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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Don’t care if he was Sicilian. His “crying Native American” anti-littering commercial made a huge impact. It says a lot about the US that you don’t see these kinds of PSAs anymore.

[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 36 points 1 month ago

My only complaint about that is growing up native, there were several times when a person I had just randomly met would look at me and say, are you native? To which I would say yes I am, and they would say what tribe, and I would say Lakota, and they would say if I throw this piece of trash on the ground will it bring a tear to your eye? And I would then murder them.

That PSA may have prevented a lot of littering but it also cost a lot of lives.

[–] ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Clearly made such a big impact that it eliminated the need for future littering PSAs

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Plenty of Native Americans who could have filled those roles, and were doing actual environmental activism instead of a kitchy, fake act. He did it for profit.

[–] forrgott@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Meh. He wasn't needed for that PSA to have that effect. So it does nothing to tip the scales back in his favor; just another grift.