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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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?

Zendaya is biracial

[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.

Another dumb white woman who thinks her perceived liberalism gives her carte Blanche to be the unhinged idiot she is . Frankly , why do you think your so-called liberalism makes you any less or anymore stupid than your conservative white brethren or boyfriend/husband . Do yourself a favor and understand that liberalism of yours ( questionable at this point ) isn't an insurance policy against tone deaf attitudes like yours . You're nauseating

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I voted for Obama twice and Hillary once and Bill Clinton twice but I just think people take offense at everything these days. Save your fire for the real problem...Trump! And his people!

If you don't see the problem with what you wrote then you're lost . Trump is white America's problem at this point .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

I'm a public interest lawyer and antipoverty advocate in DC (doing work on the national, state and local levels). And I'm supremely annoyed by faux outrage fueled by misguided social media rants. Where were you people during the election? All of a sudden you "care"...allegedly...and are easily outraged and feel compelled (for whatever reason) to act out on social media.

Well, kudos to you, America...Pepsi yanked the commercial. Mission accomplished. Of course we still have a mad man in the White House whose proposed budget seeks to eliminate critical programs that assist low-income and vulnerable populations.

You are supremely ignorant and cloaked in your pretty white privilege I'm sure you're nothing but a disservice to your "public interest" clients. Mostly because you seem to totally, completely and conveniently forget that the people upset about this ad did show up on Election Day, you dimwit, and Hillary won the popular vote, but self centered, self interested and frankly stupid white woman voted that mad man into the White House.

Minorities did not turn out for the election in same numbers as the first Obama election.

Plenty of liberal white women are outraged by this commercial. Some of them voted---and likely voted for HRC---but many didn't bother to vote. All of a sudden people are interested in getting political (which is a good thing), but they fail to realize that faux outrage on social media doesn't actually change the world.

When media coverage focuses on a stupid Pepsi commercial instead of Syria or Russian interference in the election, we lose.

And this whole "white privilege" thing has gotten out of hand. Not everything is white privilege...especially an innocuous Pepsi ad. I won't be guilt tripped into believing the ad is controversial, because it's not. You're making giant leaps in your criticism. There's no mention of BLM anywhere in the commercial. There's no police confrontation. Do you not realize that police are present at most public gatherings? Do you not realize that police typically wear riot gear at controversial rallies (like the BLM protest pictured up thread)? This is not a BLM protest. Period. And stop making everything about race. How can a Pepsi ad be a political statement about race? They introduced a black guy and a presumably Muslim woman to show diversity. Had those people been white, would that have made it better or worse? What if Kendall was holding the camera and the Muslim woman handed the cop the soda---better or worse? I think I know the answer to this question: what if the black guy handed the soda to the cop? That's worse, right? Because then you people would say, "OMG, Pepsi thinks a soda will end issues with race relations and police brutality!" (Isn't that the leap that King's daughter made up thread? Again: a leap since there was no police confrontation in the ad.) That's what Pepsi wanted to avoid, so that's why they had pretty Kendall hand over the soda.

I suppose the bottom line is that America isn't ready to have a coke and a smile. America isn't equipped to join hands and teach the world to sing. America is too cynical, too angry...and clearly has too much time on their hands if they are over analyzing commercials.

Question: what if the ad was for coke. What if it was a hands across America style chain of people holding hands singing I'd like to teach the world to sing, and a young black guy was holding hands with a white cop? Better or worse?

Continue to be outraged over a Pepsi commercial. I'll be at work today helping actual people fight the system.

The thing with white peoole like you is that you seem to have this haughty mindset whereby you believe you have some divine authority to regulate outrage, you don't . People for whatever fucking reason . Stop telling people what to do and go back to your works helping people * eye roll*

[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.

Kendall and her family are disgusting. I don't buy anything any one of them endorses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't see why all news call it controversial? What is the big deal?

You're white....of course you don't see a problem

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't see why all news call it controversial? What is the big deal?

You're white....of course you don't see a problem

I'm Asian and I don't see a problem with the ad. People overthink things a lot.

[Anonymous]

I'm black, and I didn't assume the protest was BLM. I think it exhibited some stereotypes: blacks dancing, Asian playing a string instrument. The worse part to me was Kendall tossing her wig into the hands of a black woman. WTF? The rest of it was just corny. I do understand why some are offended. I think the SNL sketch from this past Saturday summed it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

I'm a public interest lawyer and antipoverty advocate in DC (doing work on the national, state and local levels). And I'm supremely annoyed by faux outrage fueled by misguided social media rants. Where were you people during the election? All of a sudden you "care"...allegedly...and are easily outraged and feel compelled (for whatever reason) to act out on social media.

Well, kudos to you, America...Pepsi yanked the commercial. Mission accomplished. Of course we still have a mad man in the White House whose proposed budget seeks to eliminate critical programs that assist low-income and vulnerable populations.

You are supremely ignorant and cloaked in your pretty white privilege I'm sure you're nothing but a disservice to your "public interest" clients. Mostly because you seem to totally, completely and conveniently forget that the people upset about this ad did show up on Election Day, you dimwit, and Hillary won the popular vote, but self centered, self interested and frankly stupid white woman voted that mad man into the White House.

Minorities did not turn out for the election in same numbers as the first Obama election.

Plenty of liberal white women are outraged by this commercial. Some of them voted---and likely voted for HRC---but many didn't bother to vote. All of a sudden people are interested in getting political (which is a good thing), but they fail to realize that faux outrage on social media doesn't actually change the world.

When media coverage focuses on a stupid Pepsi commercial instead of Syria or Russian interference in the election, we lose.

And this whole "white privilege" thing has gotten out of hand. Not everything is white privilege...especially an innocuous Pepsi ad. I won't be guilt tripped into believing the ad is controversial, because it's not. You're making giant leaps in your criticism. There's no mention of BLM anywhere in the commercial. There's no police confrontation. Do you not realize that police are present at most public gatherings? Do you not realize that police typically wear riot gear at controversial rallies (like the BLM protest pictured up thread)? This is not a BLM protest. Period. And stop making everything about race. How can a Pepsi ad be a political statement about race? They introduced a black guy and a presumably Muslim woman to show diversity. Had those people been white, would that have made it better or worse? What if Kendall was holding the camera and the Muslim woman handed the cop the soda---better or worse? I think I know the answer to this question: what if the black guy handed the soda to the cop? That's worse, right? Because then you people would say, "OMG, Pepsi thinks a soda will end issues with race relations and police brutality!" (Isn't that the leap that King's daughter made up thread? Again: a leap since there was no police confrontation in the ad.) That's what Pepsi wanted to avoid, so that's why they had pretty Kendall hand over the soda.

I suppose the bottom line is that America isn't ready to have a coke and a smile. America isn't equipped to join hands and teach the world to sing. America is too cynical, too angry...and clearly has too much time on their hands if they are over analyzing commercials.

Question: what if the ad was for coke. What if it was a hands across America style chain of people holding hands singing I'd like to teach the world to sing, and a young black guy was holding hands with a white cop? Better or worse?

Continue to be outraged over a Pepsi commercial. I'll be at work today helping actual people fight the system.

OMFG. For being Ms. Helping People Fight the System, you are quite ignorant. Why don't you think minorities didn't "turn out" for this election? Maybe you should educate yourself about the voter suppression laws that have been passed since 2008. SMDH!