Comments on: Intel Core 2 ‘Racist’ Duo http://www.techzi.net/articles/2007/07/30/intel-core-2-racist-duo/ Part of the Zi Media Network Fri, 5 Dec 2008 03:07:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Roger House http://www.techzi.net/articles/2007/07/30/intel-core-2-racist-duo/#comment-44910 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:48:17 +0000 http://www.techzi.net/articles/2007/07/30/intel-core-2-racist-duo/#comment-44910 Only a racist would construe this ad as being racist. It's not like its 6 'different' Black guys its a duplication of 'one' Black guy. And he is clearly NOT bowing to 'the man'. He preparing to sprint. (or as the ad would have you believe, preparing to perform a speedy and extraordinary feat that comes from high conditioning and training.) And just because it's racist(actually prejudiced) DOESN'T mean its not TRUE. Black people are (for the better part) naturally athletically inclined. Not to take anything away from White/Brown/Yellow people. And yes I am Black, and I run waaaaay faster than ALL my White friends. I'm no good at basketball though...go figure. Only a racist would construe this ad as being racist. It’s not like its 6 ‘different’ Black guys its a duplication of ‘one’ Black guy. And he is clearly NOT bowing to ‘the man’. He preparing to sprint. (or as the ad would have you believe, preparing to perform a speedy and extraordinary feat that comes from high conditioning and training.) And just because it’s racist(actually prejudiced) DOESN’T mean its not TRUE. Black people are (for the better part) naturally athletically inclined. Not to take anything away from White/Brown/Yellow people. And yes I am Black, and I run waaaaay faster than ALL my White friends. I’m no good at basketball though…go figure.

]]> by: David Wilkinson http://www.techzi.net/articles/2007/07/30/intel-core-2-racist-duo/#comment-8735 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:32:25 +0000 http://www.techzi.net/articles/2007/07/30/intel-core-2-racist-duo/#comment-8735 There are so many angles it can be viewed from - I just picked to highlight a potentially article-worthy one. We're short of news. ;) There are so many angles it can be viewed from - I just picked to highlight a potentially article-worthy one. We’re short of news. ;)

]]> by: David Wilkinson http://www.techzi.net/articles/2007/07/30/intel-core-2-racist-duo/#comment-8734 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:31:19 +0000 http://www.techzi.net/articles/2007/07/30/intel-core-2-racist-duo/#comment-8734 LMAO! Nicely put. ;) LMAO! Nicely put. ;)

]]> by: Craig Cobb http://www.techzi.net/articles/2007/07/30/intel-core-2-racist-duo/#comment-8731 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:27:46 +0000 http://www.techzi.net/articles/2007/07/30/intel-core-2-racist-duo/#comment-8731 The mental suggestion that we are meant to conjure--namely, that black sprinters are necessarily associated with the abilty to rapidly process information, is indeed amusing. http://podblanc.com The mental suggestion that we are meant to conjure–namely, that black sprinters are necessarily associated with the abilty to rapidly process information, is indeed amusing. http://podblanc.com

]]> by: Matt Tutt http://www.techzi.net/articles/2007/07/30/intel-core-2-racist-duo/#comment-8728 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:53:29 +0000 http://www.techzi.net/articles/2007/07/30/intel-core-2-racist-duo/#comment-8728 They look like they are ready to work, I don't think it's that racist although it could easily be interpreted as racist... They look like they are ready to work, I don’t think it’s that racist although it could easily be interpreted as racist…

]]> by: cooliojones http://www.techzi.net/articles/2007/07/30/intel-core-2-racist-duo/#comment-8692 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:58:19 +0000 http://www.techzi.net/articles/2007/07/30/intel-core-2-racist-duo/#comment-8692 Well we've known that white men can't jump for a while now, lol. :) I do agree with Max though. If you can reverse things and it still gets unnoticed, then it's probably safe. Well we’ve known that white men can’t jump for a while now, lol. :)

I do agree with Max though. If you can reverse things and it still gets unnoticed, then it’s probably safe.

]]> by: Seshi http://www.techzi.net/articles/2007/07/30/intel-core-2-racist-duo/#comment-8603 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:50:48 +0000 http://www.techzi.net/articles/2007/07/30/intel-core-2-racist-duo/#comment-8603 Here here! *High-fives David-sama* Here here! *High-fives David-sama*

]]> by: Deelip http://www.techzi.net/articles/2007/07/30/intel-core-2-racist-duo/#comment-8523 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:27:59 +0000 http://www.techzi.net/articles/2007/07/30/intel-core-2-racist-duo/#comment-8523 I don't thing they are bowing down. I don't think its racist. Like someone said in earlier comment, you will find racism in everything from a point, if you think more about racism. I don’t thing they are bowing down.
I don’t think its racist. Like someone said in earlier comment, you will find racism in everything from a point, if you think more about racism.

]]> by: David Wilkinson http://www.techzi.net/articles/2007/07/30/intel-core-2-racist-duo/#comment-8403 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:50:25 +0000 http://www.techzi.net/articles/2007/07/30/intel-core-2-racist-duo/#comment-8403 Put it this way... Why did ALL the guys have to black, ready to sprint? Is that suggesting white people are slow? Asians are non existant? Blacks are supreme? Whichever way you look at it - they should have gone for variation. Put it this way… Why did ALL the guys have to black, ready to sprint? Is that suggesting white people are slow? Asians are non existant? Blacks are supreme?

Whichever way you look at it - they should have gone for variation.

]]> by: Is this advert really racist? | TechRave http://www.techzi.net/articles/2007/07/30/intel-core-2-racist-duo/#comment-8402 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:46:38 +0000 http://www.techzi.net/articles/2007/07/30/intel-core-2-racist-duo/#comment-8402 [...] I think it is rather sad that we try to deem anything and everything racist even if it seems to contain a tiny bit of something like slavery from the past. As I mentioned on TechZi, how the hell are we ever going to stop racism, if we keep saying things that aren’t racist, are? When I see this poster, I see a man (presumably a boss of some sort) and some men ready to race, referencing to the high performance of Intel’s Multi core CPU’s. [...] […] I think it is rather sad that we try to deem anything and everything racist even if it seems to contain a tiny bit of something like slavery from the past. As I mentioned on TechZi, how the hell are we ever going to stop racism, if we keep saying things that aren’t racist, are? When I see this poster, I see a man (presumably a boss of some sort) and some men ready to race, referencing to the high performance of Intel’s Multi core CPU’s. […]

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