David Ortiz New Era Hat Ad
The poster on YouTube questioned whether or not this new hat video was racist. In the video, Japanese fans are flocking to a person whom they think is Boston Red Sox slugger David "Big Papi" Ortiz pictured above. Folllow the jump the see the video. I don't find it to be a racist video...they made a weak attempt at trying to be funny. There is some humor in it, and I thought the real David Ortiz would eventually appear, to make it funnier, but he never did.
He was on television last night at a UNICEF charitable awards ceremony, and they surprised him with an award (he did not know he was going to receive it). Last night on Fox News, Big Papi was at the podium, tearful, breaking down a couple times talking about how he was blessed with so much money to be able to help others. I think they mentioned he and his wife had donated $200,000 to that organization. The guy has a big heart and does a lot of good.
What's more interesting is the silly dialogue taking place in the comments section:
katwillny--- "dbdotdot David ORTIZ is Dominican not
Black, which by the way is racist of you to call them Black, they are African American..next time you decide to post a video depicting "racism" you should get your facts straight.. you ignorant idiot"
this is just about the hat you ******* idiots how is that racist?
katwillny, you're the one that needs to get your facts straight. Most Dominicans ARE black. Dominican is their nationality, latino their ethnicity, and black their race. Dominicans are not african american because that term applies to blacks that are desendents of U.S. slaves.