Would the Cheerios Commercial Had Been As Controversial if It Had A White Man/Black Woman?
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Anonymous
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Remember the Cheerios ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM7Q1mNg5q0 Would the response had been different if it were a WM/BF couple? If so, how? |
Anonymous
| I remember the ad and I remember thinking "oh interracial couple". No big deal. I had no idea there was any backlash at all. |
Anonymous
| Probably. Less hatred for the WM/BF than the BM/WF couple. |
Anonymous
| The Cheerios ad was controversial? |
Anonymous
Of course it was. How dare a BM marry a WF and have a bi-racial child!? And then to flaunt it (even though it is just a commercial) in front of a national television viewing audience. Might give people ideas. The nerve! |
Anonymous
Sounds like someone has a paper due in "Race and the Media" Sociology 236. |
Anonymous
The kid was cute without being annoying (hard to find in a child actor), and probably hired first. What kind of parents were they supposed to cast? 
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Anonymous
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I clicked on the link thinking I hadn't seen the commercial before. I did recognize the commercial but didn't pick out the interracial part.
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Anonymous
| There's one commercial out that has an Asian male and Black female. I hate the commercial, but only because I hate all commercials with annoying talking babies. |
Anonymous
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Yes, firstly because I think the "secret" would have been out immediately. It would have been obvious that a black mother was involved if a white man had been cast as that child actor's father. And, as other posters have suggested, the WF/BM couple is viewed differently than BF/WM. I do think though that they would have still gotten flack, particularly around the skin tone of the actress playing the mother----too light, too dark. There'd have been backlash either way. |
Anonymous
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Ok, Lets say it is Serena Williams and Steve Carell playing the parents.
GO. |
Anonymous
OP here: I'm not writing a paper. I'm just curious. |
Anonymous
Well then why don't you share what YOU think? |
Anonymous
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Nice race baiting OP. Maybe next time you can find a more recent story.
- Black man tired of drumming up old stuff that's already been discussed and beaten to death on DCUM. |
Anonymous
| Boy, and I was just about to take the bait. But 21:39 has a point. I'll shut up and move elsewhere now. |