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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

My, what a pointy nose you have...

Japanese airline ANA has apologized for this commercial.


 (From here.)

 Fun stuff. Big noses are a staple of depictions of westerners in Korea as well.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 24, 2014 at 7:00:00 PM GMT+9

    More of the same by Toshiba in 2013:
    http://kotaku.com/toshiba-commercial-called-racist-update-606881529

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2014 at 11:21:00 AM GMT+9

    Article by Debito Arudou explaining why ANA airlines shouldn't be let off the hook for offensive ad http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/01/24/issues/dont-let-ana-off-the-hook-for-that-offensive-ad/

    Interesting juxtaposition with the use of cartoons. I recall a similar experiment in empathy done on this blog in 2009:

    http://populargusts.blogspot.com/2009/10/dispatches-from-front-lines-of-drug.html

    About half way down the page:
    https://lh3.ggpht.com/_lxap4y0S1as/SuaklwBhwbI/AAAAAAAAFWw/Pesj-hptGB4/s1600-h/20091024+kyunghyang+cartoon+a.jpg




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