Tyler, the Creator teamed up with Mountain Dew, and …racism happened?

 

PepsiCo, which owns Mountain Dew, has pulled the ad.

 

In the 60-second spot developed by African-American rapper Tyler, the Creator, a battered white woman on crutches is urged by an officer to identify a suspect out of a lineup of black men. A talking goat named Felicia is included in the lineup. The goat makes threatening remarks to the woman including, “Keep ya mouth shut.”

 

Now, the provocative commercial — which was never meant for TV — has been pulled.

 

The action comes just days after Hyundai pulled an ad parodying suicide and few weeks after McDonald’s yanked a regional subway poster that parodied depressed women. And it comes several weeks after Ford killed an ad in India that depicted sexy women tied up in the back of a Ford Figo.

 

Read more at USA Today.

 

Check out the video below:

 

 

What do you think? Is the ad racist?

Did it deserve to be pulled?

Sound off below!!!!