Boycott T-Mobile Telecommunication Co., NOW:

July 02-2008:

WORD-UP:

Boycott T-Mobile Telecommunication Co.,Now!

T Mobile telecoms organization in Japan had an advertisement that portrayed a MONKEY, as a popular political figure, in a recent promotion.

And the crowds that were shown in this advertisement had the signs that read 'CHANGE.'

The Japanese firm representative said on TV today, that they did not associate this monkey avatar as a cultural or racial derogative of Senator Barack Obama, and his current popularity.

And continued to say that the monkey is revered in Japan.

Well, give me a break!

In this global international communication environment, with the Internet, television, and global awareness, I don't buy that excuse one bit.

How could the Japanese claim IGNORANCE for an American cultural derogative of Black people?

The advertisement was subsequently pulled from the airways, after some Black groups here in the USA and elsewhere protested.

I still believe that the intent to defame or promote that ridiculous stereotype of Black people, was intentional, and was probably intended for Japan and Japanese eyes.

But they failed to realize, that nothing in the global communication sphere, can be restricted to any singular region any longer!

Derryck.
NYC.