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From LIFE Magazine, June 19, 1939

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[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why?

Even if we write off the blackface as "it was a different time", it contributes nothing to the story. Putting cousin Zeke in ANY other costume, with or without blackface doesn't change the ad at all.

So strange why they choose this as the final print.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

There's a certain mentality, a little less common now but all over the place in old media, where the very existence of a particular group was the entire joke. Just, "Hey! What if a guy in black face! HAHAHA!"

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, the past is a pretty fucked up place.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So is the present, and I'm going to bet the future will be fucked up as well.

The fuckery doesn't go anywhere, it just changes.

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

It's because as a species humans are fucked up.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

Fuck me running, that is a blast from the worst parts of the past

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] Davel23@fedia.io 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

To be fair, the company has changed hands several times. The whiskey in the advert and the whiskey you can buy today are not the same product.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Fair point.