@@thorondor4012 It could be a dogwhistle, you never know. Pro-racist rhetoric is really making a resurgence in the counter-culture and most of it is pretty covert in order to maintain plausible deniability. You never know what someone's true intentions are - jokes aren't just jokes anymore, satire has become real and tv characters can hold public office.
Yes. If you go to a Chinese run buffet, you will find it diced to bite sized chunks. I imagine it is easy enough to cut it with the sticks, if need be: Jelly is not as elastic as displayed on the advertisment.
The best part is the fact that it ends by saying "It's pretty good commercial, no?" It's like the marketing team was so proud of what they came up with, they had to include a fourth-wall-break to acknowledge it, lol.
because by western they can only mean USA. to me the USA is kind of a disgrace as figurehead for the west (plus I dont think we should even say the east or the west because itll only cause generalisations.
@@MidgarMerc at least in spanish,the chinese people that have an accent and i've met almost always mispronounce the r as an l (in my case im from Venezuela so they have stores everywere) for example instead of saying burro (bu like in boo and the two r's are peonounced rolling your toungue like when you imitate the sound of a bike) they say bulo or budo
@@MidgarMerc When you hear “chinese accents” in our cartoons it’s either they cant pronounce the L or they can’t pronounce the R “Herro? HERRO? You can hear me?” “He say we going wong way!”
And it won't be anti-white until they served it unseasoned with frog legs and snails as side dish go finish your Chinese takeaway food and don't forget to drink some boba after the meal 😂😂
True Story: My family was finishing dinner at a Chinese restaurant and my mom asked what the deserts were. The waiter mentioned "Jerro" my mom said that sounds interesting what is it? The waiter said, "you know jerro, jerro" My mom still not knowing said she'd try this interesting treat. Of course he came with a bowl of Jello and she was like "oh it's jello" We still giggle today about that - everyone else knew he was trying to say jello but her.
The waiter was probably overcorrecting. It's usually Chinese who have trouble with r and Japanese who have trouble with l. However, if they learn the other sound, they may sometimes use it in the wrong places, though they won't be consistent about it. I myself have heard r for l from Chinese and l for r from Japanese. (A Chinese woman told me, "That's a nice brock you live on," and, when I ordered red bean soup, the Japanese waiter said, "You want lead bean soup?")
People of all cultures (including the Chinese) have been using spoons for thousands of years. They were originally invented by the Egyptians (as far as we know). Doesn't make this commercial any less hilarious, though. :)
I found this commercial rather cute XD Specially when the poor Chinese baby couldn't tell if the jello was Strawberry, Orange or Glape. :c I actually felt sorry for the poor thing. But then he got a spoon and all was well with the world. Still a better love story than Twilight.
I don't find this any more racist than the stereotype of Brits having big noses with crooked teeth... And I even smile at that. It's obviously just a bit of fun.
lol Were you conditioned as a kid when your parents bought you the 101 Dalmatians vid? I like the old movies best when London was always cloaked in fog and all Brits had a photo of the King hanging above their fireplace. All Germans looked stern and never laughed and all Russian women had biceps that would put a heavy weight boxer to shame ha ha...
white ppl want to feel superior; they don't worry with silly things like facts. what would they do without depending on racist stereotypes? oh yeah, they'd have to have talent and creativity. silly me.
I'm asian born in the Philippines with 1/8 chinese in me and raised in the US. This commercial is hilarious. I don't find it racist at all. It's only racist to those who choose to be offended by it. We all have our differences which should be celebrated. Sometimes we celebrate it through laugher.
Slight misinformation! The spoon is not a Western invention as they said at 0:35! They have been around the world since the Stone Age, most likely having started in China or Egypt. The fact that they try to make the spoon seem like a Western invention has some subtle imperialistic undertone.
Cynthia Steiner If one considers any stew, soup or even the broth as the 'ancestor' of the Jello, then (though it is stretching thing astronomically) spoons are retroactively made for Jello. In fact, the first record of something gelatinous comes from England sometime in the 1400s. It was not until 1897 that Kraft branded their product 'Jello.' Sorry, I am a big fan of 'Adam Ruins Everything.'
In the 18th and 19th centuries the Royal navy fed sick sailors a portable soup that was basically beef broth boiled down to a "Gelly" which was more of a thick and dry paste rather than the gelatin we know of today.
It's not the most culturally sensitive commercial but it certainly is stylish as far as cartoons go. I've seen far worse commercials in my life time. It was actually kind of cute watching a baby struggle to eat Jello with chopsticks.
Lol imaginary racism. Cartoons overdo things. It's done to Caucasians as well. I think the problem lies in the fact that ethnic groups were treated badly in the past by legit evil people and so certain things are not allowed in this era and this is a good example of that. Cartoon imagery of ethnicity groups are forbidden
I love the end with the Chinese style lantern and the bottom dangling pieces turning into the Jell-0 logo. This is funny and may not be acceptable by todays standards, but at least these old ads had a sense of humour. I saw Pearle Bailey doing a circa '71 Jell-0 ad also on You tube and she was like "honey do you know that Jell-0 pudding makes a great pie filling too?" Thanks Pearle. Anyways I love these old ads.
@@dianewright6204It’s not even that offensive in my opinion as a Chinese person it’s just the fact that they say Chinese baby etc that sort of threw me off 😂
I showed it to an Asian friend of mine, and he thought it was hilarious. He's secure with himself and his culture. He also said he thinks there is a difference between a racial joke and a racist joke. This is meant to be funny, not harmful. Let's not pretend everyone is the same. What a boring ass world that would be Can't anyone joke about the differences without a bunch of us getting all indignant and hypersensitive? When that can happen, that's when racism dies. .
I remember this commercial when I was probably 4 or 5 years old. I loved this commercial because the baby was so cute. It's an adorable commercial still. I'm 55 years old now, I don't have a racist bone in my body. I'm half native indian and I get so sick of people trying to protect my feelings over some word or gesture or statue that's so suppose to upset me. The over reaction is what is upsetting and frankly it is embarrassing. Have fun enjoy life..if it's not mean don't over think it.
Erm...whether this is racist or not (zeitgeist and such)... Glorious western invention? Chinese had fucking spoons. They ate soup with it, among other things lol. Apparantly did not do the research. (Or it would ruin the punchline)
It's true that they have always used spoons for many things, but soups in China are usually served in small bowls from which one drinks the broth directly, as if from a cup, and picks the solid bits with the chopsticks. There is some regional variation (China is a very large country with lots of different regional customs and cuisines), but it's usually so.
What? You like shitting on other races and putting your foot on them?
Před 10 lety+31
Not racist. Because racist means having the hostile intention of insulting and put the other "race" below yours. I dont think they had this hostile intention. But this ad is still cliché, stereotypical, plain ass stupid, ignoring of the great Chinese civilisation and not funny.
This commercial is not racist, it is ignorant. Unfortunately, today's American society has not improved much in ignorance. This commercial would never be able to air today in time, but some people still think exactly like this. Its actually pretty sad.
for u who is 7 years old and im in the future currently (lol) 😂 so basically its obvious what makes this commercial racist is the fact that once the baby was able to use the spoon for scooping the jello and not the chopsticks: but the cache here is that the colour and flavor of the jello is grape, raspberry or blackberry. notice that all three of those are dark colours? finally when the baby eats the dark jello, its basically a description of us being... yea, i dont want to go any further than that image so you might as well think about it more in your head. im not certain if im actually right cuz everyone legit puttin burns and roasts in the comment section (lol), but hopefully it helped! (i guess :)
Agree that this is more than borderline. For one example, the chinese had no forks, but they sure as hell had big spoons. They eat a lot of soup, and every chinese restrrant gives everybody big plastic spoons with soups. How could they not know this? Evan back then, there were a lot of Chinese restrants in the USA. How would you feel about a Chinese commercial that said "poor American baby can't eat soup with a fork, so his mother gave him great Chinese invention, a spoon." See how that works?
This was a real commercial. I remember it from my childhood. Of course society was not as integrated in those days, and it's always easier to make fun of those you don't understand or have dealings with. This commercial was 50 years ago and I don't find it as offensive as the characters Aunt Jamima or Uncle Ben which are still used today.. I also don't think it's as offensive as naming sports teams after American Indians. You want to be offended, see Andy Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffanys.
The line at the end reminds me of the commercial where the guy used to say ancient Chinese secret from the laundry mat. No, not racist. That's how they talked back then, and maybe some still do. I remember about twenty years ago, they were going to play a Charlie Chan marathon on Fox, and so many Asians complained about it that they didn't do it. How dumb. lol Charlie Chan was awesome!
***** Think of the preconceptions of this particular "school of thought" concerning race. Understand how easy it is for any preconception to affect behavior in a way, and you don't have to see the effects of that behavior, but the object of your theorizing does have to see the effects. Read a book. Stop apologizing for the extreme surface interest into racism that you and radcam69 have. You don't know enough about this topic. Don't stop searching though.
I fail to see how speaking EXACTLY the way a chinese person spoke English back then was in any way racist.No more than when a person does a southern accent. Its real,and it exists.
this is the way commercials were back then and it was different back then...............omg people stop being so petty with outdated things and worry about the things now give it up you cant change the past HELLLLLLLLLLOOO
Not racist? Are you effing kidding me? Using stereotypically bad english for narrator, making fun of the chopsticks, the stupid gong, and the best part, dressing the family in Kimonos...THAT'S *&^% JAPANESE!
Why do so many people automatically think that making fun with something is the same as making fun of it? Nothing in this commercial puts down Chinese.
totally not racist in any way. To suggest one country eat with chopsticks, which is true, and others eat with spoons, also true, is not racist, different cultures do things different ways, that's not racist,
This isn't racist. Putting a different ethnicity aside from Caucasian into a commercial doesn't make it racist. Plus, it's a actually a pretty good commercial for the 1960s
Oshyrath On the contrary dear, you do. Depicting different ethnicities isn't racism, implying superiority over another one is. We are all inherently racist in the sense that we are aware, whether you want to admit it or not, of the racial divisions of our species, but that is not by any means the common take on racism at all.
Nobody's going to point out that this was a pretty decent animation?
And nazi's had good cinematography. Doesn't change the shittiness of the message or context.
@@poego6045 That wasn't the point of his comment, now was it?
For the early 60s it certainly was.
I was just thinking that
@@thorondor4012 It could be a dogwhistle, you never know. Pro-racist rhetoric is really making a resurgence in the counter-culture and most of it is pretty covert in order to maintain plausible deniability. You never know what someone's true intentions are - jokes aren't just jokes anymore, satire has become real and tv characters can hold public office.
One question: is it *actually* possible to eat jelly with chopsticks?
If you're quick enough.
Yes
yes and accuracy and strenght is important
Yes. If you go to a Chinese run buffet, you will find it diced to bite sized chunks.
I imagine it is easy enough to cut it with the sticks, if need be: Jelly is not as elastic as displayed on the advertisment.
Yes, actually. If you dice it up into squares it's easier to eat.
The best part is the fact that it ends by saying "It's pretty good commercial, no?" It's like the marketing team was so proud of what they came up with, they had to include a fourth-wall-break to acknowledge it, lol.
"It's pretty good commercial, no?" Correct, no.
Chinese people used spoons and ate gelatin desserts long before USA was even founded.
because by western they can only mean USA. to me the USA is kind of a disgrace as figurehead for the west (plus I dont think we should even say the east or the west because itll only cause generalisations.
Maurits Your comment is to typically NorthEast Left Diagonally Downward to the Left Again..
twitchinstereo French?
Hey, just remember you said it.
It's just an ancient commercial sir. Get a grip.
i had no idea that the spoon was invented just to eat jello! the more you know! this advert was very informative. filled with lots of facts! A+
The spoon was not invented for jello.The spoon is thousands of years old.It's just a commercial.
@@gingerlord4983 no shit sherlock
@@gingerlord4983 He's just kidding.
@@gingerlord4983 r/wooosh
@@gingerlord4983lmao rape victim
Racist or not, they were advertising spoons and not jell-o
really?
Darius the brony ivey Feels like it. They made the spoon sound more appealing than the Jell-o itself.
yeah but in the end they showed the jello logo
Hello comment from 5 years ago
It’s not even remotely racist
"Chinese mother bling baby" I lost it
I thought it said “fling baby”
I thought Chinese couldn't pronounced the letter L, so they pronounce it R instead. Not the other way around!
@@Cyberbrickmaster1986 the L and R thing isn't even a Chinese thing it's a Japanese thing. Plenty of Chinese words use both Ls and Rs
@@MidgarMerc at least in spanish,the chinese people that have an accent and i've met almost always mispronounce the r as an l (in my case im from Venezuela so they have stores everywere) for example instead of saying burro (bu like in boo and the two r's are peonounced rolling your toungue like when you imitate the sound of a bike) they say bulo or budo
@@MidgarMerc When you hear “chinese accents” in our cartoons it’s either they cant pronounce the L or they can’t pronounce the R
“Herro? HERRO? You can hear me?”
“He say we going wong way!”
>put "racist" in the title
>watch comment section burn
knuclear2010 gg
This comment section is about spoons tho
Should say Lacist
It would only be racist if they said they had dog flavored Jello.
you, sir, deserve my respect
5 years later, you gave me a laugh!
Or bat.
Jell-O topped with cream of sumyungguy
And it won't be anti-white until they served it unseasoned with frog legs and snails as side dish go finish your Chinese takeaway food and don't forget to drink some boba after the meal 😂😂
it looks like stewie
+johnarcheus You mean a Chinese Stewie.
Chinese Stewie!
Those chopsticks don't work so well with egg drop soup either.
+Gary Taylor egg rop roup
Good point - ignorant ideas they had
chopstick on rice it will work
I am Chinese and I can easily eat jelly with chopsticks. People without my level of mastery will not understand.
Asian++
It's just like eating Tofu with chopsticks.
I have also used my chopsticks to eat ice cream
@@foxtopuscreations6046 Tofu is easy. the real challenge is slippery glass noodles that are cut short
Because everyone else is busy doing your mom
True Story: My family was finishing dinner at a Chinese restaurant and my mom asked what the deserts were. The waiter mentioned "Jerro" my mom said that sounds interesting what is it? The waiter said, "you know jerro, jerro" My mom still not knowing said she'd try this interesting treat. Of course he came with a bowl of Jello and she was like "oh it's jello" We still giggle today about that - everyone else knew he was trying to say jello but her.
The waiter was probably overcorrecting. It's usually Chinese who have trouble with r and Japanese who have trouble with l. However, if they learn the other sound, they may sometimes use it in the wrong places, though they won't be consistent about it. I myself have heard r for l from Chinese and l for r from Japanese. (A Chinese woman told me, "That's a nice brock you live on," and, when I ordered red bean soup, the Japanese waiter said, "You want lead bean soup?")
People of all cultures (including the Chinese) have been using spoons for thousands of years. They were originally invented by the Egyptians (as far as we know).
Doesn't make this commercial any less hilarious, though. :)
no... Yakub invented them in 30 BC...
@@LeovegasSuperstar Sure, Jan.
It's the announcer's voice that kills me, I just can't stop laughing! 🤣🤣🤣
So I tried to eat Jell-O with chopsticks after this, and it was a success.
But did you try doing it as a baby?
+echelon2k8 I had people feed me when I was a baby. So no need.
Duc Tran
People feeding you jelly with chopsticks or a spoon?
+echelon2k8 A spoon? I didn't feel like I had jelly when I was little.
Duc Tran
Guess you weren't as lucky as this baby. ;)
"spoon was invented for eating jell-o"
i always thougth spoons were used to train your psychokinetic ability
Matilda reference anyone?
The gun was invented for niko bellic
There is no spoon.
I thought they were made for labor for babies
Nope! That was forks!🍴
I found this commercial rather cute XD Specially when the poor Chinese baby couldn't tell if the jello was Strawberry, Orange or Glape. :c I actually felt sorry for the poor thing. But then he got a spoon and all was well with the world.
Still a better love story than Twilight.
Chinese baby have superior dexterity to use chopsticks! His white baby counterpart wouldn't have the motor skills to even use a spoon correctly.
***** Not even Chinese. Matching the patronizing tone of the commercial.
supeliol dextelity*
Wrong. I go both ways :)
Not only white babies. I'm a grown man and I don't have the motor skills to eat with chospticks either. I'd starve to death if I had to.
I think you are wong about that.
This is better than most commercials on TV today.
"Spoon was invented for scooping Jell O." I call bullshit on that.
Eric S. Czernecki fuck you
Bruh you guys are mad at a spoon 🤣
It was a joke. God I hate the internet.
Spoon invented to eat Jell-O. Wtf??? Thought it was for stews and soups...
I don't find this any more racist than the stereotype of Brits having big noses with crooked teeth... And I even smile at that. It's obviously just a bit of fun.
lol Were you conditioned as a kid when your parents bought you the 101 Dalmatians vid? I like the old movies best when London was always cloaked in fog and all Brits had a photo of the King hanging above their fireplace. All Germans looked stern and never laughed and all Russian women had biceps that would put a heavy weight boxer to shame ha ha...
The Chinese already had spoons around 260 BC.
With further research, I also found that Asia already had gelatin-like desserts as far back as the 17th century.
white ppl want to feel superior; they don't worry with silly things like facts. what would they do without depending on racist stereotypes? oh yeah, they'd have to have talent and creativity. silly me.
I'm asian born in the Philippines with 1/8 chinese in me and raised in the US. This commercial is hilarious. I don't find it racist at all. It's only racist to those who choose to be offended by it. We all have our differences which should be celebrated. Sometimes we celebrate it through laugher.
This feels more like a spoon advertisement.
"Small Chinese type baby waiting for dessert"
Slight misinformation! The spoon is not a Western invention as they said at 0:35! They have been around the world since the Stone Age, most likely having started in China or Egypt. The fact that they try to make the spoon seem like a Western invention has some subtle imperialistic undertone.
Joo-Hwan Jun They also said it was invented for eating Jello
Cynthia Steiner If one considers any stew, soup or even the broth as the 'ancestor' of the Jello, then (though it is stretching thing astronomically) spoons are retroactively made for Jello. In fact, the first record of something gelatinous comes from England sometime in the 1400s. It was not until 1897 that Kraft branded their product 'Jello.'
Sorry, I am a big fan of 'Adam Ruins Everything.'
In the 18th and 19th centuries the Royal navy fed sick sailors a portable soup that was basically beef broth boiled down to a "Gelly" which was more of a thick and dry paste rather than the gelatin we know of today.
it is a joke idiot
It's not the most culturally sensitive commercial but it certainly is stylish as far as cartoons go. I've seen far worse commercials in my life time. It was actually kind of cute watching a baby struggle to eat Jello with chopsticks.
uh, they're pronouncing "Jell-O" wrong.
It should be "Jerr-O"
lmao
Chinese has an L in its alphabet.
RMAO
@@melissagerber7231 True but many Chinamen and Chinawomen pronounce it as ‘r’: linguistic fact__ Hilarious!!!!!
Not racist at all. Funny perhaps but not racist. Political correctness is for people who have no opinion.
So Lacist.
haha i love that dictator reference
Lmfao
Lol imaginary racism. Cartoons overdo things. It's done to Caucasians as well. I think the problem lies in the fact that ethnic groups were treated badly in the past by legit evil people and so certain things are not allowed in this era and this is a good example of that. Cartoon imagery of ethnicity groups are forbidden
If Chinese baby is happy, then dammit, I'm happy too!
I remember this from my childhood. Obviously a good commercial if I still remember it nearly 50 years later!
china has had spoons since the shang dynasty..... thousands of years ago
LOL.. The accent. Po cheyeness baybeh.
I love the end with the Chinese style lantern and the bottom dangling pieces turning into the Jell-0 logo. This is funny and may not be acceptable by todays standards, but at least these old ads had a sense of humour. I saw Pearle Bailey doing a circa '71 Jell-0 ad also on You tube and she was like "honey do you know that Jell-0 pudding makes a great pie filling too?" Thanks Pearle. Anyways I love these old ads.
People get offended to easily nowadays, they lost their sense of humor. I love these old commercials. 😊
@@dianewright6204It’s not even that offensive in my opinion as a Chinese person it’s just the fact that they say Chinese baby etc that sort of threw me off 😂
@@dianewright6204 racist, you were pro segregation huh?
I showed it to an Asian friend of mine, and he thought it was hilarious. He's secure with himself and his culture. He also said he thinks there is a difference between a racial joke and a racist joke.
This is meant to be funny, not harmful.
Let's not pretend everyone is the same. What a boring ass world that would be
Can't anyone joke about the differences without a bunch of us getting all indignant and hypersensitive? When that can happen, that's when racism dies. .
Asian does not mean Chinese I hope you’ve realized that 12 years later
@@twistedbliss58 No shit. Thanks Captain Woke.
@@testodude Your comment implies you didn’t know that considering you said Asian and not Chinese.
@@twistedbliss58 you are struggling to find something to complain about. Grow up.
@@testodude blud is actually still active in the comment section.
This is actually extremely funny 😂
Not much as "borderline racist" as much as "meh racist".
I remember this commercial when I was probably 4 or 5 years old. I loved this commercial because the baby was so cute. It's an adorable commercial still. I'm 55 years old now, I don't have a racist bone in my body. I'm half native indian and I get so sick of people trying to protect my feelings over some word or gesture or statue that's so suppose to upset me. The over reaction is what is upsetting and frankly it is embarrassing. Have fun enjoy life..if it's not mean don't over think it.
@Bibi The Aoyama Fangirl You're literally replying to a comment that's like a decade old
Amen
@@idiotguy6738 The Truth is the comment is from 11 years ago
@@idiotguy6738 Your name fits your personality
Erm...whether this is racist or not (zeitgeist and such)...
Glorious western invention? Chinese had fucking spoons. They ate soup with it, among other things lol. Apparantly did not do the research. (Or it would ruin the punchline)
It's true that they have always used spoons for many things, but soups in China are usually served in small bowls from which one drinks the broth directly, as if from a cup, and picks the solid bits with the chopsticks. There is some regional variation (China is a very large country with lots of different regional customs and cuisines), but it's usually so.
this is some funny shit, not racist
seemed pretty innocent to me
Remember when not being offended wasn't an unwritten right? Political correctness is what's breaking this nation.
What? You like shitting on other races and putting your foot on them?
Not racist. Because racist means having the hostile intention of insulting and put the other "race" below yours.
I dont think they had this hostile intention. But this ad is still cliché, stereotypical, plain ass stupid, ignoring of the great Chinese civilisation and not funny.
Too much trolling...
*****
I think the term would be "Racially insensitive."
taledarkside you say that chinese people can't speak english correctly to call someone else a racist?
Hey mariomanningfan , dont' bother with him, he's a troll...
;)
I speak/type English quite well. Taking the grammar route with me will only leave you embarrassed...
"chinese type baby" is the baby a fucking pokemon? 😂💀
I'm asian and I dont find this racist at all, more funny
Thats the same way I feel about the 'FRITO BANDITO' , too funny...............
As someone who is also asian, buddha can do whatever he wants for all I care, when he came to Japan in the sixth century he seemed pretty arrogant
Is Sum Ting Wong with this Video?
This commercial is not racist, it is ignorant. Unfortunately, today's American society has not improved much in ignorance. This commercial would never be able to air today in time, but some people still think exactly like this. Its actually pretty sad.
umm yeah thats not even borderline racist thats more like just a commercial
This was in your reccomended. You didn’t search this up
I think chilese muvver should be questioned as to how capitalistic delicacy and western invention got into China despite trade embargo.
"Great Western Invention: The Spoon." XD
Somebody please informed me what just happened...
for u who is 7 years old and im in the future currently (lol) 😂
so basically its obvious what makes this commercial racist is the fact that once the baby was able to use the spoon for scooping the jello and not the chopsticks: but the cache here is that the colour and flavor of the jello is grape, raspberry or blackberry. notice that all three of those are dark colours? finally when the baby eats the dark jello, its basically a description of us being... yea, i dont want to go any further than that image so you might as well think about it more in your head. im not certain if im actually right cuz everyone legit puttin burns and roasts in the comment section (lol), but hopefully it helped! (i guess :)
Agree that this is more than borderline. For one example, the chinese had no forks, but they sure as hell had big spoons. They eat a lot of soup, and every chinese restrrant gives everybody big plastic spoons with soups. How could they not know this? Evan back then, there were a lot of Chinese restrants in the USA.
How would you feel about a Chinese commercial that said "poor American baby can't eat soup with a fork, so his mother gave him great Chinese invention, a spoon."
See how that works?
i would laugh, why do people that preach political correctness think everyone has thin skin. people can handle minor slights
I wouldn't care or be offended.
I would laugh. I don’t give a shit about any stereotypes about us Americans. Assume I’m fat because I’m American I don’t care
It wrong on so many levels and really hard to believe it was ever acceptable.
This was a real commercial. I remember it from my childhood. Of course society was not as integrated in those days, and it's always easier to make fun of those you don't understand or have dealings with. This commercial was 50 years ago and I don't find it as offensive as the characters Aunt Jamima or Uncle Ben which are still used today.. I also don't think it's as offensive as naming sports teams after American Indians. You want to be offended, see Andy Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffanys.
The line at the end reminds me of the commercial where the guy used to say ancient Chinese secret from the laundry mat. No, not racist. That's how they talked back then, and maybe some still do. I remember about twenty years ago, they were going to play a Charlie Chan marathon on Fox, and so many Asians complained about it that they didn't do it. How dumb. lol Charlie Chan was awesome!
Racist? No. Stereotypical? Yes.
Stereotyping is a form of racism dumbass
***** Think of the preconceptions of this particular "school of thought" concerning race. Understand how easy it is for any preconception to affect behavior in a way, and you don't have to see the effects of that behavior, but the object of your theorizing does have to see the effects. Read a book. Stop apologizing for the extreme surface interest into racism that you and radcam69 have. You don't know enough about this topic. Don't stop searching though.
Originally seen in 1956 (as Jell-O was available in "10 delicious flavors" at the time).
I fail to see how speaking EXACTLY the way a chinese person spoke English back then was in any way racist.No more than when a person does a southern accent. Its real,and it exists.
Moral of the story: chopstick bad spoon good
Well, the claim that one race is superior to another for purely subjective reasons wasn't made. Not anywhere near racism.
Poor Chinese baby cannot identify colors, only tastes. Poor Chinese baby should get his eyes checked.
+Robert Ivey Maybe just open them!
+Robert Ivey Of course he couldn't identify colors, it's all shades of gray.
Robert Ivey Indeed.
I really do wish we could go back to those times where everyone was so laid back and no one really gave a damn about steriotypes
“Small Chinese-Type Baby”
Fun fact: Spoons were actually more frequent in China than chopsticks until around the 10th century A.D.
Everyone's a rittle bit lacist
this is the way commercials were back then and it was different back then...............omg people stop being so petty with outdated things and worry about the things now give it up you cant change the past HELLLLLLLLLLOOO
It was 1960s America...when everybody was a racist and didn't know it.
That was awesome. I wish commercials were still like that.
Nothing wrong with that, looks pretty accurate.
I don't think it's racist. You'all got to get a life if you think this is racist. sheesh. let the liberal trolls fire away.
My old man would sometimes say "chinese baby like jello" for no apparent reason, now I get the joke
Y’all realize when you call these commercials racist,you can’t take a joke they are making just as a joke.
I didnt laugh
@@Watermeloncatismyopp I’m not saying they’re all funny, also this was eight months ago
“Great western invention” is stupid
Not racist? Are you effing kidding me? Using stereotypically bad english for narrator, making fun of the chopsticks, the stupid gong, and the best part, dressing the family in Kimonos...THAT'S *&^% JAPANESE!
that being said, its still hilarious.
Racist? Gimme' a break. We have lost our good humor ,-[
Now, people, this WAS the sixties.
Why do so many people automatically think that making fun with something is the same as making fun of it? Nothing in this commercial puts down Chinese.
totally not racist in any way. To suggest one country eat with chopsticks, which is true, and others eat with spoons, also true, is not racist, different cultures do things different ways, that's not racist,
The whole portrayal plus the accent was borderline racist though
seco ndo but the great western invention of Spoon saved all Chinese people from starving while eating Jello. Riiight lol.
Little chinese baby look like a teletubbie.
Disclaimer: If the above didn´t sound funny, please read again with stereotypic chinese accent.
***** :)
Correction:
"Chinese baby rook rike Teretubbie."
Hows this racist she hands the baby a spoon. Do people understand racism? Its simple math jello = spoon rice = chop sticks.
What you described sounded more stereotypical than anything. There is absolutely nothing wrong with making fun of stereotypes.
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It's cute. People need to not take themselves so seriously.
Personally, my favorite Jell-O flavor is glape.
OMG Canadian girl is very mad at this commercial
Sorry, I must sound very ignorant but how is this racist?
mi no rikey
The test of real Chopstick skill is when you can pick up water using it
How are so many people watching this and declaring it not racist. This is clearly racist
Greatest commercial ever!!! I wish that we still had commercials like that!
Guess who likes shitting on other races
Honestly, this is pretty tame for it's time.
Yo man, the black laspberry had me dying for some reason 🤣🤣🤣
The fact that people think this is "racist" is a big part of what is wrong with modern society.
This isn't racist. Putting a different ethnicity aside from Caucasian into a commercial doesn't make it racist. Plus, it's a actually a pretty good commercial for the 1960s
I think you need to learn what the definition of "racism" is.
Oshyrath On the contrary dear, you do. Depicting different ethnicities isn't racism, implying superiority over another one is. We are all inherently racist in the sense that we are aware, whether you want to admit it or not, of the racial divisions of our species, but that is not by any means the common take on racism at all.
Chinese mother bling baby
Fuck this ad I CAN eat jello with chopsticks just not the lacquered ones ahahaha
I like how the announcer kept calling the baby “Chinese baby”