Nigeria's advertising regulator has announced a ban on foreign models and voice-overs

[Hazel Brown]

Thecoli don’t want to see a thread about black people of the diaspora doing anything commendable. This thread will not get a lot of replies unless it turns into passive aggressive insults.

Like fukking clockwork. Passive aggressiveness below.

Now will they ban bleaching?

 

[SheWantTheD]

GOOD!!

 

[Matt504]

Shoutout to Nigeria

 

[Coco Loco]

You goddamn right!

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Thecoli don’t want to see a thread about black people of the diaspora doing anything commendable. This thread will not get a lot of replies unless it turns into passive aggressive insults.

I just wish they weren’t as explicit though about it.

Like just ... let that happen. This heavy handed shyt could well backfire.

 

[Gunz&Butta]

Nigerian pawgset gonna be applying for political asylum

They'll be protesting from the UK, pawgset headquarters

 

[Roid Jones]

 

[Colicat]

Anyone who has studied the impact of media on the general public will understand how massive this is towards moving the narrative away from white supremacy.

 

[breakfuss]

I just wish they weren’t as explicit though about it.

Like just ... let that happen. This heavy handed shyt could well backfire.

What do you mean? Explain how it’d backfire. As in companies would no longer sell their product there?

 

[Gunz&Butta]

Foreign cartoons without black characters gotta go as well

 

[TreySav]

I just wish they weren’t as explicit though about it.

Like just ... let that happen. This heavy handed shyt could well backfire.

Plausible deniability is something we really need internalize as a people. You don’t see cacs broadcasting that they’re redlining black America

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Plausible deniability is something we really need internalize as a people. You don’t see cacs broadcasting that they’re redlining black America

Thats the problem of not having an actual code.

A code is something that supersedes whats on paper. Thats the entire point.

 

[Jean Jacket]

Good.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

What do you mean? Explain how it’d backfire. As in companies would no longer sell their product there?

I could see non-nigerians getting upset over this. Like, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, etc ain't ask for all this smoke. Plus, a PAN AFRICAN model would work best. This just puts up more walls when the continent should be united.

See, Europeans know what they mean when they say "European" ... But the African diaspora could benefit from actual pan-africanism.

I get what they're trying to do. A lot of countries have similar things for different industries. For example Canadian radio and TV has to play a certain percentage of Canadian artists or domestic content.

https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/cancon/r_cdn.htm

Canadian content - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The "problem" is that it can easily be flipped against us as black people en masse with the already few opportunities we get. The point should be universalism, but white supremacy has kinda warped black perceptions of internalized beauty so heavy handed shyt like this overshoots the mark.

Trust me, I get the point of all this.

Oh, and imagine if you can't source something from Africa....how's that affect business? Theres other ways of doing this without being so heavy handed especially if you're a growing economy and country without domestic, much less continental sourcing of items.

Nigeria imports too many goods to think this is alone enough to jumpstart their domestic industry.

 

[Gunz&Butta]

Plausible deniability is something we really need internalize as a people. You don’t see cacs broadcasting that they’re redlining black America

I see your point. But your strategy is more applicable in a multiracial country. There are no white Nigerians protesting and asking for explanation