That black Americans wouldnt be able to vote if they cant mail in their votes because they would have no way to get to a voting booth on election day, or that there are no bus routes to some voting booths, as if black Americans can only use public transport and dont own vehicles. Just last week, I read an article about how Hollywoods woke movie-makers are starting to notice that their films are bombing. I like my man to act like a man and not line me. Omgggggg now the woke tards are picking on the NHL? For more information about this processing of personal data, check our Privacy and Cookie Policy. I had that same thought- and Im a white woman! I call it Clown World and were all living in it. So Progressives get more and more LEFT because after activists achieve their original goals, they MUST make NEW GOALS, and NEVER BE SATISFIED because THEY NOW COUNT ON THEIR ACTIVISTS JOBS for their livelihoods. As with the Universe, there is a great mass of different forces here. But one analysis that does spring to mind is this thread on Reddit in which the topic creator recorded the race of all 433 actors in Super Bowl 2022 commercials and compared the percentages to the actual U.S. population. I agree. When I say normal, I dont mean this in a derogatory way but normal as in real life normal. (Thats why he founded Jeremys Razors as an alternative to Harrys when that company pulled its advertising from The Daily Wire after a social media influencer with two followers complained about an on-air discussion about gender dysphoria.) No wonder black fatigue is becoming a thing. Yes it is the Democrats doing this because all white people are racist. Not true. For me the clearest single point from your comment is that there is a very negative affect from all this woke & diversity advertising by alienating their main audience. And their purchasing power is growing 70 percent faster than that of non-Latinos. Off the subject but There needs to be set a new standard for the determination of male and female. Why is the white guy always the buffoon and the Hispanics (if they appear) always the low-level employee showing the rich black executive to her car? Communications, PR, public affairs & media relations executives from Forbes Communications Council share firsthand insights. And I am married to a black woman, so its not like I am against it, but it has gotten way past ridiculous at this point. Its the only way to get them to change, and it does work. Slavery is like the albatross around the white neck. In addition, they are the highest paid athletes in the world (basketball and football) and take home 75% of the coveted music awards each year. Apparently no one has ever wondered about this before. The worst is the man whos lamenting the loss of his afternoon because the white woman with him is selling her car. And the hard truth is, its well past time for us to have an adult, national conversation about the violence and criminality that is so pervasive in black culture. why is this? An industry filled with media creators so oblivious to human psychology and so far up their own pretentious asses, most couldnt portray a believable version of reality if their clients corporate profit-sharing plans depended on it. James Gilbert, CloudCherry, 13. White girls too. So this makes for a huge boulder rolling down the hill with great momentum. This is NOT the same country and society it was 60 years ago. If Im watching TV, and there are, say seven commercials on before another, often annoying, show promo during the long commercial break, six out of the seven commercials have black people, or mixed couples. and the buffoon, always a white guy, UNLESS the actors are ALL of color, then a buffoon would be allowed. Yay, a 19th century painting, so at least white people DID exist! Recent LL Bean catalogues are great examples of everything you mention. I keep my business behind closed doors where it belongs!!! Most nights I could barely stand five minutes before pulling the plug. Here is link to study. While we are at it the advertisers can knock off the peyone, aka crooked carrot, feminine products etc. Lgbtq is crossing the line. Diverse thoughts are contagious, and they add significant value to the ideation process. All they are doing is checking a box on the inclusivity inventory checklist. Imagine the reaction if a white actor portrayed MLK or Nelson Mandela in a film or play, or had the lead in The Lion King? Think about that. His firm is huge, and he sees his responsibility in the industry to promote diversity. Although both are paying a price for it, the losses in revenue are apparently seen merely as an investment toward the cause. In fact, you hardly see boys at all in commercials now. can allow opinions they agree with but refuse/censor conservative opinions & perspectives they DONT agree with. The sheer number of black people in TV commercials is already highly suspect, but the equation becomes even more lopsided when you consider that they are almost universally portrayed as clever, sensible professionals and leaders who hold positions of power over whites and characters of other races. They now account for nearly 19 percent of the U.S. population, yet they are in nowhere near 19 percent of TV commercials. Not about racism at all. Of course posters, marketing, etc would be mostly white if the country was mostly white. I'f I'd e. Youre spot on Sharon its really sad to see that the woke/cancel culture society is promoting this rubbish on the Caucasian culture its far from reality and its only going to promote division within our society . Get out and enjoy your life, and leave those miserable techno-fascists behind. A digital billboard in Times Square lights. I have a theory: The only true way to make your feelings known is to actually contact the companies directly & voicing your concerns & issues. Right, who are very zen, too. Too bad for them, then, that thoughtful and measured comments like yours, and so many others on this page, prove emphatically that we are not. Read about them. That said, I think you expressed yourself quite well. I think many of us would agree that it does none of us any good for advertisers to continue to push such silly and unrealistic representations of people of different races. Yes, the erasure of strong male role models from American culture is absolutely intentional. Generation to generation. this is NOT saying people of color are not smart, nor is it saying they are not nice people, intelligent, funny, and personable! There is positively an endgame to complete the destruction of the west underlying all of this. I thought I was a horrible person for even slightly thinking or feeling frustrated with what Im seeing. Are tv ads only meant to target black purchasers? Walt Disney did not have a problem depicting masculine heroes. I was dropping something off at USPS Store the other day. Believe it or not, the United States of America is one of the *least* racist countries on the face of the earth. In England now this also the norm, where the percentage of black people is less than America. 2. Any day, science will enable a human to have a litter of kittens. I went on a two month road trip Nov-Dec. 2020. Thanks, Jackson. Corporations ran the world and kept people controlled with mindless TV as one mechanism. It is actually quite embarrassing. I think the word to go warpspeed on this issue was given about five years ago, with a major increase 28 months ago. Life imitates art. This gap is both unsettling and unacceptable to most of today's consumers. We are in deep shit. I think theyre trying to sell ideas I just dont know what ideas theyre trying to sell.. Zach Van Arsdale By Fernanda Galan | November 8, 2021 | 9:30pm MST Men, know that most women do not like this, especially Christian women. no taxpayer is going to care about my first world problem..lol. Political correctness is whats gotten us here in the first place, Thor. And again, your comments about the roles blacks have in commercials were dead on. Last thing the diversity officer in major companies that must approve all advertising is root of the problem. I dont believe they are diverse just playing the role. I dont see how it couldnt have. Advertising cookies (of third parties) collect information to help better tailor advertising to your interests, both within ANAs website(s) and on other websites and online services. But I myself see plenty of ads from small-time brands that very conspicuously feature oh, not normal-sized women, but actually obese women. Sixty percent of American consumers consider diversity in advertising to be important and a further 40% have turned away from brands they felt weren't inclusive in their advertising. Sometimes it is important to intentionally choose a diverse group, but keep the balance so you dont color-wash your efforts. Remember, brands and advertisers: its not diverse or inclusive if it doesnt include everybody. A man can identify as a woman all he wants, but hell still need a prostate exam around age 40. Powerful words, Will. As soon as they get a position of power (hiring, for example), they do exactly what actual racists do: hire their own, pick their own, empower their own. Ive been playing the video game Watch Dogs: Legion, an open-world adventure set in near-future London where it seems 80 percent of the pedestrian population is Muslim or black African. While I agree with most of the above comments, I feel the old mantra comes to mind follow the money.. Up or down, it seems to vary in concert with social signals sent by Facebook, the autocratic, data-collecting platform that has several times blocked my ads promoting this blog post and restricted my account for hate speech.. These points are not racist at all. Often he complains about how shows are too woke. Over the past few months, its been out of control. If Id replied with anything but an acknowledgement that yes indeed, todays advertising industry is totally overrepresenting black people and making white people look like idiots, then that would have told you that I was a lunatic, or at least intellectually dishonest, and that this blog was not worth your time. I think what irks me about it is the people making the choices. Because, in sharp contradiction to what so many whackos in this country would have you believe most white Americans are not racist. And this blantant overrepresentation is not limited to TV commercials. A Diversity Report for the Advertising/Marketing Industry (2020) November 17, 2020. "A Diversity Report for the Advertising/Marketing Industry (2021)." Please explain what you mean by the statement the other problem is that all of these ads showing black people arent really representative of black people at all? You do know that Black people are not a monolithic group. I cry for the state of America these days because as previously posted, I date back to much better days.