Hey Target, Why Is Annie White?

huhu, thats how tweens dress.

i guess some people dont get it?

originally, annie is white. this new remake has a black daddy warbucks and a black annie.

target puts white girls in the ad about about annie and it causes huge stir in american media, who like to get hyper sensitive about race and racism, when they are the most racist of all.

i suppose now i am captain obvious

On December 30 2014 21:43 traxamillion wrote: They use a white girl in the ad because they are trying to primarily market to whites. Nothing racist about that it is about money.

this is dumb logic. One could justify all kinds of racist shit by saying "i'm not racist but everyone else is so I have to do this to make more money."

Like not allowing blacks into your restaurants or country clubs because all your members don't want blacks there. It's not racist... it's about money!!!

On December 30 2014 21:43 traxamillion wrote: They use a white girl in the ad because they are trying to primarily market to whites. Nothing racist about that it is about money. Look at modeling in general more often than not it seems that attractive whites make the most and are in the most demand. I'm not gonna say whites are the most attractive because obviously there are plenty of ugly whites and beautiful people of all races. But in general when it comes to attractiveness light skin seems to be a good thing. In the Indian world lighter skin = higher social status. Wealthy/successful blacks (tiger woods) go for white women. Many of the hottest black and Asian girls are Half white, etc.

you mothafuckers are not even white, you guys are all pinkish

On December 31 2014 22:09 blackjacki2 wrote: Show nested quote + On December 30 2014 21:43 traxamillion wrote: They use a white girl in the ad because they are trying to primarily market to whites. Nothing racist about that it is about money. this is dumb logic. One could justify all kinds of racist shit by saying "i'm not racist but everyone else is so I have to do this to make more money." Like not allowing blacks into your restaurants or country clubs because all your members don't want blacks there. It's not racist... it's about money!!!

That is different because you are talking about exclusion. Just because Target may be targeting whites in this case (They aren't - its Target. A cheap, large, American Chain SuperStore. Their target demographic includes all minorities) because they think they will buy and like the clothing the most and maybe have the most money to spend does not mean others are not welcome to buy the clothing as well. Of course they are; everyone can buy.

A lot of times things are intentionally marketed to one small subsect of the population in order to make them seem upscale or exclusive which then in turn makes them desirable to everyone else. i.e. luxury goods. Nothing necessarily racist about that. Racism is a strong word and implies hate. Maybe you guys should be saying light discrimination (which in my view is not always horrible because there are some small differences between the different races and the cultures that make up those races despite the fact that we are all humans. People don't like to acknowledge this obviously but I find it true nevertheless).

Look at Abercrombie and Fitch. Look at who they hire, how they advertise, etc. It is clear their target demographic is young white men and women. Funny thing is when I worked there most of our customers by far were Asian. Not like we had a problem with this. Its marketing psychology and economics not hate or elitism (ok with AF maybe a little elitism but more about being attractive as opposed to being white. A lot of our models and even in store employees were of non-white ancestry).

I mean if Abercrombie like Target here is racist are they Ageist as well? By your logic they would have to be because they are not using the elderly in their ads or making clothes for them. Same as they have a target race demographic they have a target age demographic. Age and race protections are the same under the law.

Do you see where I am going with this? A 100% pc world sucks. Be real

On December 31 2014 02:06 bigredhoss wrote: im confused, this is about a movie or something? who is 'Annie' ?

Annie is some fictional iconic American girl known for her red pigtails, like Little Red Riding Hood or Pippi Longstockings or something. They made a movie about her, or remade a movie about her where Annie is played by a black girl. So you have a bunch of racist baby boomers from the 50's thinking it's some sort of political social statement to remake her black, and and equal amount of uh, anti-political social justice warriors trying to state the exact opposite, and Gnarly just looking for something to blog about.

and you guys know gnarly is trolling when of the two pictures in the article he posts the one that is ambiguous with multiple girls of different colors, not the one with the SOLO white girl in the all red dress with ANNIE slapped above it that actually started and is causing the controversy.

gnarly is a troll guys

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Here is the extremely bigoted picture exemplifying white america over black america.
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and then he posts the picture that Target actually used to defend themselves. Not even that subtle IMO.

On December 31 2014 22:09 blackjacki2 wrote: Show nested quote + On December 30 2014 21:43 traxamillion wrote: They use a white girl in the ad because they are trying to primarily market to whites. Nothing racist about that it is about money. this is dumb logic. One could justify all kinds of racist shit by saying "i'm not racist but everyone else is so I have to do this to make more money." Like not allowing blacks into your restaurants or country clubs because all your members don't want blacks there. It's not racist... it's about money!!!

kinda like how there's a restaurant i believe in detroit that charges white people twice the menu price and allows black people to eat free as much as they want? that's not racist, AT ALL.

but when the market dictates that demand is here, not over there, then you bet your fucking ass the cash flow goes over here, not over there.

On January 01 2015 01:08 traxamillion wrote: and you guys know gnarly is trolling when of the two pictures in the article he posts the one that is ambiguous with multiple girls of different colors, not the one with the SOLO white girl in the all red dress with ANNIE slapped above it that actually started and is causing the controversy. gnarly is a troll guys

yeah, im trolling because these media sites are cherry picking ONE picture out of who knows how many other pictures there are. even in their own petition they acknowledge that the girl who played annie had NO problem with targets product launch.

a sensible comment from the discussion of the article

"Jason Ross
Jason Ross 10 hours ago

Stop the PC nonsense. Most ads in clothing stores feature white models. Skinny, chiseled, whatever. That is perceived to be beautiful. It sells.


Get over it."

On January 01 2015 01:09 traxamillion wrote: " Here is the extremely bigoted picture exemplifying white america over black america. " and then he posts the picture that Target actually used to defend themselves. Not even that subtle IMO.

are you trolling?

No you are trolling because you are a troll and you always troll.

In the OP you are on the side of the media Condemning Target and their racist ways and all the ugly racism in America


Then in this post today you completely change your stance? or just say some contradictory shit to your own viewpoints for no reason in some failed attempt to refute what I said? You say the Black actor herself had no problems with Target using a white girl in the ads (the original annie is white).

On January 01 2015 01:16 Gnarly wrote: yeah, im trolling because these media sites are cherry picking ONE picture out of who knows how many other pictures there are. even in their own petition they acknowledge that the girl who played annie had NO problem with targets product launch.

So I know some of it isn't trolling some of it really is just being dumb but I do believe you intentionally troll as well

On January 01 2015 01:27 traxamillion wrote: No you are trolling because you are a troll and you always troll. In the OP you are on the side of the media Condemning Target and their racist ways and all the ugly racism in America Then in this post today you completely change your stance? or just say some contradictory shit to your own viewpoints for no reason in some failed attempt to refute what I said? You say the Black actor herself had no problems with Target using a white girl in the ads (the original annie is white). Show nested quote + On January 01 2015 01:16 Gnarly wrote: yeah, im trolling because these media sites are cherry picking ONE picture out of who knows how many other pictures there are. even in their own petition they acknowledge that the girl who played annie had NO problem with targets product launch. So I know some of it isn't trolling some of it really is just being dumb but I do believe you intentionally troll as well

Now this is what I call Trolling, volume Trax!

Do you know what sarcasm is? Cause I was being ENTIRELY sarcastic in my OP.

and you actually try to play poker?

well yea thats what im saying. You were being facetious, or sarcastic, or leveling. that is basically what trolling is. lol

being sarcastic is not what trolling is. most people can actually pick up sarcasm, so most people assume most people know when they are being sarcastic. if you actually thought I was being serious, then you need to sharpen your social skills quite a bit. i was more or less poking fun at the idea that people actually take things like whether or not the girl modeled in a product launch based off of a movie remake is consistent with the movie remake itself. Especially when these articles are produced more or less for clickbaiting.

given ur history here bud yes, i obviously thought you were dead serious in the op; just retardedly bitching about racism

about 98% of the time you don't post normal, well written, logical things like that last post and I think you are aware of that.

On January 01 2015 04:36 traxamillion wrote: about 98% of the time you don't post normal, well written, logical things like that last post and I think you are aware of that.

This. I was pretty surprised at his last couple posts too heh

On January 01 2015 01:14 Gnarly wrote: kinda like how there's a restaurant i believe in detroit that charges white people twice the menu price and allows black people to eat free as much as they want? that's not racist, AT ALL.

It's Detroit...

On December 30 2014 17:46 ggplz wrote: Dude, there's nothing wrong with having a white girl in 100% of the ads for a clothing line inspired by a movie with a black main character. To think that there is is complete PC & racist paranoia. It's an unhealthy mindset and by nit picking at stuff like this that mostly satisfies the PC/multicultural agendas anyway you just ignite more race-related crap over basically nothing. That woman deserves nothing and shouldn't expect anything from Target. If the entire range had only black girls in the ads, would a petition from a white or mixed race family be reasonable? I mean, what we want is an exact even distribution of race in ads otherwise it's racist or not "multicultural" enough, right? It has nothing at all to do with the black mother feeling her own race lost some power here. Note that the child that sparked all this was also mixed race.

If this was facebook you would get a "like"

PC is just something for unimportant people to whine about and get attention because they are ignored trough their daily, petty lives