Check out this interesting video done by Allthingsharlem where their crew goes around and finds out if residents of the Bronx neighborhood near the Target store where this Watermelon Soda featuring some questionable imagery was purchased and got some reactions. One of those videos where you’re not supposed to laugh but some of the reactions are pure comedy….
It must be selling well because we found complaints about the soda dating back to 2007 and it’s still in major department stores. We gotta taste this stuff.
Watch it after the jump and let us know your opinion.
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to all the racist…seriously….get off our dick!
we the shit just except it. all the racism in the world is going to make our dicks smaller or our girls less fly!
everyone will always want to be like us and it is what it is.
why do i even get them the time of day?
like Jay z said in BP3!
fuckin haters man!
and i make myself so easy to love!
WTF I been drinkin that shit forever it taste good now ya noticing it?
I dont think its racist, they got the white kid looking like a fool. hehe
Now just say if we had a box of saltines and had a hill billy looking white boy or women on there what would the response be……………….racist i think. Bet it would be off the shelves as soon as it hit.
The white kid looks like a damn hillbillie also.
That soda has been around for many many years. I am from the Virgin Islands and I remember drinking that soda as a kid, before I came to America in 1983. Sine I’ve been here I haven’t seen it until now. Didn’t know they still made it. It tastes damn good though.
that shit is racist….
It’s manufactured in Mexico
V.I. stand up that was my drink too. Growing up in st.thomas,i used to love that drink .Wish could drink one right now
Sadhus….Grew up in Bovoni and that’s what I drank everytime I got my hands on some change.
Yeah REE MA me too Bovoni building B. They were like fifty cents.Pick me up a Special,i promise to pay you back
Small world. beebee, chunkee, wailer, boont, devon, pamela, paula, cheryl, wayne, john, angie, nad..they are my peeps from the projects.
My name is Joshua Thomas and I work in Target’s Communications department. I’ve been working with our buying team on this situation and wanted to share an update.
First and foremost, it is never Target’s intent to offend any of our customers – or guests as we call them at Target – with the products we offer. If any product raises questions or concerns, we listen to our guests. That’s exactly what happened here. As soon as we were made aware of the concerns about this soda, we removed it from our shelves.
We sincerely apologize to anyone who may have been offended by this soda and assure you that we’re going to learn something from this situation that we can apply down the road. That doesn’t mean we’ll always get it just right, but hopefully it shows that we’re listening.
Thanks for sharing your concerns, and again, I apologize on behalf of Target. If you’d like to speak with someone at the company or have feedback you’d like us to hear, I’d encourage you to contact our Guest Relations team at 800-440-0680.