Boy, and I was just about to take the bait. But 21:39 has a point. I'll shut up and move elsewhere now.

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 wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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?

Sounds like someone has a paper due in "Race and the Media" Sociology 236.

OP here:

I'm not writing a paper. I'm just curious.

Well then why don't you share what YOU think?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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?

Sounds like someone has a paper due in "Race and the Media" Sociology 236.

OP here:

I'm not writing a paper. I'm just curious.

Ok, Lets say it is Serena Williams and Steve Carell playing the parents.


GO.

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.

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.

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Cheerios ad was controversial?

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!

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?

Anonymous wrote: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?

Sounds like someone has a paper due in "Race and the Media" Sociology 236.

Anonymous wrote:The Cheerios ad was controversial?

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!

The Cheerios ad was controversial?

Probably. Less hatred for the WM/BF than the BM/WF couple.

I remember the ad and I remember thinking "oh interracial couple". No big deal. I had no idea there was any backlash at all.

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?