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Originally posted by guthmund
Of course you wouldn't see that.
Pandering to white folks would result in cries of racism. Pandering to minorities is way for a corporation to "reach out."
I don't think it's the corporations fault at all. They're only following a tried and true method to push product to a particular demographic. Same thing with music videos, shoe commercials, sports drinks, clothing, etc....
To blatantly put out a commercial for white kids like that is socially unacceptable, but it's okay to play stereotypes to sell shoes to black kids.
There was a commercial for an alcoholic beverage, I think. where two black guys were editing a video in a room with the rap star and his "posse." They catch two white guys in the video who are dancing like idiots; the rap star yells "who let them in???" and they argue playfully about it until the product comes in.
Now, it's funny because white guys can't dance and we've got no rhythm, at least that's a popular stereotype. This commercial was a hit and made a couple of clip shows because it was funny.
Now if the same commercial were played with white guys instead of black guys. White guys standing around; white star sees two black guys in his video and says "who let them in???"
And suddenly it's a whole different story....
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I couldn't have said it better myself. This is exactly what I'm talking about.
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