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COUPLES-RETREAT

From HuffingtonPost.com:

Universal changed “Couples Retreat” marketing material for the film’s UK release, and removed the black actors from both the poster’s photo and the list of stars typed out.

The film, which features four couples who go on vacation together, costars Faizon Love as a divorced man who takes his new girlfriend along, played by Kali Hawk.

Below are the UK (left) and the US (right) poster.

The Mail on Sunday reports:

The studio said it regretted causing offence and has abandoned plans to use the revised poster in other countries… A Universal spokesman said the revised advert aimed ‘to simplify the poster to actors who are most recognisable in international markets’.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jhollins/ jhollins

    Everyone’s always sorry…..WHEN THEY GET CAUGHT!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Divaatash/ Divaatash

    Yeah, that pretty much was a racist act… you know whats even funnier…why is it that the black people are all the way in the back of the poster where you can barely see them? lol You know people that wear bifocals wouldn’t be able to tell if there was a black couple in the film because they are so far back. The poster would look like the erased, edited version of the black couple that the British did to people without their bifocals. Even the people that wrote this article had to put in an orange arrow on the poster to clearly indicate where the black couple was standing at lol. You might as well have put them in the back of the bus. What is the difference? lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Idontdateblackgirls/ Idontdateblackgirls

    WHAT?????????????? Racist????? how the f*ck is that racist?? so what they took out the black people?? who cares? Black people were not even gonna watch this damn movie, but y’all still take the f*ckin time to complain about blacks being taken out of a damn poster??? I don’t understand black people sometimes, forget sometimes, i never understand you n*ggas. WHY THE F*CK ARE YOU MAKING A BIG DEAL? It’s not even here in the United States but you N*ggas are complaining about it. I used to live in the U.K. and guess what black people in the U.K. never do? They never complain about racism, because most black people in the U.K. know things that are important and complaining about a damn poster of a movie they know damn well they were not even gonna watch is not the best thing to do with their time. I’m glad they’re not many comments here, that proves that most people don’t give a f*ck about this sh*t, but the fact that this article was even written shows how dumb black people are. You N*ggas at newsone should be focused on getting thugs off the streets and back into the classrooms or the workplace instead of making a big deal out of a poster for a movie y’all were not gonna see anyway. Those black people are unknowns, nobody gives a f*ck about them. Do you think they would’ve taken Denzel off of a poster? You think they would’ve taken Will Smith from a promo ad because he’s black? No, and no. So stop whining and make a difference. I’m black but sometimes I get mad when I see the sh*t my people waste their time on. and Divaatash, how about you watch the movie, you think the black couple will be less magnified as compared to the other actors? of course not, but you were probably not gonna watch the damn movie, so shut the hell up about making stupid little things into a race war.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Charvisowens09/ Charvisowens09

    Both posters are wrong when it comes to the black couple. They way in the back on #1 and a no show on the #2.This doesn’t have nothing to do with the UK it’s the US studio who is at fault,they made the posters.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Charvisowens09/ Charvisowens09

    Idontdateblackgirls why are you on here, do you work for BLACKPLANET and this movie is open to all human race regardless of color. S**t this is a funny ass moive

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Dandare/ Dandare

    Ahhh yet another it doesn’t affect me so what’s the probelm ‘white guy’ dropping in his 2 cents worth of racist garb….

    Idontdateblackgirls……the name alone implies yet another hitler youth….heck! Im sure blackgirls wouldn’t date you or any facist.

    Wake up fool!!…your NBA would still be ‘netball’ if it wasn’t for blacks so when black people take time to discuss our greats..ignorant unathletic white people like u should humble y’self n shut the f*** up and let US decide if/who’s number should be retired.

    Im black n in/from the UK and just because we dont have the forum / backing and white understanding here in the Uk it doesn’t mean we too like our American cousins aint pissed with d***kheads like you and the effing media dumbing us down….British film goers are racist along with US counterparts it’s just that you have legislation there that means blacks can ‘make noise’ when affronted!!!! here whitefolks have been racist forever so they system is far more adept at opression…US is still learning the ropes…but Im sure you colourless/soulless Godless people will catch up with the English

    So my racist friend you stay in your Ivory tower and wrapped in your ignorance blanket!! people like you always thought slavery was a good thing…dumb in-bred ass.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/coolguy05/ coolguy05

    @Idontdateblackgirls….We as Black Americans dont give a damn about posters, this is only white america`s way of keeping race an issue in the media, Plus everyone knows Fazion Love, he is a successful Comedic actor and Stand up Comic. Sorry that you are a Bro that is filled with self Hate for your own race, but, you dont have to spill all that silly mindset to intelligent people with common sense.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jamaria_may/ jamaria_may

    thats rediculous half the population of london is black and near enuff half the population of england is black if we were so racist then why do we have the highest rate of african refugees that were let into the country. why do americans over dramtise everything. its stupid. the british poster looks better cos on the american poster u can barely see the black people they are at the back!!!!!!! and hidden. you can barely see them they look out of place bein so far bak in the american poster!!!! thats racist why they gotta always put black people at the back!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Stan_Vinyl/ Stan_Vinyl

    I nomally articulate very well and back my words with facts, but I have to keep this one simple…

    Idontdateblackgirls, SHUT THE PHUCC UP YOU LIL BYTCH!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Stan_Vinyl/ Stan_Vinyl

    You talkin about a race war you jackass, and your screen name on BLACKPLANET no less is

    I dont date black girls… and that’s supposed to be some form of profound statement?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/rayray_nyc/ rayray_nyc

    I dont usually comment on these articles, but i felt the need to at this particular time…ONLY after I read idontdateblackgirls…WTF is wrong with u…my nig, u are a disgrace to the black race at this moment. Im not the one to talk about people, especially my own kind, but dam man. Be real about this. I also agree that this is the US filmmakers doing initially. And Faizon Love has been around jus a f*uckin long as Denzel. It is apparent u have failed to braoden ur horizens and watch a variety of movies. I could go on…not about the article, but about the ignoramus beneath me. I shan’t, so I leave BP with this…Stay up, and be easy. Oh yeah, and idontdateblackgirls…embed this into ur grey matter…believe it or not, ur an uncle tom.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sub-Negro/ Sub-Negro

    I was wondering when Nazneen Patel was going to post another article. But for once she is actually on to something. Removing the black couple from one poster then placing them all the way in the back pretty much sums it up.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/littlebabymia/ littlebabymia

    This movie is on dvd(already) now these posters surface!!! WTF, is wrong with self hating people? Please don’t think anyone is missing out that Idontdateblackgirls, is not dating black women. Just more women other men can date, U JERK!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MzBadAzzitGets/ MzBadAzzitGets

    First off I don’t date black girls why are u here? please let me know obivously ur black ass took the time out to comment on this are u a nigga who is wasting his time?Do you feel better about urself now…are u happy that ur a uncle rokus…? Get the f**k out of here and yes it is races even if they are unknown with faizon love is not i remember growing up watching him on parent hood and in the movie three strikes and friday mutha f**ka what are you talkin abou? he finally gets in a movie where he is acknowledge and you take the man off…thats ashame she should be next to vince if u ask me…but hey white ppl are not finna let us shine like that…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/korg/ korg

    FYI, idontdateblackgirls………..IS BLACK !!!!! and he loooooooooves him some white women. oh dont get mad because we know white women are not FAT, they are ALL educated, NONE of them are on welfare. he is just the part of black culture that says black women are not good enough once you are successful, ask most of our sports figures !! why is it that black people after all we’ve been through, are the only ones who dont protect and respect their own women !!!!???? dont believe me, listen to OUR MUSIC !!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lustful_Sins/ Lustful_Sins

    DAMN, KORG….. THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT ! I’VE BEEN WONDERING THAT MYSELF !

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/GRIMMYLOC/ GRIMMYLOC

    lol wait wait whyte women just like women some are on welfare some are fat and as far as education some blk men dont like we just fuk them cuz there dumb ass hell and i wouldnt call that educated!!!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/korg/ korg

    grimmyloc…..i was being scarcastic !! I KNOW they are, but it seems some of us dont !!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/A_UrbanLegend/ A_UrbanLegend

    @ Idontdateblackgirls You are such a dumb ass with the mind of a PEA. I wish I could take you in a small room, sit you down and explain the s**t to you. But I dont really have the time. So instead i would like to take you int hat small room and beat the s**t out of you. LOL….you need to open your eyes dude. Your name alone says it. I think you spelled it wrong though. Its spelled UNCLETOM….no spaces B***h!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Shakka/ Shakka

    i’m not surprised at all…

    everything i equate is done in mathematical terms…and here’s the real equation…

    Black folks/Negros have no stock…we have no control…so in essence, we have no power. true, we have spending power…but spending power does not place us in a position of strength…

    yesterday it was something else, today it’s this poster…and tomorrow, as sure as the sun will rise, it will be something new. until Black folks come to grips with the reality that our overall present condition is by design…and that it will take a strategic UNIFIED effort to put the brakes on this present crash course…we will always be subjected to second and third class citizenship…

    just about all of our teachings, all of our achievements and all of our existence has been geared for the betterment of a community that really has no place for us…

    negros better WAKE UP, embrace your blackness instead of trying to escape your blackness…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lustful_Sins/ Lustful_Sins

    ok people.. clearly ” Idontdateblackgirls ” IS A WHITE WOMEN WHO CREATED THIS PROFILE TO HATE ON BLACK CHICKS…

    I MEAN, EVERYTHING WRITTEN BY THAT PERSON HAS “I’M A B***H’ WRITTEN ALL OVER IT ! LMAO ! PAY IT NO MIND !

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ChoclateDrip/ ChoclateDrip

    Who are those white people on the poster anyway? I dont even watch white people unless they are on a black show or black movie. I’m not spending one dime. I havent kept up with white actors since ROOTS and that’s because I wanted to kill their azz!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lustful_Sins/ Lustful_Sins

    MAN SHAKKA ! MUCH RESPECT !

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mousey1685/ mousey1685

    omg you people are sick. the man has a point. you all just dont like it. BUSH had crap to say and you all didnt like it. the fact is this crap is put together to hear points of views. not to belittle one another or slander someone because their views. you all are going off at the wrong people. if you all want to be mad at this man for his views you need help. you need to be on Universal’s comment board talking like this. or really finding out the truth behind why they did it. so what the mad dont date black women. maybe they came to him the wrong way all his life like they do me but im not saying nothing i just chose a diff race. and stayed to myself. the point is people are arguing at the wrong people. you all are fighting and not getting nowhere. and NO i have not seen the movie. it don’t appeal to me AT ALL.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Idontdateblackgirls/ Idontdateblackgirls

    my original comment was the 3 comment on this article, and nobody was commenting at all on it. However, the next 20 articles were all directed to me. This is my question, don’t you n*ggas and b*tches have something better to do? And to Lustful_Sins, i’m a black man who proudly does not date American Black women. I’m not a white woman. And I definitely didn’t create this profile to hate on black hoes, I just made this profile to let everybody know how I feel. And lastly, How does the comment I left sound like “I’m a b*tch?” B*tches always talk sh*t like they hard, but I bet you won’t say that sh*t to me. So I’ll let you stay comfortable behind your pc screen this time, hoe.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Idontdateblackgirls/ Idontdateblackgirls

    thank you mousey1685.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mousey1685/ mousey1685

    s**t well he told yall.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mousey1685/ mousey1685

    its just stupid how other people b***h about others points of views. they not makin anything better by slamming anyone. thats your point of view not theirs to complain about. and to tell you the truth it must be something in the water because black females where i stay are so bogus. they cheat on men left n right then call us dogs, an if we got bad credit they don’t date us. an then get mad when we dating outside our race, they call us all kinda of names. its so crazy.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lustful_Sins/ Lustful_Sins

    LMAO ! @ “Idontdateblackgirls” aka JEALOUS WHITE B***H ! I’ve called you out and now your face is probably turning all swollen and red and nasty like ya’ll get when yall feeling stupid !

    LMAO ! THERE IS A REASON YOU DON’T HAVE A PIC UP… EITHER YOU’RE A FAKE OR YOUR A COWARD !

    Also, a “HOE” IS A GARDENING TOOL IDIOT. The sland terminology for a W***E, which I think you’re trying to call me, is simply H-O…. YOU’RE A PATHETIC LITTLE WHITE GIRL AND IF I WAS IN PERSON WITH YOU I’D SIMPLY LAUGH AND SPIT IN YOUR FACE IF YOU WOULD BE BOLD ENOUGH TO SAY ANYTHING DISRESPECTFUL TO ME.. BUT I KNOW YOU WOULDN’T SO I’M COO ON YO TRIFLIN WHITE HATER ASS !

    LMAO ! LET ME GUESS, A BLACK CHICK TOOK YO MAN HUH 1 LMAO !!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SoularFlarez/ SoularFlarez

    I didnt PAY ANY MONEY to see this movie……

    :)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sexualcoco1/ sexualcoco1

    Wow, are you sure you do not date black women or is it that black women do not date you. Just like rayray_nyc said you are a UNCLE TOM! You would think that you are not brainwashed…LOL don’t make me laugh it is mofos like you that need to wake up and realize that no matter how much you think that you are the exception…you are not! When it comes down to it your white woman will choose her whiteness over your black ass if she had to. Oh wait you are what the called in the slave days a house nigga…you know what a house niggga is right…the ones that white people knew were not strong enought to perform the ones that were weak minded and would do whatever they wanted them to do…like beat a fellow slave not even realizing that he as was replaceable if he stepped out of line too…LOL you are a b***h ass. White folks knew then and they still doing it…it is called divide and conquer…they knew how to divide black people as a race and they are still doing the s**t today…the ignorance of some black people to not love your color or people is a fine example of that.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mousey1685/ mousey1685

    wtf.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lustful_Sins/ Lustful_Sins

    Idontdateblackgirls ….. Hey white chick, u get ur coon card yet? lmao !

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/really-doe/ really-doe

    We as a race blacks in this stankin country did this dating, having sex, and the whole nine yards thing to ourselves. All blacks in America are the new white people and the white are new black people of this nation and that’s a crying shame. Also This having sex outside our race started with our black woman who got with white men for money cause they didn’t want to support out black men. Now do you blame a black man for being with a white girl cause I sure don’t cause our black woman haved degraded our black men all across this country. All black women have this saying ” We got to use what we got to get what we want” right? So stop complaining cause all blacks in this country are racist for the wrong reason cause we’re racist towards our own race and it make me sick. I remember what Malcolm X said about when you know you have been bamboozeled cause we as black people believe a white man before we believe our own people and we are paying severe price read Deut. 28th chapter starting from the 15th thruogh the 68th verse. If you want to know more check me out on bp. ONE

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/really-doe/ really-doe

    Yuo see what I mean there’s no unity among our black people what do all blacks in this country love acting out like we white instead of being ourselves and that’s what God as blessed us to black and proud. I’m just as guilty as the rest of the black men in America but can you blame me for wanting to date outside my race? Especially from lustful sins I wouldn’t cause they mess it up for the good looking, beautiful, and sexy looking black women on this country. So excuse the youngin’s from lustful sin cause they are young and don’t know any better.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lilboyblue74/ lilboyblue74

    been checkin out these comments and seeing Idontdateblackgirls pu$$y azz comments. first of all u say u.k. blacks don’t complain thats because their week over here we say whats on our mind wheather bi-chs like it or not and guess what if a white boy punch ya in da face and ya don’t say nothing they’ll keep on doin it cause they know ya a punk that ain’t gonna fight back, so pu$$y U can be a c**t if ya wanna but don’t hate on the ones that won’t take it in the azz layin down. You won’t even sho ya face coward.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blackdiamond184/ blackdiamond184

    I think british filmgoers are probably racist to some degree. They had a problem in the 60′s with William Shatner kissing Nichelle Nichols in star treck. Maybe instead of asking people on bp that question they should interview british filmgoers what they think instead of trying to settle this question with mainly black americans who probably don’t even know anyone from England to ask anyhow.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Idontdateblackgirls/ Idontdateblackgirls

    ALL THESE COMMENTS JUST BECAUSE I SPOKE MY MIND? AND @LUSTFUL_SINS, YOU WANT ME TO SHOW YOU MY BLACK DlCK TO PROVE I’M A BLACK GUY?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Idontdateblackgirls/ Idontdateblackgirls

    AND TO THAT B*TCH THAT CALLED ME A HOUSE N*GGA, I BET YOU WON’T SAY THAT SH*T TO MY FACE, HOE

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Idontdateblackgirls/ Idontdateblackgirls

    AND WHAT DID I SAY IN MY ORIGINAL COMMENT SHOWED THAT I’M AN UNCLE TOM, OR A HOUSE N*GGA? This Is why the black community is so f*cked up, you n*ggas are always calling anybody an uncle tom. F*ck u N*ggas and hoes for calling me an uncle tom. And if you voted for Obama, which I’m sure most of you did, you can’t call me an Uncle Tom. Because Obama is the Uncle Tom In Chief. So F*ck u all. And F*ck your people. When I wrote this comment, I was talking about the fact that this is turned into a race issue, I didn’t say I hate black people. And as far as my name, it only refers to american black girls, not other black girls. My name says nothing about white women, so don’t insult me by saying I am with a white woman. And another thing, Any of you hoes, I challenge you to visit me and say all that sh*t you commented to my face.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sub-Negro/ Sub-Negro

    Idontdateblackgirls has takin alot of heat for his comments. But let’s be real how many of ya’ll are actually gonna go see this movie in the first place. But it’s funny how ya’ll ignored how he said he doesn’t date AMERICAN BLACK WOMAN! He could date AFRICAN woman for all we know. It seems every single times that somebody has a viewpoint that isn’t a popular viewpoint among black they get labeled an Uncle Tom. I thought Uncle Tom’s were black people kisssed white people’s ass rather than just have a different viewpoint. But I guess i’m in the minority then.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Idontdateblackgirls/ Idontdateblackgirls

    thank you Sub-Negro.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Zeru25/ Zeru25

    I dont know if british people are racist or whatever… But I never saw any black people on benny hill.. Another thing…

    I’ve always been a big fan of Vince Vaughn movies and I realized not too long ago I dont ever remember seeing any black people in his movies until now. The Breakup was some funny s**t. But I did notice he doesnt really have any black people in any of his joints. I dont know too much about the Brits but I definately know Vaughn’s selection of actors and talents are his personal friends and I havent seen much representation from the african american community.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Marusha15/ Marusha15

    wow these comments are a joke im black n white n im sorry but if your a black person comin at whites u just like the whites hateing the blacks…. just grow up n go about ur buisness n stop living as just a skin color we r all more than that

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Blue-Skies/ Blue-Skies

    Everyone acting really immature fussing on the internet and better yet under the comment section. All this going back and forth is DUMB! Let people have their opinion just like you have yours! You all obviously don’t know each other so why you acting like you give a f*ck about them and what they think. I understand, why u would have something about the article NOT about what others think. At the end of the day IT DOESN’T MATTER! FREE YOUR MIND LADIES AND GENTS! AND MOVE ON!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Idontdateblackgirls/ Idontdateblackgirls

    that’s what i’m saying@blue-skies. I commented about the article, and these n*ggas and hoes got on me. WTF is that????

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cyncynj/ cyncynj

    I actually was looking forward to this movie coming out on video (I rarely do the theater). It looks like it might be hilarious. As for the removal of the black actors, it is curious that the movie is about four couple and only shows three couples.

    I worked many years for a European (UK owned and operated) company and found a myriad of attitudes about race – some positive and some not so much. As African Americans, we need accept reality, life is not fair for us in this country and in most others. So let’s focus on elevating each other by educating ourselves and for those of you that are parents, educating your children.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/trinidivine/ trinidivine

    LMAO…Idontdateblackgirls what u doing on BP then. Just doing some more hating cuz black women don’t want you. LOL GTF outta here. Or you just the KKK doing your research.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Idontdateblackgirls/ Idontdateblackgirls

    what does the KKK have to do with anything? I’m a black man. I now see that whenever a black person tries to help black people so that they don’t let stupid stuff get to them, they just bash him/her and pretend that he/she is talking nonsense. That’s why our problems will never go away.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mousey1685/ mousey1685

    i tell you about stupid people, trinidivine maybe you should have keep that to yourself. or saved it on yo computer background to show your intelligence.like the smart people that posted comments with meaning…some of the people on here just don’t have common since to deal with other people. leave it be an go on about your day. why put down other people when you have your own problems. the man made a comment about the movie and everyone managed to turn it all on him. whats the point. we all wanted to know more about why they took the black people out the pic? DO YOU KNOW WHY TRINIDIVINE? what about the rest of the people that slammed the comments? has anyone though that maybe Blackplanet added this comment board to get us as black people to start stupid pointless fights? guess you didn’t think of that did you. every time i look on these boards blacks are always going at each other. Why is that? can someone answer me that question?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Idontdateblackgirls/ Idontdateblackgirls

    it’s because these people probably didn’t get their child support or section 8 check, or they got fired from work, that’s why they have to take it out on me@mousey, but anyway, this is also here: http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-couples-retreat-posters.html

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sub-Negro/ Sub-Negro

    We are all grown people on here no need for petty insults and name calling all of that is so juvenile.

    @trinidivine those KKK jokes are so stale. His SN says IDONTDATEBLACKGIRLS not IHATEBLACKGIRS or IHATEBLACKPEOPLE.

    @IDONTBLACKGIRLS callin people names especially the females hoe’s isn’t a way to make a good case for you.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/StarrSantiago/ StarrSantiago

    Jamaria made the best point here….

    In the “Amerikkka” poster, the Black couple is put waaay in the back. Yet the British poster is more focused in on the main stars. This is just another (albeit slight) example of how hypocritical the American media is. Anyone with two brain cells working knows that race relations in this country is far worst off than most Western countries, yet “we” try to make it seem like we are a melting pot and progressive.

    Progressive, my big red a**. America needs to deal with their own racial inadequacies before we go trying to “save” the rest of the world from ignorance.

    Just my centavos dos….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chooseylover3/ chooseylover3

    “I DONT DATE BLACKGIRLS” you are an idiot. White girls wouldn’t want to date you, let alone a black girl. Hide behind your screen and write racist retoric. Go buy a hooker and get laid, that’s probably the only way you can.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TeachThemCulture/ TeachThemCulture

    Malin Ackerman??

    who the hell is that?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/momono3/ momono3

    This country promotes racism abroad and elsewhere.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/laguanhaze/ laguanhaze

    If idontdateblackgirls is still out there. Hey man/woman, calm down. Listen to your rhetoric for a second. You lump all black people into these heinous categories then call yourself black. Duh! You’re right, this is meaningless stuff given that it’s a movie poster. The studio apologized for the oversight. (They should apologize for their assuming everyone is like you and doesn’t care.) You’re right, most black people won’t watch the movie. But don’t for a minute think there isn’t racism, implied, systemic or blind that isn’t still around. You are a fine example of the racism that exists since you don’t date black girls. There are black WOMEN that don’t date black men because of so called black men like yourself. And those same women are just as racist as you. The point being is that any person that can type cast an entire group of people based solely on color, perceived/assumed bias, presumption, or their limited experience has just type cast themselves as racist. Get it? Get it or not, you’ve won in diverting more attention to your lack of social adjustment.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Da_J_Rok/ Da_J_Rok

    lol @ Sub…. I dont think ur objective peace making will resolve this one, it seems to have gotten out of hand already

    I suppose i’ll chime a bit… Euro’s are not openly racist because they already established the class of everyone in the country. They don’t criminalize the black community like here in the U.S. That being said, Brit lawmakers are smarter then ours, and if u notice in their House of Parliment & Commons the limited amount of black people that should be ur answer right there… google it

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/JohnyD69/ JohnyD69

    Is that Movie Promoter[s] are racist, or presumptive to what the foreign movie audience wants to watch. UK movies are among the most racially diverse created, including their TV programs, much, much more so that America, most of the firsts for America were done years before in the UK, cultural diversity, and education of foreign occurrence is the worst in America, simply watch the local, and syndicated news channels, they all show the same, exact thing, however, even watch BBC America and you’ll even their limited coverage of world news events makes American news channels look utterly incompetence fluffy, and utterly childish.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Angilix/ Angilix

    @StarrSantiago, in you recent post you mentioned you big, red azz, and yet in none have your pictures have you shown it. :(

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Angilix/ Angilix

    Correction: your big, red azz.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Playboy-Kool/ Playboy-Kool

    are u serious im black. im 1 of a kind and ur trying to tell me my physical statue isnt international. im first and last in this so called thing we call exsistence. wake up people. the world knows about u and i, but the visualization from the tv just puts us 8 steps behind the stupid. play wit it if u want too but pay attention to the little things that really count in these producers and writers work

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Gods_chosenman/ Gods_chosenman

    Well its not like the black actors in this movie are well known…The UK has a wealth of talented black actors, and yes yes I know…for some reason they all come over here lol. I think that european movie goerers are racist without knowing it. Blacks in the UK and other euro countries are pretty much 3rd class citizens…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/23is1/ 23is1

    both posters are a perfect examples of the racism that still exists in hollywood. the american version is tacky, where as the uk version is downright unacceptable. the marketing folks that designed these posters knew exactly what they were doing. i have graphic design experience and full well know that every bit of imagery used in that poster was consciously laid out, run through a proofing stage, corrected, and then approved. their apology is laughable and was made for the sake of pc. i’m tired of seeing bs like this. minorities, black people specifically have been getting slapped in the face a lot this year when it comes to movies and advertisement. examples: the transformers 2 mess now this bogus promotional poster. i’m an aspiring screenwriter who is planning to slowly but surely change the game. we the public shouldn’t stand for the continued nonsense like this. enough with the bs…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lonnyj/ lonnyj

    why are we worried about racism. we’re all for blacks selling dope in our neighborhoods and cool with black on black murder. why are we questioning a lil Racism?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cestleon/ cestleon

    The only time that Hollywood releases black movies overseas is when it’s some “gangster” flick. This is why there are so many negative stereotypes about Black Americans in the world. I’m not suprised at this bigotry. That’s why I’d rather support my local bootlegger…..Oh by the way, hello “Starr”. It’s been a minute!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MzBadAzzitGets/ MzBadAzzitGets

    DEAD ABOUT HOW THE REST OF THE COMMENT ARE ON THAT WACK NIGGA LIKE HE IS THE ARTICLE LIKE SAID BEFORE FAIZON LOVE SHOULD BE SUPPORTED IN THIS MOVIE BECAUSE IN AMERICA HE IS NOT TAKEN OUT OF THE POSTER IN UK HE IS I DON’T LIVE IN UK I LIVE IN AMERICA SO THERE FOR HE IS ACKNOWLEDGE HERE SO WE SHOULD SHOW RESPECT AND LOVE AND I HAPPEN TO LIKE VINCE VAUGHN THE MAN IS FUNNY…ESPECIALLY WHEN HE SAY EEEEEEEWEEZZYYYYY WITH CEDRIC AND JOHN AND DAMN I FORGOT WHAT THAT MOVIE WAS CALLED BUT CHRISTINA M. WAS IN IT S**T IT FUNNY…. DUECES****

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/amysilva1/ amysilva1

    I’m English, or should I say British and filmgoers here (as a whole) aint racist. I’m a Londoner, and am lucky to live in one of the most multi-cultural cities in the world. I don’t know why this article even needed to be written as is it obvious that the poster was firstly not produced by filmgoers but by an American company, and the black people in it are completely unknown in the UK, when I saw the name Faison I thought of the gut from Scrubs, or Bunk from the Wire (with our very own Idris!!) I never usually write on these type of Forums, but thought I should be all patriotic, like u lot are (hand on heart and all that), and defend my nation!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lakerdude19/ lakerdude19

    All british people are terrible and need to be destroyed.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1_cool_6ft_9_brutha/ 1_cool_6ft_9_brutha

    I think the brits in general are racist without knowing it..Ive been there before and realized theyve yet to release any tyler perry movies and they have never even heared of they own actor Idris Elba…The media is so prejudice and deceiving to their own people and it is a damn shame to see the brits get raped like that

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/soveu34/ soveu34

    Naw the brits are just color blind and the black folks blended in with the non blacks back shirt and you can see them “Look right there at that little brown spec on Vince Vaughn shirt” lol

    Seriously how about we as black folks become racist against violence in our communities, against drug abuse and anything negative thats brought to our communities

    Nextttttttttttttt

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/amysilva1/ amysilva1

    Im British and not racist!. I think America has much worse racism. You have all those neo nazis KKK country types.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1_cool_6ft_9_brutha/ 1_cool_6ft_9_brutha

    oh and i almost forgot…they got a legal racist government group out there called the BNP (British National Party) http://bnp.org.uk/ where they are openly racist to every non white british folks…Justy think of the KKK in suites and ties and the black folks over there are scared to fight or protest against this group cuz of the repercussions…they allow that type of govt to control who they are and put fear inside of em…the british are 10 yrs behind when it comes to civil rights. So Sad

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/amysilva1/ amysilva1

    The BNP is a highly controversial organisation which is not accepted by many British people. If anyone can be bothered to, you can see a debate with the leader of the BNP Nick Griffin, on the main political programme on the BBC, Newsnight. It is on youtube. it pretty much shows what the majority of people think about that party.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/iPhukUrMowf/ iPhukUrMowf

    Nazneen Patel is the writer of this “just curious” article. Nazneen Patel is from INDIA and is NOT a black person, yet every one of her stories is about racial injustice to black people… and the weird thing is every one of these “just curious… is this racist” articles turns out to be not much of a big deal, not racist, or incredibly stupid.

    what i think is racist is wondering if millions of people from a particular country are racist because of a dvd cover change.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Dopegurlmagic17/ Dopegurlmagic17

    how is UK more racist than America? did you not know that UK abolished slavery before America? did you not know that it was UK’s influence that made Abraham Lincoln sign the act that freed slaves… duh!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AfricanSpeech/ AfricanSpeech

    UK racism is on the same level or even more than the US one… It’s just more covert in some areas and overt in other areas… If you don’y believe it, try and watch TV or any shows or try and find any businesses in UK and count the number of black people and minorities you can find… In america you have black politicians, police officers, lawyers, judges, film stars, companies, etc. Good luck trying to find that in the UK… If you watch UK TV you wouldn’t even know black people who are educated or successful exist…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ruff75/ ruff75

    I know this for a fact THAT ALL OF EUROPE LOVES BLACK PEOPLE!!!! I don’t care what anybody says. I lived in Germany for 4 years and every where I went there was a smiling face when they look at an American you can get that in no America!! Only if you’re famous!!!!Yes America has more Black business or actors Athletes and all ETC but look how f**k institutionalized this f**king Country is? Black people still f**king off each other still playing the crabs in the bucket game catering to White Americans for favor and trying to destroy you, I live this life daily when my OWN BLACK PEOPLE try to screw me.I was in europe and i was never stressed on a daily basis like I am now! And we still have a Racism problem too amongst all of that too. America has problems man, and it does date back too slavery. Not only that but they put Aids out here and Drugs to destroy people’s lives you can see America is more Racist.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1_cool_6ft_9_brutha/ 1_cool_6ft_9_brutha

    @ruff75: ei i feel u bruh…europeans love black americans…I felt stress free out here too and they love the fact that im also black americans…but when it comes to black british on another black british they treat each other just as bad. The blacks are segregated from each other..they could be like oh i dont f**k with dude cuz he nigerian or i dont f**k with dude cuz he jamaican…plus the white europeans dont respect the black europeans either…if they get any sistas modeling they go to the light skinned or mixed raced sistas…Id say the mentality is a lil similar to ours but in their part..no one seems to try act on it and they just sit down there and accept it

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TALL_CHOCOLATE_MAN/ TALL_CHOCOLATE_MAN

    as long as we continue to hate ourselves, we should never expect to be respected or loved by any other culture. i have been on the front line against black on black rascism for 25 years now; and have noticed steady growth within black communities all across the globe. the willie lynch syndrome lives on, until darkness is wiped of the face of this earth.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/empress9678/ empress9678

    I’m black and was born in the UK and racism is alive and kicking. There are certain places that i would not live because there are no black people and i know id experience blatant racism. The big cities are usually more multicultural and generally black people feel comfortable living there. I think our experiences of racism are very similar to the US. We are in a minority here and i don’t feel we are very united at times. There are no black role models for our kids so it is up to us to teach our children that they can be successful. Black actors on TV are never portrayed in a realistic or positive light unlike in US where there are far more black people and much more is dedicated to providing positive images for young black Children. In my experience of living in a city i don’t feel UK is more racist than USA i think it just depends on where you live in both countries.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MiSz_PiNk_DiamOnd/ MiSz_PiNk_DiamOnd

    At first I said to myself ‘why is that one black person allll the way in the back’ ? I had no Idea another black person was next to her smh…All the way in the back though?

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