{"id":15657,"date":"2014-11-18T19:37:49","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T19:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=15657"},"modified":"2014-11-21T11:09:36","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T11:09:36","slug":"utterly-moronic-racist-nonsense-advertising-by-notting-hill-estate-agents-strutt-parker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/utterly-moronic-racist-nonsense-advertising-by-notting-hill-estate-agents-strutt-parker\/","title":{"rendered":"“Utterly moronic racist nonsense” – advertising by Notting Hill estate agents Strutt & Parker – UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Looking like something straight out of the 1970s is the offensive\u00a0piece of advertising by\u00a0estate agents Strutt & Parker, as seen on the London Underground today. (UPDATE 21st Nov<\/strong>: The company have now pulled the adverts. Scroll down to the bottom for more info<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Apparently, in Notting Hill, black people are “born to dance”, whereas white people – particularly ones with the name Jeremy Montagu-Williams – are born to “sell flats.”<\/p>\n

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\""Utterly<\/p>\n

[Staff line up at\u00a0Strutt & Parker’s Notting Hill office<\/a>. I guess all the black folks\u00a0are off dancing somewhere<\/em>]<\/p>\n

Although the concept of being created just to flog off upmarket flats is a pretty strange one, the suggestion that some black “folks” were born to dance really is a dire piece of racial stereotyping- the sort of crass generalisations\u00a0I thought had been left behind decades ago.<\/p>\n

To see it in advertising slapped all over the tube seems particularly shocking.<\/p>\n

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The advert was\u00a0described as “utterly moronic racist nonsense” by a black historian friend, who added:<\/p>\n

Speechless. I can flatline through a tsunami of BS from gollies to Morris dancers but this is from the most privileged slice of 20-35 yr olds in British history. They don’t give a flying fack about racism.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What do you think of this advertising?<\/p>\n

Join in with the lively discussion on the urban75 forums<\/a> or drop those white folk at Strutt and Parker a line and tell them directly<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[Photo \u00a9\u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/oscarwgrut<\/em>]<\/p>\n

UPDATE 21st Nov<\/strong><\/p>\n

Strutt & Parker pulls advertising campaign after complaints<\/p>\n

\u201cOur campaign was well intended and represented the various talents of people working in Notting Hill.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are obviously very sensitive to the response of people and it was never our intention to offend anyone. As a result we immediately withdrew the campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would like to apologise for any upset this may have caused to anyone who has been affected by this”<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.propertyindustryeye.com\/strutt-parker-pulls-advertising-campaign-complaints\/<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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