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I personally hate ads anyways because what they DO in fact is influence society.
Trust me, people out there aren't just portrayed in specific ways by marketing, in fact, the marketing influences people to do such and such things just as movies do.
All these fads and everything force stereotypes - from hip-hop to skaters to whatever. If its the popular portrayl then people will do it.
And I agree with Guthmund - it also depends on personal experience in forming stereotypes.
Living in LA im fortunate to be able to meet races of every kind. For instance, popular stereotypes:
My friend's parents came from India to college here, he was born here. We joke around about Indians owning 7/11 triving taxi's etc. but we know from our own experience htats not entirely true. His parents are engineers for example. Working at a hospital also allowed me to see many Indian doctors and what not.
Seeing areas with Hispanics and African Americans also shows that the stereotypes aren't all true. People like to portray certain groups as being dumb, others as start, but i've seen a large part of the spectrum and that defenitely ain't true.
I can see if i lived in an almost all white area (which would honestly be most of the rest of the country) with little contact with other races, how stereotypes on TV, movies, and whatever can influence it much more.
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