Pepsi Pulls Racist Commercial

May 1, 2013 Subscribe · Forward PepsiCo Pulls Racist Commercial NEW YORK -- PepsiCo is once again learning the risks of celebrity partnerships after an ad for Mountain Dew was criticized for portraying racial stereotypes and making light of violence toward women.  Continue reading... Student's Science Project Goes Horribly Wrong Best Restaurant List Shows Minorities Shut Out Of Industry Lil Wayne Offers A REAL Apology To Emmett Till's Family Zimmerman Makes A Big Decision Does This Commercial Seem Racist To You? PHOTOS: Lady In Red Pepsi Pulls Racist Commercial Metta World Peace Reacts To Jason Collins' Annoucment Mississippi Student's Racist Tweet Causes Stir Pepsi Pulls Racist Commercial Does This Commercial Seem Racist To You? SPECTRA What Kind of African Doesn't Speak Any African Languages? Me. By perpetuating the use of a single cultural marker to create an hierarchy of Africanness, aren't we simply deploying the same tools colonizers used to divide and conquer? Aren't we essentially continuing the work the British Empire started? Continue reading... JUMAANE D. WILLIAMS Public Safety for All? What the mayor offered New Yorkers Tuesday was a pep rally for his failing proposition that our city has to choose between better policing and safer streets, between saving lives and protecting our Constitutional rights. Continue reading... LAWRENCE D. ELLIOTT The Outing of a Recovering Homophobe I've used the "F" word in the past. It's not something I'm proud to admit. And I wasn't comfortable seeing two guys kiss in public. Funny, seeing two women never affected me the same way. The internal conflict grew stronger as I actually got to meet and know gay and lesbian people. Continue reading... REV. AL SHARPTON Jason Collins Is a Hero This is undoubtedly a breakthrough moment in athletics, and another step towards fairness and tolerance in the African-American community. As a civil rights leader who has advocated on behalf of LGBT rights, I can unequivocally say that this is a tremendous moment of encouragement. Continue reading... QUENTIN JAMES We Need More Broccoli Cities In cities like Washington, D.C., environmental degradation has a disproportionate impact on people of color and young people. Unfortunately, more often than not, people from these communities are not included in conversations about conservation and environmental advocacy. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003