To be sure, Raven-Symone is far from the first celebrity, Black or non-Black, who has found themselves in the media/public crossfire after being caught making blatantly distasteful or awkward statements.
There are distasteful implications behind the statements questioning Gerrard at times this season, suggesting that he is not trying, or even trying to help Chelsea.
Oh, and as for the discontinuing of the Django dolls after petitions and several statements on their being distasteful.
In a statement, the A.N.C. called "The Spear" "distasteful, vulgar, indecent and disrespectful," and "an affront to the dignity and the privacy of President Zuma in all his capacities, but also as a South African whose right to human dignity and privacy is protected and guaranteed by the South African Constitution".
It involves such things as "lying, or at least concealment and the making of misleading statements; breaking promises; special pleading; temporary coalition with the distasteful; sacrifice of the interests of worthy persons to those of unworthy persons; and (at least if in a sufficiently important position) coercion up to blackmail" (Williams 1978, 59).
The statement included an apology, which called the ads "distasteful" and "contrary to the standards of professionalism and decency at JWT".
The government of Sri Lanka decided to accept this "gesture of goodwill" and to not "pursue this distasteful issue any further", while carefully ignoring additional inclusions in the statement that "numerous cases of rape and sexual violence in Sri Lanka, particularly acts committed against women held in detention by the government", have been detailed in the past.
"What a disgrace for Kobe Bryant to use such horribly offensive and distasteful language, especially when millions of people were watching," the group said in a statement.
Morgan's statements caused a furore in the press, which portrayed them as anti-Semitic and distasteful.
In response to angry comments on JWT India's Facebook page, which now features a campaign headlined "Men Against Rape and Discrimination," the firm referred readers to a statement from its parent company, which read: "We deeply regret the publishing of posters that were distasteful and contrary to the standards of professionalism and decency within WPP Group.
