why?

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Maerzin

Original post by democracyforum

White girl wins, followed by monkey commercial, no big deal.

Chinese girl wins, followed by monkey commerical, no big deal.

Black girl wins, followed by monkey commerical, RACISM! Why?

Because some people look for racism in everything.

Reply 7

StarsAreFixed

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Now if the monkey was dressed in the same leotard or they labelled it 'Gabby' they might have a point. Ridiculous, people are so eager to find something to be offended about.

Reply 8

HARRY PUTAH

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I find it funny how the black or white people would find a chimp advert racist and go on about it.

All you'll get is people laughing at how black people take the 'chimp' thing seriously and learn that its a sure-fire way to wind them up.

Kids learn it when watching Spanish football crowds chanting chimp sounds and this will reinforce their idea of racism.

Reply 9

Ice Constricter

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Can't believe people would actually be offended by this.

I'm black, but still....some ~~black~~ people need to chill out. Damn.

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 10

Hopple

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Original post by democracyforum

NBC has become the centre of a race storm after airing an ad featuring a monkey performing gymnastics, right after showing the performance of Gabby Douglas, the first African-American to win Olympic gold.

The network has since apologised for the advert's poor timing, explaining: 'No offense was intended.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2183284/Gabby-Douglas-NBC-forced-apologise-ad-features-monkey-doing-gymnastics-Douglas-victory.html#ixzz22aWAzvj8

Whoever connected the monkey and Douglas is racist. If they think of a monkey when they see a black athlete, or think of a black athlete when they see a monkey, then they are the one with the problem.

Reply 11

democracyforum

OP

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Original post by Hopple

Whoever connected the monkey and Douglas is racist. If they think of a monkey when they see a black athlete, or think of a black athlete when they see a monkey, then they are the one with the problem.

hehe

judge for yourself, then decide

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFBHjgpIq7I

Reply 12

StarsAreFixed

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Original post by democracyforum

hehe

judge for yourself, then decide

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFBHjgpIq7I

How does that change anything? That is exactly what it was described as. It's not racist- that ad aired several times. Too many people too eager to be offended.

Reply 13

hannah60000

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After the Lithuanian man was fined at the Olympics for making chimp and calling Nigerians monkeys everything they had the ball. As people who are not black it's hard for you to comprehend that racism is still present and strong. However, in this case it looks like it was a coincidence that the advert coincided with Gabriella shot :s

Reply 14

liesels

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I've heard the problem was that after other athletes had won they played an advert related to them- apparently one athlete had an advert that she had appeared in air straight after her win.

So that's why people were offended- because instead of putting something related to her, they put a monkey.

Personally, I think it was a coincidence, but I can see why people would be hurt by that.

Reply 15

SnoochToTheBooch

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urgh. I very much doubt that this was done deliberately to cause offense. Why have people always got to assume the worst?

Reply 16

+ polarity -

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Original post by Ice Constricter

Can't believe people would actually be offended by this.

I'm black, but still....some ~~black~~ people need to chill out. Damn.

If you look at the article, the whole 3 people who seem to be 'outraged' (they're not) are not black. Not sure who exactly is offended.

Reply 17

Ice Constricter

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Original post by + polarity -

If you look at the article, the whole 3 people who seem to be 'outraged' (they're not) are not black. Not sure who exactly is offended.

Hmmm I wonder then.......

But you're right, as soon as I saw it was a DailyMail article I didn't bother opening the link.

Reply 18

Hopple

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Original post by democracyforum

hehe

judge for yourself, then decide

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFBHjgpIq7I

Only someone who thinks monkeys and black people are similar would conclude that the monkey is similar to the athlete. I do not and hence did not. It's a monkey, she is not.

Reply 19

User414413

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Yeah, completely ridiculous. Adverts are chosen long-before and there's a lot of money being exchanged here, you know how difficult it is to cancel? This was advert was shown before other athletes events.

Advert with monkey doing gymnastics right after Black olympic athlete causes outrage

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