Added: Dec 2, 2008
From: mresl
Duration: 5:32
I'm on vacation in Korea and keep seeing this comercial on one of the stations here.I'm not able to translate this word for word but basically it is using quotes from John Howard Griffin's book Black Like Me. It talks about Americas history of racism towards African Americans and how far we have come even though there is still racism. It talks about how Barack Obama is finally the man who was able to overcome racial boundries and help some change their perspective of Aferican Americans. If he is elected it will help everyone realize that race doesn't really have to be an issue anymore.I had to improvise a lot on this so it's not 100% correct and I'm sure some of the political correctness got lost in there too. Hopefully somone will provide a better translation but the images are strong enough for everyone to understand.
Channel: News
Tags: barack black griffin howard john korea like me nomination obama
Rating: 4.91 (11 ratings) Views: 1087' favoriteCount='10 Comments: 4
flagsandstaff Says:
Dec 2, 2008 - Brilliant - thanks for posting!
earthypig Says:
Dec 2, 2008 - made me cry -- when obama is speaking the subtitles are translations of his speech... the rest of it goes into what the black people had to endure and the KKK claiming that they aren't a hate group but "love" group, cos they love their people/country -- then it discusses the journey of one white man who "remade" himself as a blackman and recorded the hardships he had to endure - finally he had to flee to mexico - the video begins and ends with barack and his words :) hope this helps!
chihakuryu Says:
Dec 2, 2008 - this is a fabulous vid
curien1000 Says:
Dec 2, 2008 - Darn - stopped by hoping a complete translation had materialized in the comments...