Billboard Brouhaha (Billy Dee Williams "racist and perverse" malt liquor ads)

wilx ^ | July 8, 2009 | AP

[the_devils_advocate_666]

[reagan_fanatic]

Hey! I just realized there’s beer in that picture!

[wardaddy]

back at ya, pretending black folks don't drink cheap malt liquor is akin to saying hillbillies don't drink moonshine (got some peach shine from Pleasant Shade TN on my counter), they don't target them with it competing for their buying power on that sort of beverage for nothing and what the hell is racist about that?...can't believe some freepers buy into the PC siren...but alas after nearly 10 years here I see it all the time...which is a big problem for our future:

[EveningStar]

bump

[SunkenCiv]

...billboards throughout the city that boast Colt 45 malt liquor "works every time." The council spent part of Tuesday looking at ways to regulate such advertising after residents complained they were offended by the billboards featuring a cartoon representation of actor Billy Dee Williams.

Y'know, because nothing else going on in Detroit right now is very important, like Monica Conyers' little boo-boo.

[MHGinTN]

To the voters in Detroit, the Conyers criminality is a non-issue; they expect their political reps to be criminal enterprise dems with crime families.

[SunkenCiv]

What’s *really* killing their “community”:

Conyers pleads guilty to conspiracy
ABC | 06/26/09 | Staff
Posted on 06/26/2009 6:05:28 PM PDT by Mozilla
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2280393/posts

VIDEO - Is Mrs. Conyers Smarter than an Eighth Grader?
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run | 5/02/08 | Michael C. Moynihan
Posted on 05/03/2008 12:21:39 PM PDT by LJayne
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2010788/posts

Ex-Conyers aide who skipped fraud sentencing arrested in Africa
ap on Bakersfield Californian | 1/3/06 | AP
Posted on 01/03/2006 5:28:07 PM PST by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1551421/posts

[TheMole]

I don't get it. Either the point of the ad ...

Maybe this version will make it clear.

[Vanders9]

Very poor taste.

But not racist.

[ActrFshr]

Neither two black associates nor other “white”/Asian/latino associates could find what’s racist or poor taste in this commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pK5HmuCMBM

Now if these commercials below were real, they’d be borderline racist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_79fnYlU7F0