Then, at the end of the ad, suddenly his “Hallo!”

is happy as he pays for food at a McDonald’s.

That’s the whole “joke” here, and it’s a poor one.

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What makes the ads horribly racist is how so many other African Americans are depicted in the ads.

Several of the young man’s erstwhile peers openly mock his new employment, for example.

The dead dad ad from across the pond

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The sexy Tomato McGrand

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sexist mcdonalds as

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McDonald’s Arch Deluxe

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Calvin got a job ad

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mcdonalds trump ad

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