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Dutch White PSP Ad Racial?

Is a new Sony PlayStation Portable ad hitting the streets of Amsterdam and the Dutch PSP Web site racial? The ad, which promotes the upcoming white PSP, shows a white woman clutching a black woman's jaw in a submissive style pose. The ad has drawn a lot of criticism by those who see it as racially charged. Sony defends the ad in a GamesIndustry.biz interview, saying it "does not have a racist message and that [it] is part of a wider marketing campaign" and that "the marketing campaign for the launch of the White PSP in the Benelux focuses on the contrast between the Black PSP model and the new Ceramic white PSP model." [via Joystiq]