Kendall Jenner's Pepsi commercial - is it really controversial?

[Anonymous]

Wow - as per usual, a large corporation gives us a commercial that is beautifully filmed and edited but attempts to co-opt other people's hard work.

Jenner's race and activist record (or lack thereof) isn't the issue - Pepsi is. A can of Pepsi leads to peace between the police and young protesters? I don't think so. Stop trying to make money off of the genuine concerns and struggles of real people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow - as per usual, a large corporation gives us a commercial that is beautifully filmed and edited but attempts to co-opt other people's hard work.

Jenner's race and activist record (or lack thereof) isn't the issue - Pepsi is. A can of Pepsi leads to peace between the police and young protesters? I don't think so. Stop trying to make money off of the genuine concerns and struggles of real people.

I actually think all of that is an issue, minus Jenner's race.

[Anonymous]

https://twitter.com/BerniceKing/status/849656699464056832

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://twitter.com/BerniceKing/status/849656699464056832

Mic drop.

[Anonymous]

Pepsi has pulled the ad. Good!

http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/pepsi-ad-pulled-kendall-jenner-protest-1202023459/

[Anonymous]

OP how can you be so dense? Others hae touched on some points but I'll sum it up:

Kendall Jenner, who is like, 21, white, and does absolutely nothing to advance social justice or civil rights as a public person, is portrayed as a "white savior" whom Muslims and African Americans cheer because she, and she alone, is brave enough to walk up to the officers and have the genius idea of handing them... a Pepsi.

This a) trivializes the work ACTUAL activists have done over the years by essentially making Kendall Jenner not only their equal, but their BETTER! They are the ones to blame for protests turning violent and having their civil rights still in question to this day. Maybe if only they had been brave and bold like KENDALL they could have been more successful!

It also denigrates the very serious issues of civil rights by tying them to friggin PEPSI.

It is 100% intended to be perceived as a BLM protest- cops don't stand in a phalanx like that at any regular political protest. They do that at Black Lives Matter protests and protests after incidents of social injustice such as in Baltimore and Ferguson. So Pepsi is saying, "Sure, people are dying for your black rights, but Kendall here has got just the answer: PEPSI."

People have died over these issues. MLK Jr., Malcolm X., Medgar Evers were all killed for their work protesting the unfair treatment of blacks and engaging in peaceful protest. This is a huge dishonor to their memory.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://twitter.com/BerniceKing/status/849656699464056832

Mic drop.

Best quote ever.

[Anonymous]

Bleeding heart liberal here. There's nothing controversial about it. Critics are stretching to make connections that simply aren't there.

Where does it say it's a BLM protest?

We don't know what kind of protest or rally it is. We just know it's a protest or rally.

Here's what the commercial actually depicts and conclusions we can reasonably draw:

-Kendall the model leaves a photo shoot and immediately tosses her wig and rubs off her make-up...she's keeping it real.

-Then she's just regular citizen Kendall in jeans at a protest or rally. We don't know what people are protesting. People don't seem upset...there's no violence. It almost seems like a fun atmosphere.

-Kendall is a cheeky monkey and boldly approaches the cute cop and hands him a Pepsi. Gasp...what will he do? Will he taze her or drink it? He drinks it!

-Kendall has a smirk as she walks away. Yeah, she's still got it...the cute cop drank her Pepsi.

-Cop smiles and shrugs his soldiers at his colleague. Sure, he's not supposed to flirt with protesters...but, oh well.

I don't get the faux outrage. Is it just because she's a Kardashian and the world is hell bent on rooting against them?

Nothing controversial here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP how can you be so dense? Others hae touched on some points but I'll sum it up:

Kendall Jenner, who is like, 21, white, and does absolutely nothing to advance social justice or civil rights as a public person, is portrayed as a "white savior" whom Muslims and African Americans cheer because she, and she alone, is brave enough to walk up to the officers and have the genius idea of handing them... a Pepsi.

This a) trivializes the work ACTUAL activists have done over the years by essentially making Kendall Jenner not only their equal, but their BETTER! They are the ones to blame for protests turning violent and having their civil rights still in question to this day. Maybe if only they had been brave and bold like KENDALL they could have been more successful!

It also denigrates the very serious issues of civil rights by tying them to friggin PEPSI.

It is 100% intended to be perceived as a BLM protest- cops don't stand in a phalanx like that at any regular political protest. They do that at Black Lives Matter protests and protests after incidents of social injustice such as in Baltimore and Ferguson. So Pepsi is saying, "Sure, people are dying for your black rights, but Kendall here has got just the answer: PEPSI."

People have died over these issues. MLK Jr., Malcolm X., Medgar Evers were all killed for their work protesting the unfair treatment of blacks and engaging in peaceful protest. This is a huge dishonor to their memory.

You are reading waaaaaaaay too much into a Pepsi commercial. Do you really think that was the intention behind the commercial? It wasn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bleeding heart liberal here. There's nothing controversial about it. Critics are stretching to make connections that simply aren't there.

Where does it say it's a BLM protest?

We don't know what kind of protest or rally it is. We just know it's a protest or rally.

Here's what the commercial actually depicts and conclusions we can reasonably draw:

-Kendall the model leaves a photo shoot and immediately tosses her wig and rubs off her make-up...she's keeping it real.

-Then she's just regular citizen Kendall in jeans at a protest or rally. We don't know what people are protesting. People don't seem upset...there's no violence. It almost seems like a fun atmosphere.

-Kendall is a cheeky monkey and boldly approaches the cute cop and hands him a Pepsi. Gasp...what will he do? Will he taze her or drink it? He drinks it!

-Kendall has a smirk as she walks away. Yeah, she's still got it...the cute cop drank her Pepsi.

-Cop smiles and shrugs his soldiers at his colleague. Sure, he's not supposed to flirt with protesters...but, oh well.

I don't get the faux outrage. Is it just because she's a Kardashian and the world is hell bent on rooting against them?

Nothing controversial here.

Do you work for Pepsi or Mama Pimp Kris?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow - as per usual, a large corporation gives us a commercial that is beautifully filmed and edited but attempts to co-opt other people's hard work.

Jenner's race and activist record (or lack thereof) isn't the issue - Pepsi is. A can of Pepsi leads to peace between the police and young protesters? I don't think so. Stop trying to make money off of the genuine concerns and struggles of real people.

What? Do you really believe the point of the commercial was to illustrate that?

Where did you see police violence? Where did you see conflict? It is a peaceful rally. They aren't making a political statement. You are really making a giant leap.

Here's there statement: have a Pepsi and smile. Sound familiar? That used to be the Coke motto.

[Anonymous]

The protesting for blm and against Trump is stupid. A Pepsi would be less stupid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get why she would be chosen as the face of the black lives matter movement or the fight against racism when she has never done anything in her personal life to support the movement or even show that she cares about it.

Well, I mean I "get it" of course it's fueled by money and popularity but it's a slap in the face to the people that are really in the communities doing the work and fighting the fight.

BTW, this thread probably belongs on the Entertainment page.

Do you think they should have picked.... Simone Biles? Someone else who's black and popular? Zendaya?

You see, you making it all about the race. So you don't think the white person can support the civil liberties of the black people and has to be excluded based on her skin color?

How is she "supporting the civil liberties of black people" by handing the police officer a Pepsi?

How was Coca Cola spreading world peace and love by "teaching the world to sing" with a Coke in hand?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://twitter.com/BerniceKing/status/849656699464056832

Mic drop.

Best quote ever.

Very stupid, mlk real movement, today's protest butt hurt liberals