Asians serve whites

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8179115239563497066&q=controversial+tv&total=957&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=6

This is a commercial for Bud Light that features two Asian looking men that have apparently made a serious mistake while serving white customers. The commercial begins with two Asians in an Asian looking restaurant whispering about apologize to their white customers. They decide to send a robot to do their dirty work, which is to tell the man that they feed him poison, and then the robot dispenses beer for all.

The reason I choose this peace is because it shows the Asians as servants and submissive to the white group of friends. The Asians are so submissive that they can’t even go to tell the man they accidently feed him poisonous blow fish. The fact that they made the mistake in the first place shows that they are not very bright.

This peace connects to the discussion that we had in class about the comic book covers. On many of these covers the Japanese were terrified of the American superheroes, and perhaps that is why the men in this commercial feel the need to send a robot while they cower in the kitchen.

I think that this commercial is very odd because on hand it portraying Asians as bumbling servants who mistakenly serve poison to the customers but on the other hand they are smart enough to operate a robot. It makes me think back to a discussion we had very early in the year about blacks being inferior but when the beat whites in sports they are said to have an extra muscle in their leg which makes them more wild, and animal like.