I'm oblivious to the world? I don't mean like "Hey, that guy's BLACK??" I mean, I didn't say "Hey, they're a couple and one is black and one is white!"
When I saw it was that commercial, I just remembered it as the one where the little girl pours Cheerios on her sleeping dad. I swear to jeebus I did not cross my mind that they were an interracial couple.
Maybe because I almost always have something else going on when I'm watching tv? Messing around online, reading a book, crocheting, etc. I don't know. I noticed the kid appeared black because of her cute hair, I didn't really notice the mom or dad.
i don't want to live in a world where a commercial like this would get people riled up. IT'S FOR BREAKFAST CEREAL. everyone eats breakfast! even people who marry outside their race!
The comments on the Huffinton Post facebook page made me laugh. It was pretty much what's going on here except for one fool who was like, "They did it to mask their horrible processed food."
i don't want to live in a world where a commercial like this would get people riled up. IT'S FOR BREAKFAST CEREAL. everyone eats breakfast! even people who marry outside their race!
The comments on the Huffinton Post facebook page made me laugh. It was pretty much what's going on here except for one fool who was like, "They did it to mask their horrible processed food."
I noticed and I thought it was a cute commercial. I did immediately think there would be people complaining about the commercial because people do suck and like to complain about shit like this because the more they yell about interracial couples (or something along those lines) they don't have to look at how small and insignificant they are.
I didn't notice because mom was in the frame in the first half of the commercial and dad was in the second half, adorable little girl that could have been adopted or birth seen only with mom but talking about dad, I was listening more than I was paying attention until someone pointed out OMG BIRACIAL COMMERCIAL and BIRACIAL COUPLE (and adorable kid) and I'm certainly not going to reverse TiVo to re-watch a commercial to see if I missed something. So yeah, I'm oblivious more than I'm white-guilted.
To be honest and fair, I do notice bi-racial couples. I've got several neighbors that are bi-racial (one is black/white and one is Ghana/Mexican if you consider that biracial.) It is something that yes, people notice and it's disingenuous to say that you don't see the fact that they're a bi-racial couple. What bothers me in "bi-racial" couples isn't skin color, it's other inequalities. I know a number of biracial couples but they are compatible in education, values, manners, background, etc. They're couples like the one in the commercial. OTOH, my daughter is dating a black man and it bothers me that she is. But it's not that he's black that bothers me...it's the whole package of "strikes against him" that bother me - he dresses "ghetto" with the baggy pants and big chains, he's uneducated, he's poorly spoken (not legible, poor grammar and diction), he has a mental illness that requires medication and has never worked in his life. If she was dating the guy in the commercial, yeah I'd notice [just as I'd notice if he had red hair, was Asian or Hispanic, had an accent (please bring home a guy with a British accent, please?) or something else that wasn't normally seen in my totally middle-class, plebeian, Midwest/PacNW history.)
(Zips up flame-retardant suit before I head out to first-grader's birthday party. By the way, it's a child of a bi-racial couple.)
I didn't notice because mom was in the frame in the first half of the commercial and dad was in the second half, adorable little girl that could have been adopted or birth seen only with mom but talking about dad, I was listening more than I was paying attention until someone pointed out OMG BIRACIAL COMMERCIAL and BIRACIAL COUPLE (and adorable kid) and I'm certainly not going to reverse TiVo to re-watch a commercial to see if I missed something. So yeah, I'm oblivious more than I'm white-guilted.
To be honest and fair, I do notice bi-racial couples. I've got several neighbors that are bi-racial (one is black/white and one is Ghana/Mexican if you consider that biracial.) It is something that yes, people notice and it's disingenuous to say that you don't see the fact that they're a bi-racial couple. What bothers me in "bi-racial" couples isn't skin color, it's other inequalities. I know a number of biracial couples but they are compatible in education, values, manners, background, etc. They're couples like the one in the commercial. OTOH, my daughter is dating a black man and it bothers me that she is. But it's not that he's black that bothers me...it's the whole package of "strikes against him" that bother me - he dresses "ghetto" with the baggy pants and big chains, he's uneducated, he's poorly spoken (not legible, poor grammar and diction), he has a mental illness that requires medication and has never worked in his life. If she was dating the guy in the commercial, yeah I'd notice [just as I'd notice if he had red hair, was Asian or Hispanic, had an accent (please bring home a guy with a British accent, please?) or something else that wasn't normally seen in my totally middle-class, plebeian, Midwest/PacNW history.)
(Zips up flame-retardant suit before I head out to first-grader's birthday party. By the way, it's a child of a bi-racial couple.)
So does it bother you that he's black, or that he has these other negative qualities? Because one doesn't imply the other.
I am honestly a bit perplexed now. And wouldn't be at all if I didn't usually like BPO. It sure sounds a lot like someone has biracial friends (grandchildren).
What bothers me in "bi-racial" couples isn't skin color, it's other inequalities. I know a number of biracial couples but they are compatible in education, values, manners, background, etc.
Why is bi-racial in quotes? Are they only pretending to be bi-racial? "Ready to go, honey? I'll be black this time." "Awwww I'm always the white one. It's my turnnnn, wahhhh."
And also, wtf are you talking about? So the characteristics you don't like in your referenced "bi-racial" couples, don't bother you in any other person?
Post by underwaterrhymes on Jun 1, 2013 17:24:28 GMT -5
1. The little girl is adorable.
2. I noticed that the mom is white and the dad is black.
3. Didn't care that the mom is white and the dad is black other than to give Cheerios a thumbs up for doing some kick ass casting because holy fuck have I mentioned that little girl is super cute? Clever marketing, too.
2. I noticed that the mom is white and the dad is black.
3. Didn't care that the mom is white and the dad is black other than to give Cheerios a thumbs up for doing some kick ass casting because holy fuck have I mentioned that little girl is super cute? Clever marketing, too.
I didn't notice because mom was in the frame in the first half of the commercial and dad was in the second half, adorable little girl that could have been adopted or birth seen only with mom but talking about dad, I was listening more than I was paying attention until someone pointed out OMG BIRACIAL COMMERCIAL and BIRACIAL COUPLE (and adorable kid) and I'm certainly not going to reverse TiVo to re-watch a commercial to see if I missed something. So yeah, I'm oblivious more than I'm white-guilted.
To be honest and fair, I do notice bi-racial couples. I've got several neighbors that are bi-racial (one is black/white and one is Ghana/Mexican if you consider that biracial.) It is something that yes, people notice and it's disingenuous to say that you don't see the fact that they're a bi-racial couple. What bothers me in "bi-racial" couples isn't skin color, it's other inequalities. I know a number of biracial couples but they are compatible in education, values, manners, background, etc. They're couples like the one in the commercial. OTOH, my daughter is dating a black man and it bothers me that she is. But it's not that he's black that bothers me...it's the whole package of "strikes against him" that bother me - he dresses "ghetto" with the baggy pants and big chains, he's uneducated, he's poorly spoken (not legible, poor grammar and diction), he has a mental illness that requires medication and has never worked in his life. If she was dating the guy in the commercial, yeah I'd notice [just as I'd notice if he had red hair, was Asian or Hispanic, had an accent (please bring home a guy with a British accent, please?) or something else that wasn't normally seen in my totally middle-class, plebeian, Midwest/PacNW history.)
(Zips up flame-retardant suit before I head out to first-grader's birthday party. By the way, it's a child of a bi-racial couple.)
It must really piss you off that George W. Bush went to an Ivy League and Laura Bush didn't. Oh, the inequities.
And don't even get me started that Brad Pitt almost has his college degree and Angelina Jolie ONLY TOOK NIGHT CLASSES!
3. I honestly don't think I would have noticed it was an interracial couple if we weren't discussing it. I'm not one of those people that's all "I'm colorblind!" or have a ton of white guilt either.. I just think I'm fairly oblivious to this in the media or perhaps it was because the commercial wasn't going out of it's way to be all "LOOK! An interracial couple! We're so progressive!" It was just a commercial.
Simply featuring an interracial couple is progressive.
I'm not personally aware of any other commercials that do so.
I welcome anyone to provide me examples. I hope there are some.
Oh! Dating commercials. I have seen commercials for dating sites with interracial couples.
And googling shows that there was a Christmas Old Navy ad with an interracial couple and a Philly Cream Cheese commercial featuring an interracial couple.
Post by firedancer49 on Jun 1, 2013 19:49:41 GMT -5
I had never seen that commercial. I like it. When dh and I were seriously dating 10 years ago my dad pulled me aside and said how he was worried about the things people would say to me, or look at me, etc. My mil did the same thing to H. (I'm white dh is black). We were just talking a few months ago about how we have never ever ever had any 'issues' or people say anything to us bc we were interracial.
The comments about the commercial aren't surprising.
When I started dating DH (who is Indian), my employers at the time pulled me aside and sat me down to share their "concerns" with me. They felt that he wasn't "a good match for me and that they were concerned for me." I had never uttered a negative thing about him. Ever. Also, they had never even had a conversation with him. Just an introduction. They kept saying that "He's just not a good match." And that I "should get back together with my (Caucasian) ex because we have more things in common". I can't remember exactly what they said it was 7 years ago but it was so stupid.