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The social costs of migration for Filipino workers
Two days ago Coca Cola released a heart-breaking commercial with a social responsibility spin. They profile three Filipino migrant workers in Europe who have not seen their families in many years. The...
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Asian American commercial watch: Lisa and the universe
I’m surprised that there’s not a better version of this commercial on YouTube, considering I’ve seen it several times a day now (and I don’t even watch that much TV!). Sexist commenters seem to think...
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McBoba: an update
When I wrote the last post on McDonald’s ad for their new bubble tea line in Germany, I had no idea what to make of the content of the ad (I don’t speak a word of German). Since then, several German …...
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“See Asia Like Asians Do”
What year is it again? An ad campaign in the Ukraine. Via Copyranter.
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Advertising fail: McDonaldsadvertisesinhmong withoutenoughspaces
McDonald’s put up this billboard in St. Paul, Minnesota to try to get the area’s Hmong community (the largest in the US) to eat more Egg McMuffins.The problem? According to Hmong speakers, the ad is...
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Snoopy and Woodstock go Chinese for MetLife
The Mandarin segments of LA18, Los Angeles’ Asian language channel, have some of the most interesting commercials on free-to-air American television. For example, on what other channel would you...
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Our City of Colours poster campaign
Vancouver non-profit Our City of Colours has an amazing poster campaign highlighting queer people from many different cultural communities. More after the jump and on their Facebook page.
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Problematic bubble tea advertising and everyday racism in Germany
Taipei-based German journalist Klaus Bardenhagen wrote a new post on his German-language blog about the McDonald’s bubble tea controversy from earlier this year. I’m mentioned near the middle of the...
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Sociological Images
American sociologists have been reading Sociological Images for years now, but I think it’s about time for this blog to go big worldwide. The blog, run by a group of US academics, offers sociological...
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