TekSavvy is an independent Canadian Internet Service Provider. In August of 2012, they rolled out an ad campaign featuring a slate of fictional characters as the face of the company. Unfortunately, several of these characters draw heavily on sexist or racist stereotypes.

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Contrast the awkward, nerdy white guy, "Gene Yus": Teksavvy-gene-yus.png

List of all six characters: Teksavvy-chars-twitter.png


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