Name: Teens React to Racist Chinese Commercial
Uploaded: 2018-05-15T14:54:26.000Z
Duration: 7 min 49 s
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- Oh, I definitely have seen this before.

♪ (sultry music) ♪
- She made him Asian!

- The black guy who 
was filmed in this commercial,

I wonder if he knew 
what he was going into.

- This was taken from an Italian 
commercial, I want to say.

- It's racist as [bleep], 
but it's so stupid.

- That's such a stupid commercial
and I'm so upset with it,

- It's a little funny 
'cause you're just kinda shocked,

but at the same time I don't think
this is really a joke ad.

Is that okay in Asia, to play that on TV?

- (Finebros) So what did 
you think of this commercial?

- I should be offended,
but I find racist humor hilarious,

- I don't really care if anything's offensive.

But I could see how 
that's offensive to people.

- A lot of people want to be like,
"Oh, this is so offensive."

That Italian commercial that came out,
no one batted an eye

when the white guy 
turned into a black guy,

- I don't like it at all.
I think it's stupid.

- It's very disturbing and I do 
not approve of the commercial.

- They're essentially implying 
that black people

are just dirty Asians, 
which is incredibly [bleep] up.

- (Finebros) This was an actual commercial
that aired in China recently

for laundry detergent.
- Oh, it actually aired?

- (Finebros) Why do you think 
a company would decide

- I couldn't even begin to tell 
you the thought process on that.

- Maybe they were sitting 
there at their meeting.

They're like, "Oh, this would 
spark a lot of controversy.

- I don't know what 
would drive these people

to put that in their commercial,
to actually market this product.

- Honestly, I am not a part of the culture.

I have no idea what they were intending
and what they were going for.

- If someone in the U.S. made
a commercial like that,

- It's China and I'm pretty sure
there's not many black people over there.

It's such a lack of that populace
that they didn't think

And I also don't think they expected 
people from other countries

be paying attention to what they're doing.

And then, all of a sudden,
oh, you know, everybody cares!

- (Finebros) It sparked a ton 
of outrage and backlash online,

Do you think that's justified
or are people over-reacting?

- Um, I mean-- okay, 
let's get one thing straight.

The Internet always over-reacts 
to anything that ever happens.

- At the end of the day, 
I think it's comedic if anything.

They're saying they can wash 
the black off somebody.

- I also wanna know why did 
this man [bleep] agree to do this?

- I don't understand 
why anyone would want to--

like, "Hey, yeah!
I'll audition for this.

I love not accepting and loving my race."

- "I love suppressing my culture. Yay!"
- Oh my god! (laughter)

And me and my sister are really dark,
especially during the summers,

and she would always rag 
on us for being so dark

and she'd be like, "That's not pretty.
You need to be paler than that."

In China, if you're dark,
then they're like, "Oh, you're a farmer."

So you're lower class, 
and that's just kinda sucks,

you know, 'cause it's like--
I'm just tan, bro.

- (Finebros) The company 
actually released an apology

and said they have 
no intention to discriminate.

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