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  1. Barry

    July 13th, 2012

    And? Point please.

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  2. Corona

    July 13th, 2012

    Earth shattering.

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  3. the aardvark

    July 13th, 2012

    Does it come in a black or brown or rainbow colors so no one else is offended?

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  4. Boobie the Racist Dog

    July 13th, 2012

    WTF is boing boing and why should I G.A.S?

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  5. scribble

    July 13th, 2012

    I must not be a racist – I thought it said White POWDER.
    But then if it said that, obama would endorse it.

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  6. Chuck U Farley

    July 13th, 2012

    Well, I guess someone wouldn’t be advertised a toothbrush that makes your teeth black…

    …unless it’s in West Virginia.

    I know, I’m a Racist.

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  7. cfm990

    July 13th, 2012

    Your teeth are not so clean until they’re Nazi clean. Must be used with Krest Klean and Kare.

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  8. m00pa

    July 13th, 2012

    I knew there was something about using mine that made me feel good, besides really clean teeth!

    Mine has a green stripe down one side, maybe I’m getting some sort of Irish power too …

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  9. NerdJacket

    July 13th, 2012

    Read the description under the first picture. It refers to it as the “HealthyWhite” toothbrush. “Healthy White Power” is nowhere to be seen

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  10. Gracie

    July 13th, 2012

    @scribble – I know, I missed it too. I thought it said powder as well.
    It’s still pretty funny how every damn thing that is said today can be taken as “racist.” I’m sick to death of it!

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  11. Cruisin' Cat

    July 13th, 2012

    CAT POWER!!!!

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  12. RosalindJ

    July 13th, 2012

    Yeah, well. I miss an America where people wouldn’t have even batted an eye about this, let alone change an ad about it.

    There’s still a cleaner called “White Wizard”. I’m surprised they haven’t caved. Thank G-d for the Lord of the Rings popularity, else they probably would have by now.

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  13. eternal cracker p

    July 13th, 2012

    Sonicare Healthy White Power Toothbrush

    (bad)

    Sonicare Healthy White – Power Toothbrush

    – There. I fixed it –

    FFS.. Toothbrush don’t care. Teeth are white with power.

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  14. Corona

    July 14th, 2012

    Oh. White Power. I get it now. I would’ve been happier with “Baby Jesus ripping the fucking throats out of goddam Communist bastards Power”, but hey, ya gotta choose your battles.

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  15. Heidi Heidi Heidi Ho

    July 14th, 2012

    Did you evefr see the commercial, gasoline-motor powered power washer made by the White company? Designed to clean brick and stone structures. Their logo looked a lot like the Champion spark plug logo, a flattened diamond in red with their name in large black letters in the diamond. WELL -
    I had a promotional T-shirt that someone gave me, which was apparently handed out at some of their dealers. It had the diamond logo, and the caption above it was, “White POWER Washers” and under the diamond, “We Get ALL the Filth Out!”
    Some people objected to it. Said it was racist!! Can you imagine????

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  16. Twellsy

    July 14th, 2012

    I’ve noticed something along these lines on the TV show Mountain men. A fella in Alaska had a yellow Piper cub called “High Yella.” They finally starting fogging out the name of the plane on the 4th or 5th episode. I’m surprised they let it go that long. Funny.

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  17. Immortal Fish

    July 14th, 2012

    At least they never renamed the White Power Ranger.

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