hmm
I don't think at any point in history did African slaves routinely give a white men a piggy backs - but I am probably wrong. So, it isn't exactly conforming to a racist stereotype. And if it was a white person, I would probably be thinking the same as I did just now, 'Is that supposed to be a midget?'. which raises a poignant question: Are black midgets less common in a given population size than white midgets?
What I will say, is that is probably the shittest marketing - or possibly shittest novelty item I have seen in my life. I assume a guy had been making them for decades, and decided to make one for the world cup, used brown felt to recognise the South African part of the ceremony, and made a bit of a controversy, and possibly his first profit since he started selling piggyback-midget-trousers.
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gaijintendo Regular Member, Wed 9 Jun 2010, 12:54,
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qNA4SJfh6Y
"you don't know how much SHIT I've had to take off black midgets!"
(may be nsfw if your boss is sensitive to seeing prostitutes, cocaine or racist midgets)
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Damien's Hearse, Wed 9 Jun 2010, 14:50,
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