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Oh fuck. Brace yourselves lads and lasses.

 

Pepe Reina in race row over Spanish TV advert | Mail Online

 

A Spanish company has been forced to pull an advert featuring Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina following complaints from a racial equality group.

 

The commercial, for insurance company Groupama, depicts black people as 'stupid, backward, animalistic homosexuals', according to Operation Black Vote.

 

Reina's name translates into English as 'queen' and in the ad shown on Spanish television the Reds stopper is introduced to a tribal chief who chooses him as his partner.

 

OBV director Simon Woolley said in a statement: 'I'm shocked on so many levels.

 

'Firstly, how would the Spanish feel if the English stereotyped Spanish people as backward, stupid, and animalistic homosexuals?

 

'Secondly, what does this say about Pepe Reina? The Liverpool goalkeeper has lived and worked in the UK for nearly a decade, does he think it's ok to characterise black people this way?

 

'Does he think his black team mates will laugh at his joke?'

Controversial: Pepe Reina in the Spanish advert

 

Controversial: Pepe Reina in the Spanish advert

 

Liverpool have already been at the centre of a race row this season after striker Luis Suarez was banned for eight matches for abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra during a match in October.

 

The Uruguayan then refused to shake Evra's hand when the teams met again at Old Trafford and later issued an apology.

 

OBV, referring to Reina, said it was a 'shame' that another Liverpool player had caused offence.

 

Groupama claim they do not consider the advert to contain 'either offensive nor any discriminatory content'.

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This is just stupid ...

 

Africans do have tribes, do sing, and do dress half naked

 

whats racist in this? how is that 'stupid, backward, animalistic?!!!!!

 

I think describing the ad in this way is RACIST

 

do they even know that there are other cultures on this planet?

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The commercial, for insurance company Groupama, depicts black people as 'stupid, backward, animalistic homosexuals', according to Operation Black Vote.

 

I take it they've not seen the island scenes from Airplane! then.

 

OBV director Simon Woolley said in a statement: 'I'm shocked on so many levels.

 

No you ain't, you clueless bandwagon-jumping bellend.

 

'Firstly, how would the Spanish feel if the English stereotyped Spanish people as backward, stupid, and animalistic homosexuals?

 

The advertisers haven't stereotyped any British people in that advert, and they don't speak for all Spanish people. OBV apparently think they do.

 

'Secondly, what does this say about Pepe Reina? The Liverpool goalkeeper has lived and worked in the UK for nearly a decade, does he think it's ok to characterise black people this way?

 

How exactly did Pepe himself characterise any black people in those adverts? I don't know what his lines were in English, but I'm certain he didn't say 'Oi chief, you retarded stuck-in-the-19th-century bumder n****r.'

 

'Does he think his black team mates will laugh at his joke?'

 

Pepe is funnier than many UK comedians. You should watch him go after he's got shitfaced. Life and soul of the party brother, life and soul.

 

OBV, referring to Reina, said it was a 'shame' that another Liverpool player had caused offence.

 

Offence to whom? Fucking idiots like Simon Woolley? Boo hoo.

 

Here's something for you OBV. How about you do some real work to educate against discrimination, instead of using recent media furore to publicise your own agenda. Actually try and set yourselves above the likes of Piara Powar and Lord Ouseley and not come across as do-gooder gobshites. You can start by removing the word 'black' from your name as you are singling out black people yourselves even though you are supposedly pushing for some sort of equality. While you're at it, stop promoting Garth Crooks as some sort of knowledgeable intellectual on David Cameron's anti-racism stance. Just because he's black doesn't make him an expert.

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'Firstly, how would the Spanish feel if the English stereotyped Spanish people as backward, stupid, and animalistic homosexuals?

 

 

1OK4

 

Well, they'd done the first two with this character and I'm sure given time we could think of other examples.

 

Edit: What Nelly said.

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Good points' date=' it seems Simon Woolley is implying that all African tribes are backwards and animalistic and should all be civilised like we are in good old Blighty. The racist bastard.[/quote']

 

This.

 

Simon Wooley is in for a serious reverse merk here.

 

*writes a letter expressing concerns*

 

Also he has given publicity to the company lol.

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