# Biden's new ad for African-Americans **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 14, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-new-ad-for-african-americans/922961 "2020-10-14T20:09:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-new-ad-for-african-americans/922961/1 "2020-10-14T20:09:45Z")
Really? Two black men free-style rapping on a basketball court? Talk about stereotyping. The most forced rap-battle in the history of the world. They only were missing the fried chicken and/or watermelon to be more steretypical and degrading. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-new-ad-for-african-americans/922961/2 "2020-10-14T22:33:04Z")
What? ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-new-ad-for-african-americans/922961/3 "2020-10-14T22:47:06Z")
It was different. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YxAJl_NF2Dg/maxresdefault.jpg "Ultimate Rap League GOTV Battle Rap - Charlie Clips & DNA | Joe Biden For President 2020") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxAJl_NF2Dg) ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-new-ad-for-african-americans/922961/4 "2020-10-14T23:03:34Z")
Welp, guess that means they should vote for the open white supremacist. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-new-ad-for-african-americans/922961/5 "2020-10-14T23:47:55Z")
Well, it’s no Randy Rainbow, but I suppose it could resonate with _ **A** _ demographic. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-new-ad-for-african-americans/922961/6 "2020-10-15T00:29:18Z")
What was different? Two: check Black men: check Basketball: Check (cringy) Free-style: Check Stereotypes aplenty. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-new-ad-for-african-americans/922961/7 "2020-10-15T00:29:49Z")
Exactly, that’s exactly what I was trying to say. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-new-ad-for-african-americans/922961/8 "2020-10-15T00:37:41Z")
Remember when Trumpists drove a car into a crowd of people in Charlottesville, or when Trump told his white nationalist militia to standby and they started plotting how to kidnap Democrat governors, or how he’s blocked putting Harriett Tubman on the currency, or how he had two people who pointed guns at unarmed black protestors speak at the Republican convention? I’m still processing that shit and probably won’t be able to get to this for a good long while. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-new-ad-for-african-americans/922961/9 "2020-10-15T00:42:48Z")
No, not really, I’ll check on that later. On this thread, I’m discussing an ad full of stereotypes. If you want to make a thread about that stuff, more power to you. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-new-ad-for-african-americans/922961/10 "2020-10-15T01:02:28Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > Exactly, that’s exactly what I was trying to say. You’re trying to say that two Black men who like basketball and rap shouldn’t make a public political statement? These guys aren’t unknown: [https://battlerap.fandom.com/wiki/Charlie\_Clips](https://battlerap.fandom.com/wiki/Charlie_Clips) [https://battlerap.fandom.com/wiki/DNA](https://battlerap.fandom.com/wiki/DNA) ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-new-ad-for-african-americans/922961/11 "2020-10-15T01:02:53Z")
Let me know when you do check on those things, if this commercial is upsetting those other things will really upset you. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-new-ad-for-african-americans/922961/12 "2020-10-15T01:12:55Z")
I’m not upset. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-new-ad-for-african-americans/922961/13 "2020-10-15T01:43:18Z")
Where are four-minute ads shown? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-new-ad-for-african-americans/922961/14 "2020-10-15T02:19:04Z")
I would have expected better from pro battle rappers. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-new-ad-for-african-americans/922961/15 "2020-10-15T02:41:35Z")
That ad assumed a lively intelligence on the part of viewers, familiarity with the issues, patience and attention span, and a willingness to think things through and be convinced. Yup, treating Black voters as if they might possess such qualities is definitely racist. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-new-ad-for-african-americans/922961/16 "2020-10-15T02:57:34Z")
You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-new-ad-for-african-americans/922961/17 "2020-10-15T04:21:24Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > What was different? > Two: check > Black men: check > Basketball: Check > (cringy) Free-style: Check _ **Moderating** _ Since part of your reasoning that the ad is stereotypical rests on the fact there are two of them (would 3 or 4 be more or less stereotypical?) and that two rap battlers are rapping, I’m finding myself doubting the sincerity of this thread. I’m closing this thread. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-new-ad-for-african-americans/922961/18 "2020-10-15T04:21:48Z")
Closed on October 15, 2020, 4:21am UTC