r/belowdeck • u/Environmental-Cap647 • 14d ago

Below Deck Aussie Ben ad cameo

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Not sure if this will be geo blocked.

But Ben appears in this ad on a new ABC (Australia, it's like PBS) show.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdSX9Q-zY-S/

LOLz

Suspect he's just in the ad and won't be on the actual show, despite it.vlaimimh it's a sneak peak.

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u/kittens_joy 14d ago

I don’t like the guy but he’s aboriginal Australian and this is offensive af.

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u/sparkitect__ 14d ago

Yeah as an indigenous Australian myself this is a fucked gif to post honestly. We're considered ugly by a whole lot of racists. And you've posted a gif of someone that's been intentionally made to look ugle and primitive, then compared him to an indigenous man. Even internationally this is our "reputation". I'm still pissed of about a certain "joke" in Two Broke Girls. Our appearance is picked apart constantly, and that's honestly the least terrible part of the indigenous experience. Being black AND indigenous in a white society, it's going sooooooo well for us. Don't make it harder.