The Ad from Salesgenie

question 12

Multiple Choice

The ad from Salesgenie.com that depicted two animated pandas who spoke in heavy Chinese accents was pulled because its use of ________ was seen to be offensive.

• A) vulnerable consumers
• B) country-of-origin associations
• C) racial profiling
• D) ethnic stereotyping

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Definitions:

Three-Letter Sequences

In genetics, sequences of three nucleotides (triplets) in DNA or RNA that code for specific amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.

mRNA

Messenger RNA, a form of RNA responsible for transporting genetic instructions from DNA to the ribosome, the site of protein synthesis.

tRNA

Transfer RNA; a type of RNA that helps decode a messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence into a protein during protein synthesis.

rRNA

Ribosomal RNA, a type of RNA that, together with proteins, makes up the ribosome, the site of protein synthesis in cells.