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unremarkableasterisk
lawdy!
qwerty4007
Most are racially insensitive, but some are just normal advertisements. All are interesting to view now.
march1studios
*low whistle* well, that was ... uh, racist.
CaerRythyr
Incredibly.
DylanIsBored
#6 is racist and sexist all in one, those marketers really out did themselves
MostlyIntoxicated
Jello... well, as long as it keeps my sinful neighbors out of my melon patch.
WallyMLG
The one about the oxfords, any1 have an HD version?
GGCrono
Just remember, people. These were not from all that long ago.
TheEldread
I always remind people of that. Some of the people that created these ads are probably still alive.
The5lacker
For some reason I really love #36. Jewish Rye is a good bread, people!
Sexlexic
When ever theres a black person on the FP the comment section reminds me of these posters.
inwatermelonsugar
right? Imgur is about as racist as these ads
SockMonkeyRiot
TIL Japs aren't as crossed eyed as I think
CyclePathe
Cringey, even if you're black, yellow, brown or normal
SocialMediaMakesUsLessSocial
Normalfag
poorupbringing
I'm so torn about upvoting this.... but I'll do it
prestidigination
#9
theseekeroftruth
#40
dude1990
I loved the Frito Bandito!
asherstoashes
This dump sho am good.
erbiumyttriumytterbium
I upvoted. Don't erase the mistakes of the past. Own up to them, and learn from them.
apercent
mathisunbreakable
As a copywriter, I'm fascinated by old-timey, long-form advertising. Think of all the free time people had back then!
JetSetGo
Wish I could double-upvote. Once for the post, and again for numbering.
leaderlesslurker
Companies still sell skin whitener the world over, too.
OhhHaiMark
I just want to say.... if anyone has the darkest skin imaginable... you are still just as beautiful
pocketfullosunshine
Yeah, but some of it is marketed for lightening discolored skin or scars. I've used it scars before.
RheaButt
But they don't market them with adds of black girls trying to look white
Batikshawl
Oh Yes , they do
greentights
doesn't have to be black, just darker skinned - also got whitening things for the nether regions
Automatomatic
Conservative States of America was a great mocumentary.
NuclearButtPlugFromPlanetX
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AskMeIfImFunAtParties
Just coming down here to check that someone made this comment. Thank you, my job is done.
happyfuntime89
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MoltarsGhost
I think you mean Confederate.
MoltarsGhost
But really what's the difference lmao
Automatomatic
You're right, I did. My mistake.
sweetfeetpete
What's up with mid century ads filling the page with text?
uglyshirts
We Copywriters used to run the show. Then western culture dumbed WAAAAAY down, people stopped reading, and now it's just pretty pitchers.
DynamicWeight
People had longer attention spans. Their sales pitch was trying to be more like "talking to a friend".
KentuckyFriedChildren
Guess it was fashionable at the time... like an onion on the belt
RedPandaStandingBy
After they set the toaster to three, medium brown.
freshgroundpepper
Yellow only, because of the war
aninvisiblemaniac
apparently people used to be swayed quite well by African Americans in the past considering all these ads
cinemeasctha
This racist but the Human Zoo took the biscuit when it comes to using POC for promotional purpose.
TheEldread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBRtf">Zc04">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBRtfkMZc04 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woF5qQG2Fig
JuliusSeizure7
I don't know about you, but I found the "Cornfucius" ad kinda funny.
Asteroidrules
It was corny.
DestroPrime82
What a time to be alive...
whiskeyandcigarettes
It would seem we have come far but now we just laugh and call them memes.
GreaterDog
#11, nope. You can thank Mao's Great Leap Forward for that.
tree004
"Forward"
GreaterDog
Don't have to feed an additional 45 million if they're all dead http://imgur.com/29BnP3r
BlownByTheMonsignor
One of the most abhorrent aspects of anti-African racism is how it equated blackness with filth: #7 , #9
Highfarm
At least the black kid didn't turn into a damn fairy :D
whyteraven74
Equated, yeah you might want to change the tense on that to present tense. Cause it's still a thing.
BlownByTheMonsignor
Too true.
thundercactus
Friend of mine was a white missionary. Went to an african village with kids that have never seen white people before...
thundercactus
kids were trying to rub her hands to see if the white would come off. Not racist, but cute.
TheEldread
Yes and unfortunately it still happens today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X27dvuBSyXE
ivm4
(Sigh!)
EclectusInfectus
Oh boy I sure made a mistake reading the comments on that video. Lordy.
TheEldread
Tell me about it. So, so very ugly.
mikeatike
Wtf was #37 advertising
KentuckyFriedChildren
Old ads were weird. And racist. And weird.
zbeezle
Courage, apparently.
KeyokeRabbit
Zulus attack, Fight back to back
mikeatike
Show them no mercy
naytorin
Tobacco, apparently.
mikeatike
Ah, can't see the fine print.
UncleFester11
That's actually a depiction of the Zulu wars so not really rascist
Arsikere
fun fact: after the British were pwned in modern Sudan by Zulu warriors (sometime in the 1800's) the Zulus buried them standing up with /
Arsikere
their weapons in their graves as a show of great respect.
Mcfarlane50
It's a depiction of the battle of Islandlwana a famous British defeat by the Zulus. So I'm not sure what they're trying to sell.
Mcfarlane50
Strike that it says tobacco on it. I should've read the other comments.
spiderqueendemon
That's a cigarette card. Every package would include a different picture and the goal was to collect the set. They had various themes.
spiderqueendemon
Bubble gum, mints and some soaps did the same.
mikeatike
Wtf was #38 advertising?
JeffShultz
The about to die British Lieutenants one? Tobacco.
gforce1616
I don't know how much clearer they could make it...Yum Yum brand apples...yuuuummmm
Dvicemuse
Looks like apples from a reservation
DefinitelyNotTippster
...Apples?
mikeatike
Whoops, meant to link #37
HalifaxSamuels
Cigarettes, maybe? It says "British American Tobacco Co." on it.
babysaidmaybe
Think it says Tobacco Co. at the bottom.