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How is the U.S. Border Patrol marketing itself to possible recruits in Southern states? Yup, by sponsoring the #28 NASCAR race car.
This campaign ad from 1988 is part of the larger politicization of the black underclass. “Willie Horton” and the “welfare queen” both emerged as symbols during this period with which to demonize poor blacks for political clout. Ultimately, using the name Willie Horton became a powerful tool to criticize politicians for being weak on crime and not protecting the innocent white population from the guilty black population.
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Ultimately, increasing toughness of the criminal justice system led to a situation, today, where about 1/2 of all black men are in the prison system. See an interesting entry on Willie Horton on wikipedia here.
The Halloween costume below, which is produced by Playboy, is called “Sexy Scholar.”
Playboy costume features a dress with side-lacing and back zipper, collar with tie, knee-high socks, and hair ribbons.
This is one of the ads for “Tom Ford for Men”, a new cologne for men by Tom Ford.
Check out the extent to which the female model is objectified:
Ad Agency: Rempen & Partner, Duessldorf
This image was passed along by a colleague’s student.
