First you see the hoodies, a few gold chains, then you hear the sounds of hip hop grooves and beats. Then you see the faces of giant hamsters speaking in hip hop’s rhythmic vernacular about “This or That.”

There is no question that the voices behind the animals are intended to represent African American brothers kicking it in the hood.

While Kia’s website (http://www.kia.com/#/soul/explore/videos/?cid=sem&ppc=y) says that the animals are hamsters, if you don’t know the di...
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