Posted in Wow! Ad Wednesday, tagged aztec, Entertainment, funny ads, Humor, odd ad, old advertising, racist, stereotypes, xenophobic ad on April 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So, tough sell…trying to make a language course into a sexy, interesting or otherwise note-worthy advert.
Hu-zzah! Learn On The Go language courses.
Body copy reads:
“They Used to Sacrifice People Here – If they start old habits, wouldn’t you like to talk them out of it?”
If this isn’t exactly racist, then at the very least it’s xenophobic. [...]
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Zachary Taylor
(March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850)
Old Rough and Ready (disdained the luxurious afforded to senior officers, preferring to ‘rough it’ along with all the other ranks)
Old Zach
Hero of Buena Vista (referring to Mexican War)
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