Straight Up Nonsense Files: The Credit Pimp

Okay, so I see this commercial on 21stCenturyHustle.com and think, is this a joke? The Credit Pimp?

Although this Miller Dodge ad is meant to be humorous, I find very little comedy in seeing a Black man dressed in a pink suit with purple gators telling customers how he can “pimp their credit.” Just another tired example of advertising that portrays African Americans in a stereotypical and demeaning fashion.

After the controversies surrounding BET’s Hot Ghetto Mess and Don Imus’ comments about the Rutgers' women basketball team, you would think the local television stations in Philadelphia would know better than to run this utter nonsense...