95.7 KEZJ - Southern Idaho's Best Country » volkswagen http://kezj.com Southern Idaho's Best Country Wed, 22 May 2013 01:00:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Is This Volkswagen Super Bowl Ad Racist? [video] http://kezj.com/is-this-volkswagen-super-bowl-ad-racist-video/ http://kezj.com/is-this-volkswagen-super-bowl-ad-racist-video/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 05:50:47 +0000 Brad Weiser http://kezj.com/?p=150321 The Super Bowl ad that Volkswagen plans to run is being called racist by some, because it's about how driving a VW Beetle makes you so happy that you talk in a thick Jamaican accent.

Volkswagen says it consulted 100 Jamaicans before releasing the ad, and used a speech coach to get the accent right

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After the commercial aired, Max made an appearance on ‘Today,’ where his mom revealed he had been diagnosed with a congenital heart defect at birth and has since worn a pacemaker.

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