Speaking of rather careless web design...

raisindot

I waste as much time on Yahoo Games (well, just Texas Hold 'Em and Omaha really) as the next  man, but when I saw this game's billboard I did a bit of a double take. I mean, I don't think this is intentional, but don't you think the company that makes this might have thought about having the illustrator lighten up the babe's complexion a little to avoid any possible misinterpretation?




 

Gray4lines

You mean like Indians and casinos?  

It took me a second to come to that thought, but I could see it...

raisindot

Ummm, I was thinking of a different, er, ethnicity. 

Gray4lines

Lol, then I guess it isn't a problem.  Or I am unfamiliar with a poker stereotype?  I guess I just proved that I'm a racist a-hole.   She does look Hispanic.

jlmarta

With no offense intended toward anyone let me just say that when I was growing up in Detroit back in the 40's and 50's the slang term 'spade' was sometimes used in reference to African American folks. To my way of thinking, it was about as offensive as folks referring to me as a 'wop' or a 'dago'. We didn't much like it and I'm sure they didn't, either....

0patience

You know, it's kind of funny, but years ago my grandfather once made the comment that the only people who see those connections are the whiteman.

He was once asked if the term brave bothered him.
His reply, "No, does the term white bother you?"

webmost

0patience said:

You know, it's kind of funny, but years ago my grandfather once made the comment that the only people who see those connections are the whiteman.

He was once asked if the term brave bothered him.
His reply, "No, does the term white bother you?"

Everyone craves a chip on their shoulder these days. If you don't have one of your own, you borrow someone else's. If the other guy doesn't have one, you invent it. If you haven't wit enough to invent one, go ask HR.

jd50ae

Only a lxxxxxl could find racism in that photo.

ExpendableYouth

I don't really see a problem with it. 

raisindot

Well, my reaction was that the babe kind of looked like Diana Ross. To whose ethnicity the name of the game would be considered a racial slur.

As I said, I have no idea of whether this was intentional or not, but in most of the Yahoo Games billboards the featured "babe" is almost always lily white. Just a visceral reaction, not an accusation. 

raisindot

Comment removed. Some people not worth responding to. 

Amos_Umwhat

webmost said:

0patience said:

You know, it's kind of funny, but years ago my grandfather once made the comment that the only people who see those connections are the whiteman.

He was once asked if the term brave bothered him.
His reply, "No, does the term white bother you?"

Everyone craves a chip on their shoulder these days. If you don't have one of your own, you borrow someone else's. If the other guy doesn't have one, you invent it. If you haven't wit enough to invent one, go ask HR.

"Victim of this, victim of that, I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little a$$, get over it!"--Don Henley.

Dark_Roast

"Spades" was a long long long time ago reference to African American race. My guess is the persons that came up with this game are young individuals that were focusing on the suit that ultimately wins all. That's all.

Bob_Luken

raisindot said:

I waste as much time on Yahoo Games (well, just Texas Hold 'Em and Omaha really) as the next  man, but when I saw this game's billboard I did a bit of a double take. I mean, I don't think this is intentional, but don't you think the company that makes this might have thought about having the illustrator lighten up the babe's complexion a little to avoid any possible misinterpretation?




 

Well, assuming that I'd noticed it, or if someone had pointed it out to me like you did, yes it would have been best if she wasn't so,..... (tan? dark complected?)  And, if I were the one making the call on this from a marketing perspective, yes I would tell the graphics department to go back and try again. And, make sure she's unquestionably white, Asian or anything lighter than tan.

But wait! Hold on just a dang minute! What if they did this on purpose? To bring attention to it? If the news outlets ran a story on the racial perspective questions you posed, think how many thousands if not millions more people would find out about this game than they could ever hope to reach otherwise? And, since she's not really white and she's not really black, she's animated, they could always claim that they didn't mean to cause controversy. 

What would you call that? Underhanded marketing? Troll marketing? Brilliant? 

0patience

Bob_Luken said:

 And, since she's not really white and she's not really black, she's animated, they could always claim that they didn't mean to cause controversy. 

What would you call that? Underhanded marketing? Troll marketing? Brilliant? 

Well, long straight black hair, darker complexion than white, she looks native to me. ROFL!

raisindot

Bob_Luken said:

But wait! Hold on just a dang minute! What if they did this on purpose? To bring attention to it? If the news outlets ran a story on the racial perspective questions you posed, think how many thousands if not millions more people would find out about this game than they could ever hope to reach otherwise? And, since she's not really white and she's not really black, she's animated, they could always claim that they didn't mean to cause controversy. 

What would you call that? Underhanded marketing? Troll marketing? Brilliant? 

All three. I wouldn't have noticed it all if the babe were lily white like the rest of the Yahoo Games babes. If it truly is intentional it serves it purpose very well.  

The3Stogies

The other night was watching Big Bang and Raj was on a date set up by his parents with a girl from India.  Sheldon was telling her of a story with and Indian princess from his childhood.  She asked if the princess was her kind of Indian or "come to our casino" Indian, would that be considered racist?  I did laugh.

I grew up watching All In The Family, Sanford and Son, Dean Martin Roasts and stuff like that.  There was lots of racist comments and stereotypes in those shows but it was portrayed in a comical manner to be made fun of.  Archie Bunker was a comical red neck stuck in his life, Sanford and Son the white cops were portrayed as stupid and the Hispanics as thieves, and the Roasts probably couldn't be shown on TV today.  But that was some funny stuff and it was making fun of racism in my mind, showing it for the ridiculous thing it is by making fun of it out in the open.  And laughing at it.

YankeeMan

After reading all this, I'll have to back and look at her face, I seemed to miss that the first time I looked.  I must have been looking at something(s) different!