Racist?? People come on, it’s just a commercial.. i think we gotta stop being overl sensitive.

I completely agree with Qui_23…I laughed my ass off when i saw this…It’s a little risque seeing that children watch tv, but that’s a whole nother conversation for another day…but It’s really not that serious…I love all of these commercials especially this one..Live, Love LAUGH!!! Laughing is the key to happiness!!! Lets laugh at things people…

When I saw it i was surprised that it happen. But it was funny to me. I don’t think we should over think this commercial.Its not that serious.

Not racist at all. Kinda funny!

The commercial is using dummies…when ppl look at everything as racists its sad. Black ppl need to stop “looking” for something to “protest” about. When Lil Kim was doing the commercials was that racists too? BTW Fugg Old Navy anyway!

wait .. im still trying to figure out what the problem is?

I don’t want to read too much into this commercial but I can see how black women would be offended by it. Old Navy made the commercial just for laughs and it’s funny, but they’re not thinking about the negative message that some people might not find funny at all.

hilarious, a new myspace favorite.

OMG TALK ABOUT TAKING SOMETHING WAYYYYYY 2 SERIOUSLY AND LOOKING WAYYYYY 2 DEEP INTO IT
THE MAN AND THE DOG DID NOT REACT BIZARRELY..THE MAN REACTED HOW A MAN WOULD REACT IF HE SAW A NAKED WOMAN PERIOD…REGARDLESS OF WHAT SKIN COLOR THE CHICK WAS
SO SHE’S A WIFE AND MOTHER? AND? SHE’S STILL A WOMAN..
AND IF THE BLACK MAN WAS THE ONE PROTECTING HER AND THE WHITE MAN WAS THE ONE BEING DIRTY
THEN HOW COULD IT POSSIBLY BE ABOUT RACE
IT’S MEANT TO BE FUNNY THAT’S WHY THEY DID IT..I’M PRETTY SURE IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH SKIN COLOR
NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND SHOULD BE OUTRAGED BY A 30 SECOND COMMERCIAL MEANT FOR HUMOR..IN MY OPINION

With comedy you can make fun of another race and escape being called a racist. I guess Old Navy believes if you can’t laugh at racial jokes then you’re just an uptight person. The commercial could be just “racial humor” and not meant to be racist in an insulting way, but some racial humor are disguised as “subtle racism” which is a hidden type of offensive racism. Negative stereotypes show how little has changed when it comes to racism. I don’t want to read too much into the commercial but I understand black women who find it offensive. Like the article says, it’s hard to understand why the black mannequin is the only one stripped of her clothing and left standing there with her “plastic” unmentionables censored. It does seem a bit unnecessary and negative stereotype.

my take on this is simply that off all the others the person chose to have what the black woman has caus she wear it proud!!!!
dnt u see no one wants wat the others have……WE got it like dat man!!!! lol
Black and Proud!!!

I think that this commercial is hilarious..I didn’t look at the race of the dummies..get over it black people!!!

Please find something better to write about! Its always a race thing! Its a commercial, its not that serious!

i couldnt even finish reading your blog. im a 30 year old blk man living in the dc area. its a commercial! it was funny and infact it showed just how sexy blk women are. you must not have anything else to do but try and find so called racist things in the world. its pretty clear to me you are

Can we progress and move on…what have you done to day to encourage a young person in your life today….wow, the things we waste time on.

This AD is not “Racist” it’s Racy…and there’s a huge difference! It’s funny, creative and a little provocative…which is why it’s such a wonderful, creative AD! You almost forget they are Mannequins and that’s the point!

OMG!!! Can we just build a bridge and get over it. It’s just a commercial. What? If a black mannequin was’nt represented, it would be a problem there. It’s a funny harmlless commercial…

IM SORRY BUT THAT WRITER JUST WASTED HER TIME ITS JUST A COMMERCIAL NO BIG DEAL IF IT WAS THE WHITE GIRL THEY WOULDN’T MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT..ALL IM SAYING IS ITS 2009 GET OVER AND TALK ABOUT SOMETHING NEW FOR ONCE

wow actually yall get going lower and lower with story. Dayum is everything racist. This is y we still have racism and violence in our communities

I dont think it’s racial. Actually, I think it’s funny that they tore the dress off the only mannequin that probably had any curves. At least the black man mannequin stuck up for his wifey, lol

WELL I MUST SAY.. I DID QUESTION Y IS IT THAT ONLY BLACK WOMEN IN THE AD HAD TO GET HER CLOTHES TORN OFF…. BUT THEN THOUGHT ABOUT IT…LET THAT SHYT GO.. WE BRING ATTENTION TO OURSELF..AND THE MORE WE DO IT THE MORE THEY WILL DO IT..NO I DONT THINK IT WAS COOL BUT AT THE SAME TIME…COMEDY IS COMEDY…BESIDES…(SISTERS OF COLOR) GOT THE BODY FOR IT..LOL.

How the hell is this racist?
You’re looking to deep, thinking to hard. its like you’re expecting to see negative so you assume there is a negative.
This commercial has nothing to do w/ race.
This is commercial based on sales and profit, not degrading the African American mannequin.

You end this blog with “not looking to much into the commercial” however you did. Even by making a blog on a public popular site, you made to much of it.

I think blogs like this is why we are idled on racism in todays society. I’m not saying racism is non-existent but when you pick apart something that was obviously meant to entertain you have a self-absorbed grudge looking for a fight. If this was a white mannequin someone somewhere would comment on why there wasn’t any black mannequins. I have this feeling that ever since Obama has been President, I’ve heard so much more about racism than ever before. I thought his election would help (not totally eliminate) and bring us up out of this. Let’s get it together people! I believe we are a much stronger unity to let something so minor set us back.

BP is taking it TOO FAR…. this O/N commercials are HILARIOUS!!! I bought one of those dang town-dresses…which is the point: to entertain and advertise…

it can be seen as racist but this commercial is more sexually charged. i see it as more sexually charged than racist. maybe its both because one of the many stereotypes is black people are sex obsessed. i can see why this can be viewed as racist.

you know, you guys are all right. maybe it IS a waste of time to look into it.

but me writing a blog like this isn’t the reason racism exists. us NOT talking about racism and its mechanisms, and thinking it’s just going to go away by NOT talking about it, is a really bad strategy.

i think it’s fair to at least CONSIDER the implications of a commercial like this.

First off, it’s stupid to think this commercial is racially motivated. If anything, it should have been a compliment that the shopper thought the Black Mannequin’s outfit was the best. Stop YELLIN’ RACISM every time you see a mixed race ad and the black people get more attention than the other races. I admit there are racist things going on, but choose the more blatant ones to go after first. I was actually more offended by the accusation than by the commercial itself. You want to attack a racist problem? Let’s attack the tabloids that seem to keep trying to spread negative news about Obama. If we say we’re on HIS side, then let’s act like it.

Blah blah blah!! I am so sick of everyone yelling racist this and offense that. Yesterday BP was talking about the new Disney character and how she is black but has a white husband. Whatever, its time to get over it and move on. Slavery was how many years ago, that’s the problem with our community and our race as black ppl we can’t move on from the past. Every race has been in bondage, did everyone forget that Jews were the first slaves and have always been targets?? Read the Bible and find out what I’m talking about. There is no hidden meaning in any of this crap. If it was a Latin woman or Indian woman no one would be saying this, get over it!!!!!

Just think if we didn’t have a black president would Old navy feature us in an ad campaign?

No it’s not racist, I just didn’t see the purpose of them striping the lady. At least give her some panties and a bra to cover up with instead of those black stripes. Plus I have been seeing this commercial for some time now I never notice they did this, but it’s not racist, they shouldve just not snatched her to the bucked naked.

Black people..let it go…everything is not racist…Everyone knows black women have the best bodies so why not show off her’s…duh!! lol..Folks is silly now-a-days

ITS A DAMN COMMERCIAL COME ON FOR PETES SAKE I MEAN IT AINT SUPPOSED TO BE RASCIST OR ANY OTHER NONSENSE YOU TALKIN IF SOME PPL HAVENT REALIZE ALOT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PPL DONT WEAR OLD NAVY AS MUCH AS WHITES I THINK THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO REACH OUT TO OTHER RACES I MEAN DAMN CAN NOBODY DO ANYTHING WITH OUT BEING RASCIST

I dont understand how this could be seen as racist. Me personally? I started laughin. Sometimes I think we do use racism or see a lot of negative in things instead of what they were meant to portray, but im in no way saying that racism doesnt exist cause it always will, but i dont think just cause these people used a black mannequin this time, it should be considered racist cause i can bet someone out there was sayin “where’s the black one?” u know how we do.

People! The blogger never said that she thought the commercial was racist.

“Ok, so I don’t ACTUALLY think this Old Navy commercial is racist. But let’s just pick this apart for a moment.”

It was just one of those things that make you go hmmm…

All this talk about moving on is ridiculous. Noone ever says that to the Jews and their motto is ‘Never forget’. They even built a memorial to that affect. Moving on doesn’t mean you act as if it doesn’t exist or is a valid concern.

why is everyone so against even TALKING about racism?

i even SAID in my piece that i DO NOT think this ad is racist. BUT, it is a point of entry into a discussion about race.

all you people out there saying “get over racism” KNOW full well that racism is still alive and well.

I actually thought that the commercial was cute. But then again, I don’t focus on race. It was just an ad for a dress, one that I did consider buying before I saw the commercial. I may still buy it.
Why was there no outcry for the previous Old Navy ad where the mannequin was proposed to and her finger broke? People could say the ad makes it seem as if women are desperate to get married. Or you could pick apart any commercial to analyze racial and sexual overtones…
Too much time on our hands?

All this talk about moving on is ridiculous. Noone ever says that to the Jews and their motto is ‘Never forget’. They even built a memorial to that affect. Moving on doesn’t mean you act as if it doesn’t exist or isn’t a valid concern.

Also, let me just say that I thought the mannequin’s hairstyle was very chic…Not used to seeing that…..

Thank you Qt_n_Ks and Pharoh_Martin.

For understanding where I’m coming from.

i thought it was funny and cute as well. didnt see anything racist in it. it about a dress. it made me want to buy the dress.

See I feel that many here don’t get it. Sure its funny or whatever but let me pose a question. Could you imagine this commercial with a white or other ethnicity standing naked in a public place? In the last commercial before this one was it an african american who was acting foolish or was overwight reaching for some fast food with a greedy look on their face? Or the last movie you saw. Was it an african american who was killed first meanwhile surrounded by others. This is the second layer of racial issues. This commercial isn’t racist as much as it is racial. It points more to the underlying perceptions as was mentioned in the article of africans as hyer sexual, comedic to the obsurd, disposable and more important, not valued. See the greatest trick that was ever pulled wat the devil convincing people that he didn’t exist. The second is that racism, descrimination and prejudice no longer exist.

It goes 2 show that white men or more into black women now…

I agree with the blogger, I don’t actually think its racist. But when you break it down it does make you go hmm. But in doing so, it brings in overanalyized judgement the commerical. And racism is alive and well; but everything isn’t a racist stereotype towards African Amerians. I do also understand we can’t just be asleep to what the media decides to protray as images of our communites.

I actually enjoyed the commerical seen it and loved it…Old Navy have came along way and the new direction they are going in is very nice…I look forward to more…And now dont mind spending more cash with them…

My jerk reaction when I initially say this commercial was: How dare they! Another example of using a black woman to exploit sexualality. She was put on “Display”

Your whole article about this commercial is a raging contradiction. First you start off by adding fuel to the embers of racism by asking “should ‘we’ be offended?”; then you give us the commercial to view after you raise our flags of suspicion; then you back track and say “Okay, so I don’t actually think it’s racist.”; but then you insist on ‘picking it apart’ to prove your racism theory with an ‘it’s buried somewhere in there’ attitude.
I find this article to be a mild case of ‘the boy who cried wolf’. You have taken what most people would have considered a funny commercial and turned it into an X-files episode.
Yes racism is still alive and harming our nation. But the worst offenders aren’t those outside the black community. Its those of us who insist that we question everything, leaving nothing to simply enjoy. Would it have been better to have the white mannequin stripped with her white husband and dog protecting her honor? Perhaps you would have considered that racist yet again because black men were killed for even looking at white women and the white mannequin obviously used the dog as a weapon against the black man.
This article didn’t uncover a mystery. It didn’t solve any problems and it didn’t raise awareness. If anything, it forces us as black people to adopt the ‘they’re out to get you’ mentality which is far more dangerous than ignorance. Fearful people will kill and we don’t need our own people trying to make us fearful.
You should write about something else.

I don’t think it’s racist. Yes it’s curious as to why out of all the women there, the Black Woman’s clothes were snatched off. But on the flip side, Black Women are rarely depicted as sexy in a mainstream TV spot so…
Personally, I’m not mad at this.

what i dont get is how they can censor a naked mannequin. i mean do plastic women now have real tits and c**ts? no! furthermore, waht are they afraid of, taht people will get aroused by a fake woman? she doesnt even have black womens features for cryin out loud. what black woman has flat lips, no hips, no breasts, natually straight hair and a narrow nose? its clearly a “white” figurine with brown paint. if anyone takes this seriously and thinks its racist, theyre crazy as a mad cow.

I think it’s harmless. They were just trying to be funny. The commercial doesn’t have anything to do with racism. Some people are over analyzing it. RELAX…

I’m not offended at all and the rest of you shouldn’t be either. As a fellow black person, we all need to lighten up a little.

when i saw the commercial at work while watching my fav sitcom “Friends”, i could do nothing but laugh, i called my friends like.. did yall see the new old navy commercial.. it was hilarious to me…im laughing at it now..

I’ve “seen” this commercial a number of times for the past few days, but it wasnt until I actually “watched” this commercial last night that I noticed it did sting a little. I don’t think this commercial had the intent of being racist- but it made me wonder how easy of a decision it was to the marketing professionals to expose the black mannequin as opposed to the latin/white ones. It pokes a little fun that you’d wished you could see mannequins have, but at the same time uppercuts and continues to demoralize the “norm” placed on the “hypersexualized” black woman. What would have been the after-thought or giddiness of this commercial if the latin or white mannequin have been exposed?

I DONT THINK THE COMMERCIAL IS RASCIST OR ANYTHING BUT WHATS UP WITH THE KIDS BY THE NAKED LADY?????

*Rolling my eyes* there is NOTHING racist about the commercial… dont get me wrong i love my black people but damn do we have to try the race card on everything? and the sad part of it…is when someone does pull the race card nothing has changed the outcome of whatever the situation is…for those of you whom this offend, i pose the question to you: what are you doing in your communities to make them a better place other than trying to knit-pick over an old navy commercial? its things like this we as afro-americans should be worried about- not some lady who snatched a dress off a black mannequin bc she thought it was cute…to be quite honest i thought the dress that black mannequin was the cutest dress advertised, so i would have probably taken that one off of her too and got an extra discount bc it was a floor model… Just my opinion

lol..its a mannequin!!! the only thing that even was kinda strange was the kids standing there..but they lookin the other way, lol..Oh lawd what will nit pick about next?? I’m sure if the mannequin in the other commercial where her finger breaks off was black sumbody would have sumthin to say about that too..lol

Y does it always have to be about race with black people? Who gives a damn if the black lady is naked. If it was the white ladies that was naked and the black one wasnt then everybody would be complaining that white people think she isnt good enough to be naked. So as a black person, black people need to stop calling out race when its not needed and need to act on it when it really matters

Its not a big deal. Its just a commercial. Every little thing is being turned into a race issue. Learn to laugh a little.

CRY A RIVER AND BUILD A BRIDGE AND GET OVER IT! I DIDN’T SEE ANYTHING WRONG IT. GET A LIFE!

Actually, I think they are trying to promote something positive……beautiful shapely black woman(even if its plastic), and the fact that a white plastic man thought enough to say “sweet” to also acknowledge her near perfect body. The person snatching the dress appears after the white plastic said that the dresses were going to “fly” out of here.

I don’t see anything racist about it.

The only issue I see is that sex and sexuality is used to grab attention and to promote a product.

The commercial is just a commercial. I didn’t even think about the mannequin being black until I read this article. If we are ever going to get to a point where we’re all equal, we have to eventually begin to believe that the rest of the world isn’t out to get us. Over-analyzing things like this just seems to further promote an inferiority complex that people of other races already feel we have.

I take this as a compliment. Who’s nude body would you rather see, someone with nice boobs and a nice fat ass. Or someone with no boobs, no ass probably flat in the front as well as the back, think about it. Even the white man was trying to get a peek.

IDk, whether it’s racist or not, but I do question why they had the black woman lose her clothing. It seems to reinforce the overly sexualized image of the black woman, especially since I don’t remember black people playing a major part in other Old Navy commercials similar to this [correct me if i'm wrong.] Also, her reaction seems to say its no big deal to be viewed naked. You just gotta wonder, though, if its serious, since its about mannequins.

i am offended. being a white male who is very knowledgeable abt the world it troubles me….why is the black woman naked? why not the white woman?. it is subtle but there is a message. people need to see the bigger picture. the creators of the ad knew they could create it and get away with it. white people are clueless when it comes to a real discussion abt race….just like attny gen holder stated “we are a nation of cowards when it comes to race”…..the creators of the ad could have nevergotten away with it if it was a naked white woman……white women are still “protected” in american society. white women are given the benefit of the doubt but black women are not… some of these comments are misguided. there is a racial component to everything here in america….race matters in everything…… and some of the people that have commented seem to have forgotten that or dont wanna understand it or are brainwashed and believe and trust white people. that white people have ur best interest at heart. most do not. just ask the indians that are now on reservations….lol

It really annoys me when people go looking for racism in everything. It was a cute commercial, nothing derrogatory occured. In fact, I’ve taught my children to be proud of their bodies……so nudity in any race doesn’t bother me a bit.

Some of you need to get a life and stop looking for excuses as to why your life sucks. Its not cause you’re black, its because you have no accountability for your own actions.

You’re right Nazneen — it is obnoxious and counterproductive.

But I’m “white” so what do I know?

commercial is fine. we are to sensitive….

wantastrngblkman…………your name kinda takes away any valid point you might try to make [i'm just sayin]

I saw that commercial and my radical conscious black womyn side came out. Why does she have to be naked(mannequin or not)? Call me supersensitive but the subliminal racism and misogyny of black womyn being scantily clad that boils my blood and adds to my risk of getting high blood pressure. Nothing in commercials and mass media should be taken at face value.

DIDNT OFFEND ME! I THINK BLACK MANNEQUIN IS HOT! ITS JUS SUMTHIN ABOUT THE MARRIED PART THATS FISHI!! DONT BELIEVE THE HYPE YALL! WE ARE AT THE POINT IN THE ILLUMINATI’S PLAN, THAT THEY WANT TO KICK OFF THE RACE RIOTS SO THEY CAN DECLARE MARTIAL LAW! ERRTHINGS “RACIST” NOWADAYS, AND ITS GONNA GE WORSE, SO THIS IS PETTY COMPARED TO WHAT THEY HAVE IN STORE!!!!STAY TUNED!!!

Damn people give me a break… that commercial is not racist. Yes I am a white woman but my daughter and granddaughter are not…. what damn difference does it make. If the white woman was naked then the black man would have been doing the looking and u would have said something about that…DAMN!!! Yes there is racism out there very much but don’t go looking for it… when there is none. I think they made the black woman naked to show they weren’t racist that she is beautiful and all men want to look at her.. you see the white boy looking huh?????

Wow people come up with the most stupidest things. This is just a commercial. How can you focus on race in just a commercial. Thats just crazy that we live in a society where someone sees a commercial like this and gets offended. COME ON people, its a frickin commercial.

LOLOLOLOOLOLOLOLLOLOO

LOLOLOLO I AGREE WITH YOU @LUVDACHOCOLATE……….

Man, first Resident Evil 5, now this commercial. Racism is beginning to lose its true meaning when this nonsense is attributed to it. I’m guessing if the mannequin that loss its closed was white, and the black men got his eyes covered, you’d be complaining about that..for the love, it’s never ending.

is anyone out there actually reading my blog?

…..JUST CURIOUS.

posters correction, that would be clothes..duh

My 2 cents?The commercial is not racist.HOWEVER…,and I’m not too sure if I’m just noticing it or what,Old Navy’s commercials have a tendency to be stereotypical .Why did the black little girl have to say”Go mooom” in that “Shaniqua-tone, instead of “Mom you look nice in that dress” and why did the white girl have to say “Crazy cute” in that valley girl air-head voice? The commercial was supposed to be about how the dresses were so hot that people were yanking them off the mannequins to get them.The joke revolved around how they were dummies with nothing to cover and no way to do so,”..I can’t,your fingers don’t close.” Those are the things I noticed.

the way the girl said go mom was kinda sterotypical her tone was like kinda sterotypical but not racists lol
other than that its jussa commercial…

Wow people are really trying to use any obstacle to say something is racist. Its a clothing commerical. IF there the manaquine wasn’t black, and there was no black people in commercials, then you would be saying that its racist because there isn’t any black people. ALSO ADVERSITMENTS AREN”T REAL. THEY USE PERSUASION techniques to make you think about the real situtions. Its not real. Just like movies that are no doc**entaries. Lets not act dense people. I don’t belive everything I see or read about just because a national paper published it. Information can sometimes be inaqurate.

why even go there?? that what i mean….a white woman wouldnt be in that position to begin with.. dont some of u get it??? it didnt need to be created like that in the 1st place……. see what i mean? some people are clueless when it comes to race relations……..lol people need to look deep into stuff and just dont on the surface…lol there are always hidden messages when it comes to race.. its no accident……

I think this is more sexual innuendo than needed old navy needed in the commercial…however I can definitely see how it could be argued as race…considering the continued hypersexualization of Black women. Not only from a historical standpoint of slavery but also how sexual images of Black women are contrasted against purity of the White woman. However, im not gonna make a big stink over this commercial either…cause subtle images are around us everyday.

To subscribe to the ideology that there is more than one (human)RACE is the EPITOME of RACISM…with that said…this commercial smacks of BIGOTRY and OBJECTIFICATION as well as “subliminally” alienating the black mannequin from the clothed white ones and inferring promiscuity and ludeness. Minute daily images and messages such as this are meant to slowly and systematically erode our esteem and promote disdain and “separatism” amongst other ethnicities.

I have mixed feelings. On one hand, I am like wow there are black mannequins in this commercial. At least black is beautiful. Then they take her clothes. Part of me wants to dismiss it as a joke. I guess they are trying to say they are going fast. However I am pretty sure they thought about this commercial. They got people that review these commercials for offensive material and yet they decided to leave that part in. The fact that they could have made several small changes to get the point across without removing her clothes is disappointing. Actually, I would say it is expected. I feel like they made black the center of the commercial only to stripper her down. I think the message is subtle. In my opinion black people need to be hyper-sensitive with how we are portrayed in the media, on TV, in the newspaper. We got an image problem that needs a lot of work. So even if this commercial is harmless, it could be harmful. I wish the media was more sensitive to the plight of the black image.

just because this is black planet doesnt mean that every time u see somethin with a black fictional person. u have 2 write about it.and it doesnt mean that its aimed at all black people.
pluse i think its cute and it about time they put out there that white men love there chocolate. lol

DONT LET JESSE AND/OR AL SEE THIS ONE…

I don’t have a problem with it cause its just a MANNEQUIN, but if it was a SOCK PUPPET then a brotha would DEFINITELY have a problem with that shi tz!!!

It’s a commercial that I took no offense too, just because she was black doesn’t mean it was offensive.. I bet if the black mannequin had a different role in the commercial it would still be a topic. Wasn’t that big of a deal.

There’s Nothing Wrong With Tha Commercial I Think! I Was Just An Funny Commercial! An To Me It Was That Black Women Is Sexy Out Here N Need To Be N Tha Spot Lite Now! The White Man Couldnt Even Take His Eyes Off Her! So Its’s Just Giving Us Our Time To Shine! So Stop Being Low And Keep Ya Head Up Cuz Its Just Or Time To Shine Abnd Ya’ll Showin Them That Where Still Not Ready For All That!

i dnt think its racist at all. black ppl kill me…they get so upset kuz there are always all white ppl in the commercials…then once they put black ppl (and there was a latina) in a commercial, it has to be picked apart and labeled racist. wow. lets get a grip ppl

man bp just starting s**t damn we trying to get ride of racism how the f**k we gon do that when our own ppl keep making it worse commercial f**king fine bp damn post a better news damn it

I am personally not offended by this commercial at all. I laughed when I saw it because the removal of the dress was very unexpected. I was more concerned about the sexual innuendo in the commercial rather than the races that were involved within the commercial. I feel the commercial isn’t that deep.

its a funny commercial not racist at all. get a life BP

When I first saw the commercial it kinda raised my eyebrow a little. Okay yes, they have Black mannequins in the commercial, but we as African Americans need to start looking deeper into things. If you pay attention to the other Old Navy ads none of the other mannequins are pictured naked, why would they do one starring the “black folks” with no clothes on??
I’m not big on hollering ‘RACE” everytime there is an issue, I just grew up socially aware because my father used to be an activist in his younger days. There are things called subliminal messages that are flowing through the television, radio and other media outlets that most people are not aware of, but I won’t go deep into that. But we as a race need to educate ourselves more so that we would be able to pinpoint these undercover messages that white America is sending out.

no i don’t believe its racist at all how much more can you show beauty that’s the best example of it a black woman standing strong and proud of her body so proud she is showing it even though it might be a mannequin u kno

Absolutely preposterous! lol…Stop playing around! Get with it, I agree with everyone who came to the conclusion that you ppl have nothing better to do but post bs ass articles.Find some real news to blog.

Oh no I said “you ppl”…I should probably take that back. It could looked at as me being racist. I guess you can find away to put that in a blog too.

WHAT WAS SO RACIST ABOUT THIS….

Well I didn’t feel that it was racist at all. That woman wanted the dress that sista mannequin had on thats all it was. You seen the white male mannequin right?….he couldn’t take his eyes off that sister alright now..lol

Why does everything have to be racist?I guess they missed the last one with the smart black boy.Honestly,they’re advertising clothes for this season….get over everything being racist.Damn,its an Old Navy commercial,selling clothes…leave them alone.

I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY BP IS POSTING UP EVERYTHING FROM COMMERCIALS TO VIDEO GAME AND TRYING TO INSTIGATE SOME SORT OF A RACIST ISSUE. IS BLACKPLANET BLACK OWNED?

READ THE ARTICLE!

i spell it out pretty clearly. and i also REITERATE, i DO NOT THINK THIS COMMERCIAL IS RACIST.

Racist?!?!?! Yeah right. Have you ever had someone spit on or at you? I’m 27 and I’ve had it done to me within the last 9 years. Now that’s racist. This was simple humor.

naw its kool, on my intial reaction i wasnt offended so i think its ok.

I have to say that it is not a recist commercial. I have to tell my mom that every thing does not have to be black and white. She thinks that every time they something about president obama they are picking on him. I have to remind her that he is the president, and everything that he does is going to be put out there, they did he same thing about bush. She just didn’t pay attention.

This is racist!! And its soo funny b/c i saw this commercial a couple of times without even thinking about it. Look at the picture– all of the white people are clothed and the black man has no power to protect his wife. Sound familiar? Come on. Why does it have to be the black female to get her clothes pulled off????? This is not just a coincidence. if you ask me, why even do a commercial like this in the first place….

ok ok ok…so, if the author doesnt beleive it’s a racist commercial…WHATS THE POINT OF BRINGING IT UP? why is THIS news? if it was the WHITE mannican that was naked it wouldnt be an issue. some of the stories ya’ll post…man i tell ya…where’s the REAL news?

the reason i brought it up was because, as the title suggests, i was CURIOUS to hear what BlackPlanet had to say about it.

A colleague’s wife was VERY offended by it, and she’s a Black woman. And some other people didn’t think it was a big deal.

That’s why i brought it up.

its not racist its just a funny commercial that all

stfu stop pulling the race card and focus on something thats really important

That is racist..Why it gotta b tha black woman who gets her clothes ripped off??..Danngg..thats harsh mann..s**ttt..

oh n another thing…why a black woman gotta want a white woman legs??..naw nun aint go like that..

All you a*****es on here who ignore the obvious and say that the commercial isn’t racist “I feel the sorriest for you”.

I AGREE WHY IS THE BLACK FEMALE THE ONLY ONE NUDE. I DON’T SHOP AT OLD NAVY ANYWAY BECAUSE THEIR CLOTHES ARE TOO WHITE FOR ME. I KNOW THEY DID THAT ON PURPOSE. I THINK ALL BLACKS SHOULD DEFINETLY BOYCOTT THEIR STORES AND SEE HOW THEIR STOCK FALLS AND THEY’LL BE CLOSING THEIR DOORS SOON. THAT WAS TOTALLY WRONG AND THEY VIEW THEIR COMMERCIALS BEFORE THEY ARE RELEASED SO THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING. SO YES THAT WAS VERY VERY RACIAL. APOLOGIZING ISN’T ENOUGH BECAUSE IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE. THEIR APOLOGY WONT MEAN ANYTHING BECAUSE BELIEVE ME IT WOULDN’T BE SINCERE.

WTF…Why does every thing that involves a black person(mannequin) have to be racist. They’re are much more serious issues in the world than naked mannequins. Get a Life!!!

This is not a racist commercial. I do understand about the struggle our brothers and sisters have gone through, but this is just a commercial. The thing I liked about it was the black mannequin was proud of her body and that the white man found even attractive. When need to stop trying to read so much into things and just move on. I am proud of what we have accomplished so far as a black community and I am trying to teach our young black ladies that it is not all about what everyone thinks you are it is what you think you are will help you live a succesful life.

This is not racist, basically the way I see it they’re like I want what the black girl has, so they tore her dress off, it actually compliments the black girl. Well that’s what I think.

Really? It is just a commericial…black people need to stop being so crazy about racism…mannquins…thatz all that commercial was…

I don’t think it is racist. For those who thinks it is… who you feel the same way if the mannequin was White or Asian? I don’t think so… just let it be humorous for what it is.

OMG!!! R THEY SERIOUS? WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? LOL…GET A GRIP…IT’S JUST A COMMERCIAL. WE AS BLACK AMERICANS HAVE COME ALONG WAY…LETS NOT NICK PICK AT EVERY LITTLE THING AND CLAIM RACISM…MOVE ON AND FOCUS ON THE REAL AND MORE VISIBLE RACIST ACTS AMONG OUR PEOPLE. LIKE KEYSHIA COLE SAYS…BOO BOO “LET IT GO”!!!

Has anyone ever heard of the “Mami Jezebel Dichotomy”? Thats just what this commercial makes reference to. Be careful idiots.

hands down this commercial is innocently hilarious! i took it as a compliment. white man(nnequin) not being able to take his eyes off of a black woman. she got a lil plastic booty back there too!

if you look closer, there’s what appears to be a Spanish mannequin. so no matter who was naked it seems like someone would have been “offended” and want to raise torches at this commercial…

on the other hand, and this goes to Nazneen, the writer, STOP TRYING TO STIR UP TROUBLE and write about something worthwhile.

Yall need to stop being so sensitive. DAMN. What the hell do you mean why is the black girl the only ne naked? It was supposed to be a joke! You didnt hear her say at $15 they were gonna fly? Then all of a sudden her damn dress FLYING off? This is not racist. People are just dumb. And 4 anyone who does has something to say, I am black myself. All yall went ahead and got offended cause some writer found something else stupid to talk about and get people hyped up about when it was nothing. GROW UP… PLEASE. IF NOT 4 U DO IT 4 YOUR FAMILY. THEY NEED U.

STFU and stop playing the race card. find something important to write about… dumbasses man y does everything so innocent have to be racist

Dang…this whole race card with us is fully getting blown out of the water now. To me the commercial is funny as all outdoors, my folks think it is funny to. If they really wanted it to be racist, then the black family wouldn’t be married, just shacked up, always fighting and arguing, talking really really really ghetto and all the other stereotypes that are usually said about us. But no, they are just like the others in the commercial, good and nice people. I really love the part where the white guy says “your fingers don’t close.”

i think it’s kind of funny too. it’s just a weird way to sell clothes.

can a girl ask a question?

Race war or not. Those of you who take things at face value need to WAAAAAAAKKE UP

i loved the commercial..its like part 3 of the commercial..its not the only commercial with the manikins…lol its hilarious and cute..and very creative…sometimes..a thank you is just a thank you…dont look for what may not be there..but dont be naive either…LOL me and my daughter watch the commercial..she laughs as do i!

I mean this as offensively as possible: Do they have a whole room of a-holes to write these articles, tearing to pieces every bit of pop culture until they find something that they hope can rile us up into believing it’s offensive? First resident evil games & now an Old Navy commercial. An effin Old Navy commercial?!? Uh how’s atmosphere where these writers reside? Here’s an open invite back down to planet EARTH. Get serious. “Mami Jezebel Dichotomy”?? And we’re the idiots? ha, get serious. My God.Would you have a dichotomy if the mannequin were Asian or Latino? Or how about they just take ALL Black people out of the media and people can STFU with the nitpicking. I feel kinda sorry for people that spend their time trying to figure out whether or not something offends or should offend them. What a miserable existence.

oh and PS: the music videos they show on BET late at night are the most offensive things I’ve seen on TV pertaining to Black women. EVER. Tasteless, degrading, thoroughly offensive. But I guess that’s okay, as there are no white men in the videos staring at her like a piece of meat of having her gyrate against him.

i told ppl. black folks were gonna start takin da infamous “monkey gettin shot” cartoon and runnin wit da whole “everybody is bein slick racist” bull. i’m seein everything as more equal now n advertising and entertainment. white ppl been gettin ragged on 4ever and they been good sports. they neva get pissy at stuff like this. black comics build careers off of talkin shyt bout em and they show up in masses 2 laugh at da shyt. but black ppl always gotta think da world is against. nobody and say anything funny or critical of black america. wtf. wake up. world is only as black and white as u make it. look 4 racism and u’ll find it. funny is funny.

to camuiMS:

our work environment is actually quite pleasant and conducive to creativity.

also, i’m not black. i’m asian. south asian, to be specific. and if this commercial featured a naked Brown mannequin, i’d probably raise the same points.

for the record.

to camuiMS:

p.s. BET Uncut is DEFINITELY offensive to women.

but we’re not BET. so hit up their site and give them a piece of your mind. I think it’s a really good point and they should hear it.

Some of you all read wayyy too much into nothing to make it something.

uh As a blackwoman…I saw nothing wrong, it was just a comercial. First we get mad because we arent on tv enough then when we are it’s a problem. Make up ya mind! If a black woman snatched the dress off a white mannequin do you think it would have been a problem? No it wouldn’t. Chill out ppl!

Sticking up for Old Navy??? WTF.

this commercial is funny and cute! no offense taken!!!!

Damn look at the f**king picture, everybody has clothing but the black woman. I guess they finally found a way to say their clothing isn’t for black people. Yes the child is clothed, but that would have been to obvious.

I don’t think they were bein racist, they were just tasteless with this one here…people need to stop usin the race card on everything it’s gettin outrageous…everyone is not racist get over it!

Why do people post things like this article up anyway? We have more important things to be worrying about rather than whether a freaking Old Navy commercial is being racist! I watched it, I didn’t see anything wrong, and even if it WAS being racist, what could we do about it? Petition? Force them to take the commercial off the television? No, we just have to keep it pushing because the truth of the matter is, there are going to be all kinds of racist individuals who just don’t know any better and those are the people that you have to put out of your mind so that YOU can stay focused on whatever it is that you’re trying to achieve. Come on, get real BP. Lets get some REAL news on here for a change. I’m about to protest on THAT, not a stupid old navy commercial.

Nazneen, thanks for writing this article. Remember you can lead some fools to water, but you can’t make them drink, the choice is their’s.

lol not racist but funny

okay, this is not a racist commercial. these aren’t even real people! they are mannequins, so if someone sees a black mannequin topless in any other store would that be considered racist? no.

That commercial is so freaking cute. BP u really need to step up ur game and stop talking about dumb ass s**t like this. there is way more in the world to worry about then finding commericals to pick out if they could be racist. Seriously..

yo BP CHIIIILLLLLLLLL, ITS NOT THAT SERIOIUS, SERIOUSLY

You all say stop using the race card, LMAO. DAMMIT, prove that racism does’nt exist, then I’ll think about it FOOLS. Most of you sound like Clarence Thomas against the one thing that got him where he is. I love the race card it makes the playing feild even on an otherwise crooked ass playing field.

i think its jus a commercial wit mannequin’s its whaeva u build it up ta be its funny as hell ta me

There is a subliminal undertone of racism. People are in denile about racial problems. There are important issues to discuss and this is one of them. Obama is in office now and we should address all racial matters because we have to carry on the message of CHANGE. Good article

who cares old navy sucks anyway

Really??? Its just a commercial…its funny…and did i mention its just a commercial

lmao@ petitioning, thats really good. but really, its not racist. its just a mannequin, i’ve seen naked white ones too, but whatever who cares? i dont see her covering herself up so obviously she likes the attention. it may be racists if perhaps they said “look at that naked little black plastic ass” something of the sort.idk…

i dont see her covering herself up so obviously she likes the attention.—that statement is exactly whats wrong with this commercial. she’s not covering up cause the creators determined the commercial that way.

I don’t think it’s racist and I am not offended; what I am offended about is when you folks hear blks calling each other Ni66ers, or Ni66az you condone it, but as soon as your paranoid azzes think there could be a subliminal racist tone coming from other then blk ppl you start raising hell about it… Ok so it’s a fuking piece of plastic trying to sell merchandise!!!!! At least the dummies are married.

Some (of the very few that actually have a problem with this AD) question, “Why is the Black Woman the only one Nude?”

Well…first of all if everyone was Nude (even though they’re mannequins that would be too risky of an AD to air to the masses)…Second (and far more importantly)…

Would you really be okay with a “White Nude Female Mannequin” and the “Black Male” was trying to sneak a peek?!?!?!

Would you?

Let’s just not allow Blacks (real or otherwise) to be represented in “any” humorous, provocative or creative commercials…because this “fanning of the flames” is “gettng” (sorry, has been for a long time) ridiculous!!!

THIS AD IS RACY…NOT RACIST…AND THERE’S A HUGE DIFFERENCE!

AJ WOODSON

Ladies and Gentlemen… It’s an OLD NAVY COMMERICAL! It is not racist. Yes a black female mannequin is topless and the black male mannequin tries to protect his wife but it’s just a funny commercial. Nothing more, Please stop using the race card. I just think that people look for issues to complain about. If it was a White mannequin got her clothes taken off and a black mannequin’s eyes were covered Al Sharpton would protesting the hell out off Old Navy!

its a commercial about mannequins… no one screamed in outrage over the old navy commercial talking about butts. people should stop being so sensitive

What’s up with all these racism questions about dumb
sh!t?

If you wanna post a thought provoking question about racism how about the underscored tone the media is portraying as “Barack Obama being the usher of the post racial era” while simultaneously showing video after video of “white cop beating the sh!t out of black male and then blowing his fukkin head off…AND While crying racism over a f**k!n song that Young Jeezy and Jay-Z recorded last september…

Wake the fu(k up!

Yet we see “video vixens” in music videos shakin everything jesus gave them half naked. so we’re suppose to riot at the fact of this commerical? not all black women are sexually irresponsible, we are not all one thing. and it’s a mannqeuin ! you havent been shopping if you havent ran into a naked mannequin at jcpenny’s or anywhere else for that matter. it’s too many other things goin on in our society that we can talk about, instead of an old navy commerical.

OMG! PLEASE!!

It was a bad judgment call to release this ad. Is it racist, well, covertly, yes. It does nothing more show the devaluation of the black familial structure. The bad thing is that with white mannequins who aren’t married and don’t have kids in the ad, as opposed to the black mannequin family, it would have been more respectful, considerate and understandable to strip on of the paler mannequins. The stripping idea is bad in any capacity though.

evrybodii always thynk sumin iz racist lay off it man 4real. if anythyng the commercial iz too much 4 children to be watching (if anythyng)

At the beginning of this Topic at least 85% of the comments were that this AD is creative, funny, provocative but NOT RACIST…

Funny how anger builds and comments change as it get’s to be “later in the day”…

Just proves that you could make “anything” controversial (or racist) if you want it to be…

AJ WOODSON

AJ, Opinions are like a*****es everyone has one, but yours is really stretched.

Would you really be okay with a “White Nude Female Mannequin” and the “Black Male” was trying to sneak a peek?!?!?!

Would you?

AJ WOODSON

The commercial is not racist, had nothing in the world to do with race, period. But if you would have looked a little more at the commercial instead of looking at the race, you would have saw that the black mannequin is not the only WOMAN OF COLOR, the mannequin standing directly next to her would be considered as BLACK also. But you didn’t that did you?

Can you say Tom.

wow…racist? really? i think it’s just a commercial. here’s my question…if the mannequin that got naked was white and all the others were black, would it then be racist because the white mannequin was the one with the “lead” part???

its only racist if you are

It seems as though parts of this population LOOK for reasons & look for an argument & WANT something to be about race, just to keep the race issue going. If you want it to end, stop jumping on the “Race Card Bandwagon”!! If the mannequin would have been Puerto Rican or Asian would there have been a debate?? ALL people endure racism, not just the black population of this world, so it’s sad for the race card to be used for EVERYTHING & sorry to see it used as an excuse for EVERY situation. And rather than ask if this is offensive to the black population, how about we ask if this is offensive to ALL women, period?? It seems more of a sex issue than race to me, especially since the mannequin next to the naked one is also of color too!

all i kan say is WOW OMG datz dumb as hell

Yes, the white community might see it as racist, but they wouldn’t complain, they’d just laugh, because their white and they can afford to laugh at s**t like that.

Racist that is what it is. In they need to be sued

i cant really say whether its racist or not, that mannequin happened to be wearing the cutest dress so of course hers would be snatched off, i doubt it was an intentional lets see how we can exploit this black mannequin, i think too often it happens that we turn nothin into somethin it doesnt have to be that way we all just need to chill out

I believe it is a little crude that the black mannequin would be naked, although their is a mannequin standing next to the darker mannequin. The darker mannequin represents something and, before I saw this post everytime I saw the commercial I’m like “what the f**k is this about?” the commercial makes no sense, why would they rip the clothes off one of the mannequins and not all, why would the white man look at the black mannequin when her husbands standing right there. People have to look at all of these images…White “masters” raped black women when their “husbands” were looking, would just come in and have sexual relations with the “wife.” Also darker women are seen as more lascivious than a black women of lighter complexion. Look at the experiement with Huttentot Venus and how they destroyed her body just to experiement on the size of her thighs, labia, and large breast. Sexual racism in African American socities still exist and black women are still being ideolized in negative aspects, this commercial does not help at all with the “step” the future generation is trying to make as a whole.

This cartoon is completely innapropriate not to mention it is extremely offensive. As an African-American woman, the media often vies us to be sexualized objects who are extremely boistreous. And we are not like that!!!!! Old Navy could have come up with a BETTER ad than that especially a better portrayl of black women! To me, I envision Old Navy to be geared towards fashion for today’s modern families including young children & teens.So knowing this, why run an ad such as this when most of its viewers are young children? What message are we sending about black women when we see a commercial such as this??? You tell me!!!!!

honestly, i won’t lie. i felt offended by simply because…even tho they’re fake…but they had the manniquin exposed nude in front of children and the woman stood there as if she just had on bra and panties or a slip to cover herself. Is this the way they think we parade around our children. I was more concerned about the children more so than the race thing. Children should not be exposed to such vulgarity and it seems like we meaning black and white people are losing our damn minds by the second. This commercial is aired not only at night but during the day when children are wide awake to see that. And for the race thing. I have 2 views. It was kinda racist to have that one black woman exposed around the white people and then again someone would have complained that why do the white woman have to exposed…why they can’t show the black lady sometimes on stuff like. it’s alway 2 sides to a story. old navy seriously needs to come out with a statement to address this issue.

Why are we the brunt of all that is racist?

Once again i must open ur eys to what this is say. Remeber that this is a black married couple and the husband cannot defind his wife from a master undressing her in public on the auction block(see)or stop master from locking at her can’t close his hand (see)to a closed fist to defend her but the worst part on top of that is it show his daughter smile as mommy baggs about her body. if to tell her that this is how back women are treated and it’s cool jst ask mom she is not upset. willie lynich all over the ad. remember we have a black president so don’t be offended or cry racism but if it’s not sexist or child abuse(cause who cares about how the black man is being demascallated) then it just cute look at how the white women laugh it off and the white master(doesn’t turn his head in respect of the black man or woman but basicly say look at that azz lol well that what i see but hey there won’t be no o navy boycott or anything cause i can see the same thing in a video with just black people in it and white people producing it and they just keepin it real lmao

i was just watching this commericail and i was like hey why the black mannequin got get robbed of dress?????

Its not racist. It just a commercial, if it was the whit mannequin, i’d think the same thing.

i thought it was funny, but by reading most of the comments i see everyone is in an up roar, this is nothing ppl she’s a hot blk mannequin who had her hot old navy dress snatched off.lol nothing more nothing less no hidden undertones…gosh ppl laugh out load sometime….

Seriously?! Why is this even a topic of discussion?! I am the first person to be outraged when something overtly racist and malicious is printed in newspaper or aired on t.v. but come on people aren’t we becoming just a tad too sensitive? Can’t a black person be the focus of a harmless joke without us drudging up painful memories of the past that really have no connection to the joke in question? If the white manequin had her clothes ripped off and the black man made a comment, that would have been racist too right?! “Oh they’re trying to say that all black men love white women!” Gimme a break. I mean we want society to move beyond seeing color but we cry racism at the drop of a dime. Now I’m not saying that Old Navy absolutely didn’t have malicious intent with this ad. I don’t know what was in their mind when they created it. But from my point of view they are guilty of not being sensitive to how fast some black people will cry racism at best. If we want people to take our need to talk about race in a meaningful way seriously, we have to stop trying to find racist undertones in EVERYTHING we see that involves a black person. It’s like a person who swears or yells too much…after a while it loses it’s effect. Let’s fight the battles that are worth fighting.

i dont think its necessarily racist but it shows bad judgement on old navys part

It’s just a commercial, not such a big deal. If the white mannequin got robbed of its dress, this wouldn’t even be up for discussion… stop being so sensitive and crying racism all the time. I would be among the 1st to have something to say if it was something that was outright racist and degrading… but it’s just a commercial saying that the dresses are flying off the rack and since there weren’t anymore left, some girl took it off the mannequin… calm down

it’s funny, even tha white man can’t get enough her sexy blackness. the ripping off of dress proves black ppl can sport anything, and get ppl’s attention, no matter real or plastic. she’s an image of black ppl’s ability to shine no matter the occasion. it’s ironic out of all the female outfits, she made a sell, the other ones were jealous; so laugh at how even in a commercial, our cultural strengths are sought after to sell merchandise.

This commercial isn’t racist. I think since Obama took office, America at whole is starting to acknowledge how beautiful black people. Obviously corporate America is starting to put “Black” in their agenda. Plus there’s nothing more gorgeous than a sista, better yet a naked sista. That black mannequin coulda got it. If I see her ass in the club without her husband its going downnnn!

p.s. Whoever came up with the ad is a marketing GENIUS!!! It’s attention grabbing enough to get people talking about it but not controversial enough to have a negative impact on their message. GENIUS!!! Well done…I’ll bet sales at Old Navy will increase as a direct result of the discussion this commercial has sparked.

Lol why is this commercial racist?

I wouldn’t call it racist, but I agree totally with the article. With moments like Janet and Justin at the Super Bowl. Where we are told we should frown down on them. To do something like this is strange. Why even censor out the mannequin if that is what is really suppose to be.

Sales increase? Drop in sales, maybe.

i agree. as a mass communications student i spend a lot of time thinking about images of black women in the media. i hadn’t seen this particular commercial, but had seen otheres in the series, and couldn’t figure out exactly why it upset me until now. is it racist? no way. is it offensive? yes.

i wish people would wake up and quit letting the media control their thoughts. just becuase there are positive images of blacks in the media (due in large part to Obama’s presidency), doesn’t mean that there are not still many cultural and racial problems here in america. i think it’s insensitive of Old Navy, but who could blame them? They’re a business, set out to make profit. If everyone’s going to buy into the hype and pretend like there’s no problem with race anymore, why not make some money from it? kudos to them, i guess.

You people are bored aren’t you? Over analyzing every little thing.. while you’re picking apart “racist” commercials… what about that damn mcdonald’s commercial with the black guy singing about the chicken nuggets!.. THATS RACIST!

i agree with this article…100%

I agree inasmuch as the commercial is not specifically racist; I do expect that opportunity’s previously unavailable will now be open to African-American’s will now be more available. This will most likely be evident in entertainment (TV,movies), but we’ll also see an increase in business in other environments.

and people please read the entire article before you give your oh-so clever opinion… she made it very clear that she did not think the commercial was racist.

slapping “racist” on things is the problem we have now. something can be insensitive or offensive without being racist. you don’t have to hate me to disrect me. pay attention to what’s going on and the messages behind the words.

i think people need to get a life its not racist commerical just dumb commerical people are taking things to serious, early this week was about the new resident evil game being racist last game they made they were killing mexicans so i feel just game no big deal people need to worry about worse things going on in the world such as killers, murders, child abuse etc…

um, are you forgetting there was a latia mannequin also & they gave her an accent as well. so?

Oh god!! This commerical is cute.. Get a life!!

Oh my goodness, you’ve already looked too much into this. I am a black woman and proud of it, but I have to say that this article just continues to drudge up our past when so many of us just want to move forward. Of course America is not finished with racism, but like you said we’ve all made a step in the right direction. As much as I hate racism, I hate when we can’t let go enough to allow change to happen. Change isn’t change until we change! That goes for all of us, not just white folk! We can’t continue with this disease of “here we go again being picked on…” and expect for change to take place. We complain when there are not people in commercials depicting us; when they are we complain that they don’t look like us; when they do we complain that we’re being ostracisized or made an object in some sort of way. Commercials of this nature made about white people too. As a matter of fact, wait on it, and I bet Old Navy will release one soon. C’mon, ease up and laugh at this silly commercial! Let’s concentrate efforts like your article on when there are real instances of racism happening. TGIF!

I was saying uh-uh when I saw this commercial a couple of times. I think it is racist

RACE is a revelent statement We are not one true race to begin with any way an danyone that tells you different o s lying, I, myself am 1/8 German, 1/8 white and Black but I look Black so I

I THINK ITS FUNNY,HAY A BALCK MAN STEPED UP WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR .LOL

Read the article. The author contridicted herself by saying that she doesn’t think the commercial is racist, and going on to make rhettorical arguments that actually support the premise that “the commercials was racist”. Lame, although I must admit, I am a bit flattered that they realize they have to step their propaganda game up lol. “Congratulations BP , we realize its going to take more than just shallow inflamatory remarks to push our point of view down your throats! We are no longer going to insult your general inteligence, so we are bringing in the ‘Spin Doctors’.”

I think that’s it just another reminder of how far we haven’t came, And the portrayal of black women is just disresptful, What if that were a white woman or if the roles were reversed, there would be an outcry of womens rights group shouting to have that commercial pull off the air. Subbliminal messages are all around us, Look at Abbercrombie and Fitch, look at their adds, Have you ever seen a Black man in any of their adds and they all have a young white on super large display bourds in the store and on billbourds reminds of something of Nazi germany with Hitler or white power. That’s why I’ve never shopped there. RACIST STORE. But back to the story white boys want black women and believe it or not I think if they could they’d get rid of all us black men and have our women as they’re little sexual toys on the side.

People kill me with their “I’m 1/99 Asian”,and since when is German not considered white that statement goes out to the guy who claims to be everything but black. Please, we (people) see black and white and maybe red and yellow for those in that environment. If u look black chances are hey you’re JUST black. Why are black people the only race trying to run away from just being black?!!!Knock it off everything isn’t about race. Ever stop to think that damn maybe this is just a commercial?

Blackplanet is always saying something is racist i mean yes there were one article when the police pulled over black peoples and stolen they car that is the only racist thing i saw but they first said resident evil 5 was racist now this c’mon blackplanet now this you guys have alot of time in the hand man mannequin though dude XD just annoys me when they say everything is racist there can be times but not all thee time

And what i believe that they are trying to show is the beauty of an African American woman and how they feel very proud of the body that they live in that there are no shame,disgrace or worries and since obama is like the president that is what is empowering much more females everywhere tell yourself this are you proud of yourself, do you feel happy about your body so no this commercial is not racist see peoples are just accepting it to be racist but it is showing the unique features,beauty, and amazing characteristics of an African American woman

Peace love and chicken grease XD

Its not racist and I actually like the commercial although it seems like it has no point really. But racist, no!

ok, so y couldn’t she have rip the skirt off the white lady? lol

It seems like some people are looking for any little thing to be offended about when a African American is involved, calm down breathe

I don’t see anything wrong with the ad personally it was kinda funny to me

i dnt like it….it kinda seems like they’re stereotyping but at the same time tyrna bring attention to the black female…i jus dnt think that its apropriate.

Just because the mannequin that was naked is black doesn’t mean they were being racist. If thats the first thing that someone says, I find it quite childish. If there wasn’t a black mannequin then someone would say something about that. Someone is always going to find something to nick pick at. The commercial is what it is, nothing more.

i don’t see anything wrong with it…the person just wanted the dress. i know i’ve done that before.

OH COME THE PHUK ON MAN!!!! AT FIRST THE EASTWOOD-MANDELA ARTICLE AND NOW THIS ONE!!!! YALL A BUNCH OF RACISTS WHO FINDS SOME KIND OF RACIAL UNDERTONES, TO GET PEOPLE TO READ YA ARTICLES OR SOMETHING???? IF THAT WAS THE CASE THEY COULD HAVE PUT SOME WHITE LADY TO DO THE VOICE OVER FOR THE BLACK LADY MANNEQUIN, SORTA LIKE THOSE SAMBO DAYS RIGHT???? I DONT CARE DAT JOINT WAS FUNNY AND IM GLAD TO SEE AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE AND IMAGES OUT ON BEHALF OF SOMETHING OTHER THAN SHOES,RINGTONES,SPIRITS(ALCOHOLIC DRINKS),MCDONALDS. SOUNDS LIKE YALL HATING ON ALL THAT CHANGE OBAMA HAS GOT THE COUNTRY BELIEVING IN. PUT SOME REAL NEWS UP NO MORE OF THE RACISTS BULLSHCIT

see- another example of make believe racism- there was not one sterotype. not one. if it had ben a white naked mannequin- they woulda said ” how come they didnt let the black one be naked”- if they made the black characters voices more urban- they would say ” why the black mannequins sound so ghetto”—wtf…….get off that racist s**t- IM tired of it. we already have to deal with it daily- the last place we need to see it is on BLACKPLANET or on NEWS ONE- come on- put a end to this f**kery and stop this s**t NOW. at least the naked black mannequin had a FAMILY- not a baby daddy- smh……simple minded assed ” propagandist/ journalist”….makes no sense.

I heard the post-racial stuff. People we have it backwards..we were to 1day get a black President, but we thought it would be from the bottom up. We thought if we(usa) elected a black at the highest office that alot of things would have had to have changed in the middle and bottom. We jumped over a lot of things to get where we are today. When I see jubilation I also see caution. Some have said we should be satisfied now and stop complaining. Oh, and please over analyze but if u dont want to its ok someone will do it 4u

I am totally discussed by the commercial that Old Navy has recently launched. Why is it that all the white women are dressed and the only black women that’s in this ridiculous commercial is naked?

Another commerical with a White man treating a Black woman as a sex object and making the Black man inferior. Black people need to wake up and stop leeting the media railroad our people everyday with this bs. Because the media will keep on pushing the White man/Black woman fad until all of our Black sistas turn on us and sell out to let the Black community to die off. Screw Old navy. I never shopped there in the first place anyways. It’s more divide and conquer tactics from the White man.

I have a very keen eye for racism, but i must admit: This commercial was actuall funny. although i do question the black women being the only one with a dress torn off and smiling about it. Makes me wonder if that was the best idea they came up with to express the notion that the dresses are going fast. not to mention the white man gauking at her like that, but hey she was standing their naked, lots of people would stare and wonder. but i still wonder if there was a better way to get the message out.

I used to get upset by things like this until I realized that the people who greenlight stuff like this commercial are probably way too young, naive, and/or stupid to ever be that sinister. It’s just silliness that smarter and wiser people have long since evolved from intellectually. It’s just stupid really. It won’t make me want to buy Old Navy clothes–first hand experience taught me better than that after the cheap rags went through one wash cycle.

LOL I thought all of what the author wrote when I first saw it! I analyzed the h*** out of this commercial and in my head it just kept coming up as some how …….wrong. It almost takes one back to the slavery days when the white women were the tame, lady like, and respectable creatures. While black people were viewed as barbaric and sex driven…..but then again the white guy is the one that comes off as barbaric and sex driven…..lol I dunno I didn’t wreck my brain about it then so I won’t now.It’s just not right

don’t buy old navy they are racist

I think dis article is pretty much true. As a black woman I see things like this all the time.. One day I was walking home and this white man flash money @ me like I was some sex object..But hey if we do that in their communities we’re gettin charged double….

definitely not really cool, that the white man was startin..and as the black husband defended her with his hand…the black woman said” aint like u aint seen plastic before’ Clearly the black doll colda said smthin a lil more on the side of her husband.. Makin it seem like “plastic” is ordinary DOESNT MATTER. IN REAL LIKE SHE WOULDA BEEN SAYIN …AINT LIKE U NEVER SEEN P***Y BEFORE. ..HMMM doesnt seem correct if u ask me…they sholda ended it betta

we will be seeing alot more of this …. so don’t be alarmed just embrace it with wisdom…

Once again it is showing how those white folks view us especially black women for there all out attack on her sexual and that is why she shown naked. Another subliminal suggestion is being made is to have her and by any means necessary including abduction into black market sexual slavery by no other than those need her for reproduction and body parts. This is not a joke, and there black market slavery going on and there is no media coverage on the matter for now because it is only affecting us and black women in particular because our hypersexualization in hip hop videos plays a big part in this because the way our black women are being portray misrepresented to the world at large as nothing but loose, promiscuous females that would do anything to the make some money which include taking off her clothes to get it. At least one thing is being made here also that the black man role of protector of the black woman only physically yet mentally,spiritually, emotionally, and her image to the world at large, too.

I am disturbed, but not shocked!

people…. THEY ARE PLASTIC! people spend so much time taking things like this soooo serious… there are soooo much bigger things goin on the a stupid old navy commercial… are you all the same people that are also bashing the president for saying special olympics? i mean gimme a break!

AMEN to Egyptsblessing’s post.
Good Lord. You appear to be ashamed/appalled by this commercial…have you seen BET or some of the BP pages lately??…How about we start with our own THEN condemn others…!

I DON`T THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH RACIST BUT I SURE DON`T THINK IT`S A GOOD THING FOR KIDS TO WATCH ON TV WHEN ME AND MY HUSBAND FIRST SAW IT HE CALLED CHANNEL 5

I think it is inappropriate. Black doll or white doll. What the heck is going on? They put ANYTHING on TV these days. Everybody’s gone wild. People get closer to God. Block the negativity out of your lives and minds as much as possible. That’s all you can do.

ok ok ok.. this is inappropriate. American idol is inappropriate. I really think the McDonalds Chicken Mcnuggets commercials are more stereotypically racist than this one.

I THINK THAT THIS COMMERICAL IS A BIT TOO MUCH BECAUSE OLD NAVY COULD HAVE COME UP WITH A BETTER WAY TO PROMOTE THE DRESSES.AND WHAT REALLY DOESNT SIT WELL WITH ME IS THAT SHE IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH HER DRESS BEING SNACHED OFF JUST CUZ SHE’S PLASTIC THATS JUST LIKE SAYING SHE SHOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH IT CUZ SHE IS BLACK. JUST CUZ SHE’S THE ONLY BLACK MANAQUIN SHE HAS TO BE EXPOSED LIKE THAT?!

I’m not so much concerned with the race thing, it’s the fact that is shows during daytime while me and my 9yr old daughter are watching t.v is what concerns me. It just seems way over the top just to promote clothing. They could have did it another way.

Oh..my..Goodness people, it is a commercial with mannequins, and some people are actually offended because she got her dress ripped off? ok… if you want to look at it from the ‘black female as a historically sexualized object’ point of view, then really, arent white women splashed all across our tvs and magazines (even invading black men’s publications now) and everywhere else because they are seen as the form to be conformed to?? So when a black woman gets put in the same shine, why get upset? As mentioned in the article, we as black people are a bit set in the way of getting offended in a heartbeat, because true, we’ve been given reason to. But everything can’t keep goin back to racism. We have to be aware that unfortunately, yes its still out there..but I feel we will know something racist when we hear/see it example, Kramer from Seinfeld at that comedy club or Don Imus and his nappy headed hoes statement…just keep ya eyes and ears open and fall back a lil please

I found it to be offensive, but this is the way things are now…and truth be told, if you don’t slow up and point things out now (like this article), most black people don’t even notice offensive things anymore…

It is far too common in our current society to view women, of all races, as sex objects. I think the commercial re-iterates the fact that Black women in America are viewed as no more than a desirable object of lust for white America and once again she is stripped naked and left to hang out all on her on with a subliminally racist underlying message.

Please read the entire article before posting your comments. She clearly says she doesn’t find it racist.
My 1st reaction was, “what in the world.” Then I saw it again. It it got me thinking, are we suppose to feel comfortable in our skin? Well if that’s the case why buy the dress? I have learned to really LOOK at TV (movies, commercials, news, etc) and the fact is television along with so many other things can be offensive to “people”. Meaning anyone. This Old Navy commercial is offensive to women, yes. We too often view TV and miss the hidden message. That is that some brilliant team of unknown people who clearly had reason to come up with a skit such as this to promote a line of clothing and to demonstrate the underminding role of a black woman, wife & mother. We should always ask ourselves, “who’s behind this idea, scene or production,” If it had been the white woman being stripped I would’ve still felt disrespected or even the little girls. There are messages in these programs we watch. There are reasons why they chose the black woman over the latino, white, men & children. But Hey, so what, she’s plastic, right?

First of I just thought the commercial was kinda funny, just a little over the top for tv. But I think people are just wanting this commercial to be something more then what it really is. Because if it was a white women that this was done to you wouldnt have heard them complaining at all. Like i always say is that black people are sensative and when they feel nothing puts us in a postive light even if nothing is wrong with it we got to complain.

this is not racist…has anybody seen the other ON mannequin commercial labeled “denim derriere”, about the , using the same characters?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ9zhOaEIrw&feature=related

…when the black mannequin not even implies, but blatantly makes a statement to the white mannequin that the jeans make her look like “even she’s” got a booty?…now that’s a bit racist, by definition…I mean, not a big deal to me, but I’m black…

PLEASE PEOPLE PICK YOUR BATTLES THIS IS NOT IN MY OPPINION A RACIAL COMMERCIAL. ITS RATHER FUNNY LOOSEN UP

Is that what we’ve come too, that we can’t even compliment someone on what we believe to be sexy. We may as well procreate in test tubes.

Disrespecting our race again,it never stops.

It clearly shows a lack of respect for black women,which could easily reach the threshold of racism.

turn off the tv and pick up a book. thats the only way to save your mind from being brainwashed. why would someone put a naked black mannequin on tv? most people dont see anything wrong with that because they have been desensitized.

I agree with Ms Diva, it’s not a racist commercial and to pick your BP(blood pressure) down turn the TV.

racist no, in very poor judgement hell yeah

I think it shows the respect they have for physical beauty of the black woman. And then the fact that, the “white guy”, couldn’t take his eyes off the “woman”…take racism out of the conversation.

If it were the other way around, would the white people blog about it?????

WOW!!! You saw all that in a silly commercial??? I thought it was quite ‘campy’ and the use of mannequins made it so… so Racist NO!

Mannequins are just very large dolls to hang clothes on…so if an artist wants to create a project that elicits laughter then let it.

Mz Nazneen….its not blatant….but i do wonder why they chose the black mannequin to be the one to have her dress Snatched off of her and the white male manequin can’t seem to take his eyes off of her….but you see real suttle mess like that all time on commercials….i’m glad you brought it up…

I think it may have racial overtones….but who cares? There is racism everywhere and there will always be racism….mainly because there will always be races. As long as we have different cultures, backgrounds, religions, socio-economic factors, etc….there will be stereotypes and prejudices brought on by those factors. It doesn’t offend me…it just confirms what we already know…that black women are beautiful and desired by EVERYONE.

Hi ! After seeing the commercial I can see your point, while I don’t think its intended as a racial commercial I could see where it can be taken that way. At the very least its bad judgement. I am of the position that as far as racial tolerence goes we still have a long ways to go however I am also aware that the media enjoys making the racial climate in this country twice as bad as it actually is.

Wow!! who cares..? Thats why things are still the way they are. too many people dont care. No white women, whites period would not blog, complain or lift an eyelash cause they have not walked in our shoes. They have not experienced the actions or the attitudes that SHOULD make this untollerable to all blacks not just black women. We keep our eyes open for racisim and prejudice cause of what we been through and what we still go through. This wasnt made up, we arent paranoid. We were made this way. I would love to walk around in a totally racist and prejudice free society but thats not realistic now is it? Also you wouldnt see anyone snatch the clothes off a white woman on tv.

sometimes i think that it is a ply by the writers to get more attention then the commercial would have gotten if it didnt have the naked mannequine. Infamous means famous too, lets remembe that.

Pissed me off. I Re+’Member the very first time I saw it. It’s not Titanic big, but it’s a huge mistake by Ole’ Slavery.

oh my god, that wa so degrading….funny, yes, but wait, why does the black model have to have her dressed pulled off, and why do the produces have her speaking as if its okay to be naked….she really did have the hottest dress, but still come on now, old navy… and they wonder why their stock is down….. lets see, they have focused most of their past commercials for Euro Americans, and now, they have actually insinuated that African American women, dont mind being looked upon naked….all I have to say is WOW!!!!

I’m glad you’ve brought this up. I did a double-take.
The corny commercial insulted me as I still ponder the ‘why’ and as well as the ‘what’.
Subliminally even, it left a fowl dirty taste in my mouth. Thank god bigotry wears a big bell around it’s neck.
-kidog

All I can do is shake my head and say see, that’s why I’m glad I’ve never spent one red cent in that store. Frankly I’ve had my own personal boycott against a large percentage of the “White” establishment stores. I’m very picky where I spend my money. Anyway the Old Navy and the writers, producers, the idiots at that station should face charges from the Federal Communications Commission,(FCC) and have to consider career changes for allowing ignorant mess like that to air as a commercial. A public apology is in order. It’s obvious the writers didn’t consult with the “Black Community” before writing and producing that junk and for Old Navy to sign the contract agreement to run it. WTF were they thinking? Who at Old Navy, or Fox, thought this commercial met or exceeded the standard for broadcasting? Then for that TV network to air that crap during a highly rated show where I’m sure the largest demographic group (all ages)is watching. They’ve expressed their stupidity worldwide. They seem to think it’s okay to run commercials during prime-time of a black woman mannequin being stripped of her clothes. Did they think this was funny? Comedy is really DANGEROUS if your “joke” is NOT funny; especially if you’re trying to generate emotions about a product(s) you actually want people to run out and buy. All parties involved in the process of writing & airing this commercial drastically need mandatory CONSIDERATION TRAINING. The only rating they get from me is their commercial was very inconsiderate: lacking consideration for other people or for consequences. All parties involved in the process took ownership of the money that exchanged hands. Now they can take ownership of the backlash. Maybe in the future they’ll think more clearly when it comes to research and development regarding their target-market. Target market: a group of customers considered likely to buy a particular product or service. If the account execs. etc. were playing darts…guess what? You all missed not just the “Mark/Bullseye.” You missed the ENTIRE board. They’re behavior is so tragic.

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never buying anything in old navy AGAIN

can go both ways on this one. for one why out all the woman there the black one gets her clothes ripped of but a white boy. on the other remember when we werent included in any comercials or only had a silent part?

I REALLY DIDN;T APPRECIATE THE DRESS BEING PULLED OFF IN FRONT OF HER CHILDREN…ALMOST LIKE SLAVERY…WASN’T FEELIN’ THIS ONE. ALSO HER HUSBAND TRIED TO PROTECT HER, BUT WASN’T ABLE…SOME SUBTILE WILLIE LYNCH STUFF GOING ON THERE

Now I can get with the black one bgeing the only one to get her dress pulled off. Then the fact that they had her standing there proud like something disturbing had not just happened. All the other mannequins’ facial expressions changed but hers. I definately did not like that. Then for it to be done in front of her child is just wrong! Old Navy needs to yank that off the air. It gives the impression that black women feel no shame in incidents such as this.

we living in the signs of the new technology of the times and you really have to wait and see. Knowledge is spreaded sideway and not upward (slowly). There is nothing new under sun and a fool is born every day. Said Muhammad.

I REALLY THINK YOU ALL ARE READING TOO MUCH INTO THIS COMMERCIAL.I DIDN’T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE ADD. I THINK THE POINT OF THE COMMERCIAL WAS TO SHOW THAT THE DRESSES WERE SO POPULAR THAT CUSTOMERS WERE PULLING THEM RIGHT OFF THE MANNEQUINS.MAYBE THE RACIST IS THE PERSON PICKING APART OLD NAVY COMMERCIALS?

Yes..I feel that this is very insensitive and prejudice. Of course, I do not know if it was intentional, but with the amount of money and time that is spent on an advertising campaign, you would assume that something like this would be test-screened before being aired. What were they thinking?

I thought it was kind of funny and not racist at all. And the mannequin should have been happy someone took that ugly dress off of her anyway.

omg at this even being a topic of discussion of racism..

We black people are to sensitive about everything !!! Somtimes we need to lighten up & stop being so serious !!!

yea i agree with every one elses commnets,they need to find some other topics to talk about.nothing racist in the commercial AT ALL.smh

Ya know, I knew when I watched this commercial that there was gonna be some issue over this.

I think that they all suck and all old navys should be torched.

agreed ‘omegas3′.
Must be a sign that things are a lot better w/ Ms.Patel’s pickins’ bein’ so slim.

That was funny and it made my spirit feel good for a change. I found it brillantly done! If people can’t stop to find an original commerical like THIS funny, then that person really needs to be prayed for.

I hope there will be a Saturday cartoon style series, it’ll make me laugh stupidly and Old Navy alot of money. I don’t care much for their clothes but if THIS is brillant!!! I SUPPORT IT COMPLETELY!!! AND i’M AN OLD SCHOOL ADVOCATE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS!!! LIGTHEN UP AND LAUGH PEOPLE!!!

If anything I find this series of Old Navy commericials offensive because they are portaying an “ideal” body type which is far from reality.

whys the black chick gotta be the nudists? that and i absolutely hate the always must have stereo types like with the lil boy said “GOOO MOOM!” maybe im just too uptight

i do…. from the very 1st on when the black girl said bootylicious… pissed me off then and glad some one else noticed

oh like the fainting mannequin who they now say is pregnit ain’t over the top. please people get a life.

Come on, now. This is dumb, y’all. lol.
Are you really this hard-up for news???

Next, y’all will be saying that the white male child mannequin sexually molested the black adult female mannequin, and you’ll be hiring a Jewish lawyer mannequin to take them to Mannequin Civil Court. lol

It is so sad to see how black people have been lulled to sleep. Many have no ideal of the history of racism, especially institutionalized racism. The “get a life” crowd need to get a life learn your history. Turn off the TV, the music, read a book. Start your brain before you engage your mouth. Here a good book to start out with:

Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of Free”

i think people are reaching hard to see racism in this commercial. unless you wanna say white men look at and desire black women, and even then that’s not racist.

I think if you read too much into anything, you’re gonna find racism. I like the direction Old Navy is going with these new commercials. However, if the white mannequin had said “Oh please like you’ve never seen plastic before” would have been hilarious!! Seeing as though so many of them are nowadays.

I don’t think that there were racist intentions in the making of this commercial, but I think there was lack of consideration for the various ways it could be received.

I think the blogger’s perspective about it being a bad choice to have a black woman stripped and being inadequately protected by a black man from a white man makes good sense. However, I do believe in recognizing the difference between someone’s intention and their reception.

Should it be brought to their attention? Yes. Should they be boycotted or bad-mouthed? No.

Funny commercial but NOT racist! So if there were NO Black people in it they’d say it was racist too! Relax!! Stop trying to FIND racism in everything!!

sagagal took the words right outta my mouth. sheesh wut the hecky??? if it was a white mannequin and a brotha lookin would anything been said bout that?? come on now enjoy life people!!!

You went TOO far. You should stop watching television. Attemping to make an analysis of an OLD NAVY commerical with an unclothed mannequin to the sterotypical relationships between blacks, whites and black families!!!

I just had to stop reading when I realized you were serious!

PUT THAT JOINT DOWN!

Puh-leeze! Get a real job Nazneen and quit trying to look for stuff that isn’t even there. It’s sad!

a few weeks ago, i read another article where you cried “RACIST” – but i gave you the benefit of the doubt, thinking that maybe you just had an off moment.

sooo … it’s not an off moment. you really do post stuff like this all of the time.

it’s a MANNEQUIN. they didn’t call the mannequin a n*gger b*tch, they didn’t whip or hang it, it wasn’t spat on, and it didn’t get arrested for not letting the white mannequin sit in it’s place.

you try to start sh*t, and that pisses me off. people call me a radical – and that’s ok! i’ll be that. but i don’t go around crying RACIST every chance i get.
hell, you could have said something about an over photoshopped celebrity or model on tv or in a magazine … but you’re talking about a freaking mannequin modeling a $15 dress.

you … get on my nerves.
i … am gonna go buy that damn dress.

BTW: defending Black people, ESPECIALLY at inappropriate times (aka “startin sh*t”) is not going to get you a “Black Card”, nor will it put you in the good graces of a Black man or woman. (from all of the comments, i think you may have figured that out …)

Nazneen…u can show the horses to the water but u can’t make em drink it. Ignore them bafoon comments…the commercial made me a lil uncomfortable. I haven’t seen much racism in the commercial but why in the hell should there be a commercial of a NAKED anything on tv???

lol funny! not racist to me..

I don’t know about any one else that has viewed this ad, but I felt the same as she, it is highly inappropriate. Why weren’t the other mannequins naked, or shall I say ‘stripped in an instant’, and how come the lewd reactions were stated such as “oohhhh sweet,” with a dog barking (and the dress being pulled off BY A WHITE WOMAN!…..god I hate race issues, why cant people just see that e’re in this s**t together and noone is going anywhere.) From what I recall, dogs aren’t to much into sexually crossing of species. Even if it does at all either it from an instinct of a want to ‘bust that preverbial nut’ or it’s donned on by a person to desperate to even stoop to such a disgracing, yet quite disgusting act such as beastiality. I was bothered by there being races portrayed by mannequins to make it ‘easier for the viewer to except’ when clearly this should’ve been banned, if not looked into in a more defined scope. I myself know that stores dont keep naked mannequins in the store out in the open. the clothing on a mannequin is for ‘display only’ and if the clothes happened to be sold, it is taken down and reclothed with more clothing if not put into storage.(I do commercials and worked retail, so I’m giving this opinion in stride of experience.) Ms. Patel may be tripping on some other things, and I’m mixed with too much s**t to be racist or even racial in any issue, (I see people as people until you prove yourself to be an ass….) but I know that if it were the mannequin portrayed to be white, there would’ve been all types of news cast and negative banter on the ad. Didn’t the other have on the same dress explain to me why only hers was snatched off. I mean seriously think about how easy it has become to except a black woman to be naked in an undignified manner wether it is portrayed in any subject, ‘stripped’ or stripping as opposed to any other race having the dignity to ‘roost’ over such advertisments and things of any manner, keeping hush hush lifstyles of stippers and white ‘video hoes’, but the black woman is idealised and objectified as sex and nothing else, (if not the one they hire for diversity to have someone to look at and call all their buddies over to make bid on who hits it first.’) With saying this I wish everyone can see the retardedness in the ad and come to a conclusion of better judgment on such things, including Ms. Patel, (cuz you do be trippin’ sometimes! lol) and everyone have a wondrful day.

nothing can be worse than the commercial where the mannequin is in maternity or something, and the guy mannequin yells “clean up in mens wear”! who are the target audiences in these commercials perverts?

it may be racist, because black women are not used in advertising to that extent i think they are just testing the waters with the manequin, BECAUSE they could never use the reeal think..thats still aa bold tacky move for a clothing line named” OLD NAVY’

EVERYBODY DO WHAT I DID!!!!!

EMAIL THERE CUSTOMER SERVICE
custserv @ oldnavydotcom

express you discontent or copy the prewritten message (below)
cut and paste the following:

To Customer Service,
While I can appreciate your great apparel, I can not appreciate your recent advertisment where the black female mannequin’s clothes are snatched off. I understand that you may feel this is a light comedic ruse to sell products but I am personally offended by this jesture as it serves to promote a negative sterotype to a community of people in which I belong. Please remove it as your compliance will indicate to me your willingness to continue to uphold good customer relations. Thank you.

or you can call their customer service dept. at:

1-800 653-6289

So nobody has ever been in the mall and saw a dress or shirt and they didn’t have it in your size and what did you do??? took it off the damn mannequin!!! WTF why do everything have to be about race maybe you should get a life and I am about to get back to mine have a good day

OH MY GOD… It is a stinkin’ commercial. I think that some of the people who write blogs and posts on or even bp in general, is racist. It always has to be black versus white, the ”man” (who is white), white people always doing something to black people… it goes on and on and on. The race card is always played. I like bp, but I am getting tired of this. Stop taking things so literally and making things to be more than they are.

Don’t feel it to be racists, just stupid.

I’m just curious as what is the point of having a naked, african american mannequin advertised amongst dressed white mannequins including mannequin kids? What message is this supposed to be sending? Because I sure didn’t get it.

OMG!!! They did not put a black woman up there and strip her to make fun of her! I would have taken it as a compliment! Old Navy put the black woman in the cutest dress because it was the first one to get taken! The white woman must’ve really liked it! The black manequin was the STAR of the commercial and just had something FUNNY happen to her. There would have been nothing wrong with this commercial if it would have been a white mannequin. There IS nothing wrong with this commercial. If this bothers people so much then commercials such as these should be kept white and neutral!

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As a black, african american or however you want to label me,I don’t see the big deal over it!!! It was a commerical. I watched the commerical 3 times and couldn’t find where the racist part was. If anything it was funny. One chick loved the other chick’s legs and the other chick offer her extra pair from the back. They said for $15 these dresses are gonna fly and sure enough the black chick’s dress flew off. The dog barked and they white guy said “Sweet”. I took that as a compliment. But I guess some people are so up tight you can stick a lump of coal up their butt and they’ll pop out a diamond. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to Old Navy and get me a Mid-town Dress before anymore fly off.

I saw a new one. This time with an Asian mannequin falling out of the closet twice. Is this some reference to Asians and or lesbians???

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