As if Detroit didn’t have other things to worry about…
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Detroit council takes aim at Billy Dee Williams malt liquor ads
From the Detroit News
Detroit — Put off by a recent spate of billboards around the city that feature actor Billy Dee Williams touting malt liquor with the phrase “works every time,” the City Council on Tuesday began looking at ways to regulate billboard advertising.
“This is killing our community,” Councilwoman JoAnn Watson said after a local minister, Mayowa Lisa Reynolds, appeared before council asking for help.
Reynolds said she conducted a survey and found the billboards, which feature a cartoon representation of Williams trying to sell Colt 45, located in every square mile of the city.
“This is just wrong for our city,” said Reynolds, who then questioned what the slogan, “works every time,” means.
“That if women drink it, ladies will lose their virginity?” she asked. “Or a man will do things out of character?”
She added that she did not find the billboards in nearby communities such as Royal Oak and Plymouth.
As you can see from the picture, Detroit’s economy appears to be driven by more than cars.
“It’s an issue of racism and perversity,” Watson said.
Wow. So just because blacks prefer Colt 45 the billboards are racist?
Council President Kenneth Cockrel Jr. said he too had problems with the billboards but tempered his criticism by suggesting that the ads wouldn’t go up if people didn’t buy the products.
“We also have to check ourselves,” he said. “I see a lot of people buying 40 ounces.”
Honestly, I can not recall ever having consumed a 40 ounce beer. Then again, I’m not really a beer fan.
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