I don't know how many of you have seen the adds for Oreo cookies, with Eli Manning, Payton Manning, Serena Williams and Venus Williams, but am shocked that nobody saw the hidden humour in this. Two white guys and two black girls, double stuf oreos?? Get it?

God Corporations are dumb.

Hummmmm.....double stuff Champions at the top of their games who are brothers.....and sisters.

I was grossed out watching tongues wagging for some reason. The William's sister tried to be as neat about it as possible, but those commercials gross me out.

I think I just never got over the "older woman" commercial like that, racing with her granddaughter.

Oreo is a racial term.

Actually, the William's sisters are getting old.

Oreos are yum!




I know it has nothing to do with the thread.

2freaky4church1 said:

What does it mean?

JustErin said:

Clarence Thomas
Tiger Woods
Lovie Smith
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There's absolutely nothing "racial" about those ads. Now, if they had Carlton Banks pitching Oreos, THEN you'd have a case!

Graycap23 said:

Clarence would be a prime example of Uncle Tom not so much an Oreo.

MuthaFunka said:

So what does it mean?

Graycap23 said:

JustErin said:

To call a Black person an "Oreo" is to say they're Black (on the outside) but trying to act White (on the inside).

JustErin said:

It's an ignorant term to describe someone who is mixed ( one parent is black, and the other is white)

jaimestarr79 said:

No, that's not what it's meant for. People may have morphed it into being that, but that's not what it's meant for.

MuthaFunka said:

I just don't get acting black or acting white? what does that mean? How do black people act?

jaimestarr79 said:

In other words, doing the "typical" Black/White things that Blacks/Whites are known for. The proverbial stereotypes.

Graycap23 said:

MuthaFunka said:

I first heard the term on an episode of All In The Family. I think it was Lionel Jefferson who was schooling Archie Bunker about a brother in particular and Archie said he seems like a nice fella.

MuthaFunka said:

I like that as a better discription.

sextonseven said:

I've never heard it before.

Labels are stupid.

MuthaFunka said:

I just think society has to think twice before saying someone is trying to be black/ white,etc. I remember people back in the day people often said Bryant Gumble was a sell out. People said he was trying to be white because he was always accused of trying to talk white. That was ridiculous then, and ridiculous Now. Bryant Gumble is just a very educated person who speeks properly and he shouldn't be ridiculed for it.

That's the problem with SOME kids in the inner city are too busy "Keepin' it Real". Keeping it real ignorant. Kids are getting more respect for going to jail than for going to college. We need to break the cycle. Obviously I'm only talking about a small portion of the population in the inner city not everybody.

JustErin said:

It's obvious that Canada doesn't have as many Race issues as the U.S. In that sense I really admire canadians.

jaimestarr79 said:

I wouldn't say that. It's just not so much a black/white race issue here.

We've got problems with French vs English, immigrant vs so called Canadians, Christians vs ever other religion, cultures clashing everywhere.

JustErin said:

I just looked up that All In The Family episode and it's from 1971 so the term has been around for a very long time.

jaimestarr79 said:

I agree. The knock on Gumbel was completely unnecessary. Did they want him to go on national TV and talk Lenny from Good Times?

paintedlady said:

Ewww the commercial with the old lady has always grossed me out.
I think I made a thread about it awhile back

jaimestarr79 said:

That is a tricky one. Where we grew up, was very "uppity". On the other hand, his sister went 2 undergrad with me, and she would not even associate with Black folk.

JustErin said:

Truth