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9 Vintage Ads That Are So Ridiculously Racist and Sexist They'd Be Banned Today
pjmedia.com ^ | 5/22/2016 | Julie Prince

Posted on 05/22/2016 7:06:38 AM PDT by rktman

The PC police are out of control these days. It seems freedom of speech is under attack over the slightest things. But these ads are not that. Let's just say they more than push the envelope! Here are my top picks for ads from over the years that would never fly today and may just leave you with your jaw on the floor in disbelief.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Philosophy
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To: 21twelve

Irian Jaya?

Isn’t that where Lolo Soetoro and Stanley Ann claimed Barack was from to explain away his curly hair?


81 posted on 05/23/2016 6:08:03 AM PDT by null and void ("when authority began inspiring contempt, it had stopped being authority" ~ H. Beam Piper)
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To: HarleyLady27
remember our very first T.V. test pattern on until ‘Art Linkletter’ then the news at 6p.m. then back to test pattern...

Was it the Indian in full head headdress pattern? I have Kukla, Fran, and Ollie and Kate Smith with the moon coming over the mountain as my early memories. We got our TV in 49, a Fada. Kate was on at 4:00. Earlier my mother would listen to soaps on the radio. Helen Trent was the one that sticks in my memory.

82 posted on 05/23/2016 6:25:39 AM PDT by Stentor ("Hiding behind 'conservative' while America goes down the toilet is not acceptable anymore." LS)
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