An Israeli advertisement perhaps crosses the line of racial acceptability, but the advertisers may not even realize that their ad may be deemed offensive for some. A hat store has advertised all over Yerushalayim, placing a number of pictures and writing on top of each of them a different line, such as “The nicest,” The lightest,” etc. The final picture, that of President Barack Obama, states “The blackest.”
Without a doubt, such an ad in the United States would cause an uproar.
In Israel? Just another day.
{Yair Alpert-Matzav.com Israel}
Of course, there are MKs with skin as dark as is.
And not just Shlomo Molla.
I question the wisdom of posting this article.
It’s not the last picture, it’s the first. Hebrew reads from right to left. (I would think you should know that!)
Barack H. Obama isn’t even black. The official term for him is “mulatto”.
The truth hurts…..
A Shvartz Yohr
Its a rather racist advertisement which should be removed and besides, obama is not the blackest and it doesnt even make sense to think of him as black for advertising purposes, it reminds me when I once saw in israel advertised by a bus stand a certain soap spelled soup they are pretty stupid these advertising companies and they just dont do their homework properly, but truth be told, they do manage to sell and israelis dont know the difference, but its still racist with regards to obama and probably against haluchu, to offend somebody, for the color of their skin