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So it was kinda leaning towards the start of 2010. I only looked into this because I have a 10 month old puppy and she sits like a Meerkat, so her nickname is Alexander.
For those not familiar with that, CompareTheMarket.com's advertising campaign in the UK is called Compare The Meerkat. So I Googled Alexander Meerkat and here's the Wikipedia link -
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The part of interest in the link is -
On 11 August 2009, an opinion piece in The Guardian newspaper accused the advert series of racism for mocking Eastern European accents. The article received a near universally negative reaction and the Advertising Standards Authority, following a complaint by the author of the article, stated that it had not received any similar complaints, and ultimately decided to take no action.
That part then got me thinking, when did Wokeism begin and, what accent should Alexander have? I mean, are all human accents racist for a Meerkat?? We live in bizarre times.
So is 2009 the start?
Here's my Meerkat that started all this -


Woke - Wikipedia
So it was kinda leaning towards the start of 2010. I only looked into this because I have a 10 month old puppy and she sits like a Meerkat, so her nickname is Alexander.
For those not familiar with that, CompareTheMarket.com's advertising campaign in the UK is called Compare The Meerkat. So I Googled Alexander Meerkat and here's the Wikipedia link -

Compare the Meerkat - Wikipedia
The part of interest in the link is -
On 11 August 2009, an opinion piece in The Guardian newspaper accused the advert series of racism for mocking Eastern European accents. The article received a near universally negative reaction and the Advertising Standards Authority, following a complaint by the author of the article, stated that it had not received any similar complaints, and ultimately decided to take no action.
That part then got me thinking, when did Wokeism begin and, what accent should Alexander have? I mean, are all human accents racist for a Meerkat?? We live in bizarre times.
So is 2009 the start?
Here's my Meerkat that started all this -
