What a cute commercial! That kid is darling. I noticed a bi-racial couple when I first saw it and thought “hmmmmm self…..I have never seen a bi-racial couple in a commercial.” It’s about time. There are about 10 million bi-racial children in America today and who knows how many adults. Are we just going to pretend these folks don’t exist?
There is a real problem with trolls who sit behind a computer in their underwear (eeewwwwwww) and type out hate and other stuff they lack the courage to say to someone’s face. Most responsible web masters and blog meisters take down those kinds of comments that shriek hatred of people because of their race, sexual orientation, religion, etc.
The Today Show revealed the following:
“The comments that were made in our view were not family-friendly, and that was really the trigger for us, you know, to pull them off,’’ said Camille Gibson, VP marketing for General Mills, on TODAY Monday.
Discussing the development, TODAY’s Donny Deutsch brought personal perspective to bear: Twenty years ago, the chairman of advertising agency Deutsch Inc. featured an interracial couple in an advertisement. While he applauded Cheerios’ decision to include a mixed-race couple in its commercial, he understood why some companies would shy away from it.
“What’s unfortunate is that I still think 97 percent of companies would stay away from this because they would say, ‘I don’t need the letters.’ Which is a shame, because in reality when you do an ad like this, yes, there will be some fringe crazy people,’’ Deutsch said on TODAY Monday. “Fringe crazy people go crazy about everything, but in reality you’re making a statement about your company: ‘We’re progressive, we’re inclusive, we are about today.’
Good for General Mills for producing a darling commercial that reflects who we are as Americans.
BTW, who wants to try to get me to believe that everyone who hates President Obama hates him because of his politics and not his race?
