TOKYO, July 3 (UPI) -- Some African-Americans residing in Japan said they were offended by an ad for a telecommunications company that featured a monkey running for U.S. president.
The TV commercial featured a suit-wearing monkey behind a podium holding a sign with the word "Change" on it, the Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday.
The ad was supposed to be a parody of the U.S. presidential election, the newspaper said.
Novelist/travel writer Paul Theroux is on record as saying that the Japanese are unapologetic racists, and it's well known that they feel that the rape problems caused by US Military in Japan and especially Okinawa wouldn't occur if not for the presence of African-American service members.
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