Iron Eyes Cody (actor of Sicilian descent who claimed to be Indian) (en.wikipedia.org)

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[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

Don’t care if he was Sicilian. His “crying Native American” anti-littering commercial made a huge impact. It says a lot about the US that you don’t see these kinds of PSAs anymore.

[-] ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Clearly made such a big impact that it eliminated the need for future littering PSAs

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