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09-05-2017, 12:35pm | #1 | ||||||
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So...TV Commercials
While I try my best to not watch commercials, it's somewhat unavoidable. I have noticed in the last year that in AT LEAST 50% of the commercials I see where a partnership or marriage is implicated, the couple is mixed race. Has anyone else noticed this trend?
I really don't care who marries whom (e.g. there are some Latina chicks whose bones I'd jump in a millisecond), but do we really have to try this hard? Since when is it a badge of shame to marry or co-habitate within your own race? It just seems all very contrived to me. Discuss. |
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My wife complains about the same thing!
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What I've noticed is how many TV shows/movies are now throwing in random acts of gayness/homosexuality.
U.M. |
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All advertising is that way...gotta be inclusive.
Probably ten years ago, we had a client that had a billboard ad campaign that wasn't well received. It said something like "4 out of 5 people prefer...." The image was 4 crackers standing on a black line and the 5th was a black guy dangling by one hand at the end of the line. Woof. Very fortunate it was before the PC culture had taken over and social media wasn't as widespread. |
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I am white. My wife is white. But we adopted a black dog...My other dog is brown. We also have two cats and one is black.
We are a mixed race family. |
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The fact that you even made that observation makes you an evil right wing conservative prejudiced racist, homophobic, misogynistic, bigoted, Hitlarian Trump-loving capitalist Zionist Nazi pedophile and overall mean ol' poopy-head. Your Klan brethren will be proud.
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Burglar alarm commercials never show a black perp doing the crime, but most times it is a white guy who burglarizes a black owned house and is cought by a black cop. |
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i see similar patterns on these home search/home improvement shows.
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I don't see race, so I haven't noticed.
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I think House Hunters (one of my favorite shows) should have a separate show called Gay House Hunters. I would never miss it because I find them hysterically funny. I don't know why, but gay men looking for a house is just funny.
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I noticed the trend in TV commercials too.
Has anyone else noticed the population trend in some counties where Caucasians are no longer the majority race? |
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Santa Fe County, NM:
"2010 census[edit] As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 144,170 people, 61,963 households, and 36,183 families residing in the county.[11] The population density was 75.5 inhabitants per square mile (29.2/km2). There were 71,267 housing units at an average density of 37.3 per square mile (14.4/km2).[12] The racial makeup of the county was 76.2% white, 3.1% American Indian, 1.2% Asian, 0.9% black or African American, 0.1% Pacific islander, 15.1% from other races, and 3.6% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 50.6% of the population.[11] The largest ancestry groups were: 26.0% Spanish 22.4% Mexican 11.2% German 10.0% English 8.4% Irish 3.6% French 3.2% Italian 2.5% Scottish 2.3% American 2.1% Scotch-Irish 1.8% Polish 1.3% Swedish 1.3% Russian 1.2% Dutch 1.1% Norwegian" german/dutch here....so i don't blend in very well. i think i'm the only Douglas Brinkman in the entire state! |
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Do they just look for gay men? How about some hot lesbians looking for a house. |
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