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In the wake of President Donald Trump's divisive "Muslim Ban," the Coca-Cola Company revived a past controversy by using their 2017 Super Bowl ad space to celebrate America's diversity.
Coca-Cola's "It's Beautiful" commercial, which originally debuted during the 2014 Super Bowl, features a multilingual rendition of "America the Beautiful." The commercial stars a diverse cast of Americans from a range of backgrounds, from Muslims and African-Americans to white cowboys, reminding us that America's diversity is what makes this country so "beautiful" in the first place.
The commercial sparked controversy following its 2014 debut, as conservatives lambasted its more inclusive take on an American classic. Alt-right website Breitbart decried the commercial in an article titled "Why Coca-Cola's Multicultural 'America the Beautiful' Ad Was Offensive."
Now, the ad's revival in an even more divisive political climate has sparked controversy once again, as users on Twitter were quick to offer their complaints about Coca-Cola's political stance:
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With the advertisement's revival, Coca-Cola joins other high-profile companies in taking a stance against Trump's executive order by celebrating America's diversity, including Budweiser and Google.
The full, uncut 84 Lumber Super Bowl promotional film. See a mother and daughter’s symbolic migrant journey towards becoming legal American citizens. Contains content deemed too controversial for the original ad and banned from broadcast.
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Gaga opened her set with Woody Guthrie’s Americana classic “This Land Is Your Land”—which, if you’ve ever heard the full version, is a little edgier than you might expect. It has also become an anthem for protesters fighting against Trump’s proposed immigration bans and border walls. The lyrics, in full, read:
This land is your land
This land is my land From California to the New York island; From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and Me.
As I was walking that ribbon of highway, I saw above me that endless skyway: I saw below me that golden valley: This land was made for you and me.
I've roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts; And all around me a voice was sounding: This land was made for you and me.
When the sun came shining, and I was strolling, And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling, As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting: This land was made for you and me.
As I went walking I saw a sign there And on the sign it said "No Trespassing." But on the other side it didn't say nothing, That side was made for you and me.
In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people, By the relief office I seen my people; As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking Is this land made for you and me?
Nobody living can ever stop me, As I go walking that freedom highway; Nobody living can ever make me turn back This land was made for you and me.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Ever since President Trump moved to sharply limit immigration, Silicon Valley executives have tweeted, blogged and voiced their opposition.
Airbnb, one of the most aggressive corporate critics of Mr. Trump’s policy, took its opposition to the Super Bowl.
Airbnb created a Super Bowl advertisement showing a diverse group of people and text that read: “We believe no matter who you are, where you’re from, who you love or who you worship, we all belong. The world is more beautiful the more you accept.”
Some, though, argued Gaga included a veiled message with her song choices. Much has been noted of her set’s inclusion of “Born This Way,” “a melodic celebration of ‘gay, straight, or bi, lesbian, transgender life.’”
Most, though, seem to think that was her only subversive choice on Sunday.
What many of the commentators may have missed, though, was that Gaga’s decision to sing “This Land Is Your Land” may have been an inherently political statement.
Though many consider the song to be an unblinkingly patriotic anthem — the American flag set-to-music — it was originally conceived as a sarcastic protest song by legendary folk singer and labor agitator Woody Guthrie.
By the 1940s, Guthrie was sick of hearing Kate Smith singing Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” (ironically, the song Gaga opened her set on before slipping in a couplet from “This Land is Your Land.”)
While holed up in a fleabag hotel in New York City during a marathon writing session in 1940 during which he penned “Hangknot Slipknot,” “The Government Road” and “Dirty Overalls,” he kept hearing the Kate Smith hit on the radio.
In an irritated fit, he wrote the words for an response song he sarcastically titled, “God Blessed America for Me,” according to NPR. Each verse also ended with this line.
I guess you got it all figured out, lol.
Trump just named 9/11, Boston, Orlando and San Bernardino to justify his travel ban. None of those attackers were from countries in the ban.
The opposition is mobilizing from every sector of society to defeat Trump and correct this terrible wrong. No question his life will end in disgrace if not prison.
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I hope California becomes a sanctuary state and trump cuts all federal grants haha. Leave the union and open their borders to Mexico. All normal people leave let all the liberals come in and show us what a good job they can do! !
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