MailChimp ad on smashingmagazine.com

[dreamache]

Was checking out the site and it caught my eye..

"MailChimp" with a pic of a black guy. A part of me says perhaps it was unintentional, but if I were personally designing the ad, the process of adding a black guys picture with "Chimp" next to it may sound some alarms.

The ad leads to this URL: MailChimp 5.3

Maybe just clever linkbait, it certainly got my attention, but maybe that's just because the sleeping meds are kicking in.

 

[AustinP]

I hope to believe that times have changed.

 

[cougarclaws]

this reminded me of

 

[DanGlobalizer]

this reminded me of

LOL, I love how the duck is just creepily looking out of the corner of the screen

 

[Magic Hat]

Mailchimp is lame. With their "tell us where your list is from" investigations. Fuckers.

 

[DanWesson]

I think you're overreacting. Are you saying mailchimp could never use black people in their ads because their name might be misconstrued as a slur?

 

[thesanchez]

On a random note, smashingmagazine is awesome...

 

[ayzo]

Looks white/indian to me?

 

[b_sun]

The issue is the Mailchimp mascot is a monkey. Their ad 'hero' is a black dude. Common sense tells you they are calling black people monkeys.

I be trollin ya'll!

 

[pfgannon]

 

[barman]

looks like a white person to me

 

[EricVonDoobie]

It's only racist if you are.

 

[Gooddeal]

shock marketing

 

[.Hack]

He looks puerto rican or dominican to me

 

[patrick24601]

Great - now even white people are playing the race card for us.

 

[johnysc430]

Was checking out the site and it caught my eye..

"MailChimp" with a pic of a black guy. A part of me says perhaps it was unintentional, but if I were personally designing the ad, the process of adding a black guys picture with "Chimp" next to it may sound some alarms.

The ad leads to this URL: MailChimp 5.3

Maybe just clever linkbait, it certainly got my attention, but maybe that's just because the sleeping meds are kicking in.

Dude, I could understand if there was some huge big lipped monkey or something in the ad but are you fucking kidding me? lol

 

[papajohn56]

looks racially ambiguous to me