Naomi Campbell: Cadbury Ad 'Insulting & Hurtful'

Here's the ad:


Racist or not?

That's pretty pathetic. I can understand Naomi not wanting her name used without permission, but to bring race into this is pretty disgusting.

I think that is what she is getting at..

It's leveraging Campbell's crappy and sometimes violent attitude, not her race.

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Speaks volumes about Cadbury's new owners.

Yeah, really sickening.

on the racism..

considering all the modelling work she has done that has incorporated using chocolate. But then again, UK is country still comfortable with using the word Golliwog, which is just as bad as the N'word here for black people. Cadburys should know and do better, but they were recently purchased by a US company, so who knows what is at play...

then get endless fawning for years for doing essentially nothing, things "hurt" you pretty easily.

She should stop being such a diva...

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a "chocolate" diva, which is offensive to her. it's like equating coconut or vanilla to someone because of their skin tone. capiche?

because it tells an inconvenient truth.

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the last part of my sentence should have read that the ad "tells an inconvenient truth ABOUT HER."

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I can't believe Naomi Campbell is being called names in this thread. Is this DU?!

Roberston's shred and jam's...would this fly in the US?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nL67W8zjXk

they'd get it soon enough. It's gross to respond to a person that says, "this is offensive" by contradicting them instead of thinking about it.

I did not even cone close to making the coobectipn between her skin color and chocolate until she brought it up. It was rude for Kraft to use her name without permission though - doubt she can copyright her first name, so she appears SOL.

It's the height of narcissism to assume that any time the name Naomi is mentioned it refers to her.

I would expect this from Palin, but then I'm guessing Campbell ain't a hell of lot smarter than she is.

And sorry, the "racist" charge is ridiculous.

Oh, and be honest that the problem you have is that you weren't paid for your name use (which I have no problem with). You are being called a diva, not chocolate.

That she is purported to have received a blood diamond from Charles Taylor as a gift.

The ad clearly refers to her reputation acquired for her actions - not her race.

ask any kid growing up, how many times they were called a chocolate bar..

more from the article..an Americentric mind-set would not understand..
"for black people, being likened to chocolate was as bad as being called a Golliwog" - which is the equivalent of the N-Word in the UK...Racism in the playground starts with black children being called 'chocolate bar'. At best, this is insensitive, and at worst it demonstrates Cadbury's utter disregard for causing offence. Its lack of apology just adds insult to injury. The Eurocentric joke is not funny to black people.

"This issue is not just about the insult to Naomi Campbell. It's about how these companies treat black people in general. Part of the problem is that they don't see it as offensive."

The racism row comes just one week after a London School of Economics lecturer, Satoshi Kanazawa, hit the headlines for "research" claiming to show that black women are less attractive than those of other races.

and this is what a Golliwog looks like..this is a country that up until a few years ago, still had major food companies with Golliwog on their products..would be see food products with N*word here? I doubt it..



http://aidanmaconachyblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/queen-makes-golliwog-apology-no-apology.html


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1135931/Race-doll-row-hits-royals-Queen-say-sorry-golliwogs-sale-Sandringham.html

as "Were they 'blood' diamonds?"

she can't play it both ways

the name "naomi" is not her exclusive property, and most of us i think would consider it a jewish name, not a black name...so the slur if any exists could be more about the jewish princess/diva stereotype...not that that's right either but i don't see campbell's dog in the hunt

except...uh oh...that nasty stuff about taking diamonds from dictator/war criminal charles taylor -- so now i see, it's because of the pile of diamonds plus the name "naomi" that we can instantly identify it with campbell

in that case, the ad comes close to protected speech, since it's making a barbed political comment about campbell's dealings w. the dictator and war criminal

if i was campbell i would just STFU and hope the ad goes away quietly, i see nothing positive to her image that comes by "claiming" this insult

either it doesn't even refer to her in particular OR it refers to her dealings w. a war criminal, and i pick door #2

maybe people wouldn't make fun of your blood diamonds, lady, if you hadn't taken blood diamonds, ever think about that?

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This ad went right over my head...

You wouldn't like her when she's angry.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/naomi-campbell-is-accused-of-abuse--for-the-eighth-time-421832.html

From the site:

The allegations

1998: Aide Georgina Galanis claims Campbell hit her over the head. The model pleaded guilty and paid undisclosed damages.

2000: Vanessa Frisbee accused Campbell of throwing a plate at her. The model denied it and sued for a breach of contract.

2001: Assistant Simone Craig claimed she had been kept hostage by the model, who denied the charge.

2004: Millicent Burton, a maid, accused Campbell of slapping her. The model said Ms Burton started it.

2005: Assistant Amanda Brack claims she was slapped and beaten with a BlackBerry device. The model denied violence.

2005: Yvonne Scio, actress and friend, claims Campbell punched and kicked her in a Rome hotel. The model denied violence.

2006: Housekeeper Ana Scolavino alleges she suffered a head wound when Campbell threw her mobile phone at her.

Someone needs to go to time-out...

unless they are just "dirty stones" of course

at least the chocolate isn't throwing phones at people's heads in the ad....

dg

I bet that they never even for one nanosecond used her name for the add to correlate chocolate and the fact that she's black.

don't understand that the ad is indeed racist and insulting. Such blissful ignorance is also a part of the problem!

Had they chosen a white diva (and their are many), the ad would have worked without insulting women of color.

Liberal audience even more so

And think it's pathetic playing the race card simply because one can? Or feel that ridiculous stunts like this detract from the calls of very real racism people experience every day? How sickening that a liberal audience would think that way.

Really is there not anything else in the world to worry about?

Your mileage may vary.

And anyone who can't see the racist implications in such an ad is either naive or...worse.

but I guess if she's going to be upset, she doesn't want to bring up the whole "blood diamond thing" (which is, no doubt, what's really upsetting her). Having said that, they shouldn't have used her name without her approval.

As for hurtful, getting hit with a cellphone is hurtful.