The racial agenda in advertising...

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Is this another thread about how white men are the most oppressed people in the history of the world?

I for one am outraged.


Back to school on 11 July, they've barely got their summer holidays

Real travesty here is advertising school uniforms a week after kids finish for the summer.

No Maori or trans kids either. Definitely pushing an agenda.

ScallionAyter wrote: »

As a parent from Greystones i'm outraged at the gender bias on display in this advert. My Johnny wants to wear a skirt.

How insensitive by Aldi!

I’ve had a look again and I think the child on the left wearing a pinafore is actually a boy so your Johnny is good to go!!

Only €3.49 for two shirts, and a jumper for a Euro. Great value.

They even have a ginger kid!

One definite thing that I do notice regarding race in advertising is that any black woman will often be quite light toned or mixed race, often with a big head if curly hair. Watch out for it and you'll see how common it is, especially in ads from the UK. I think there's a "safe" face of blackness that advertisers like to use: black, but not too black.

boombang wrote: »

One definite thing that I do notice regarding race in advertising is that any black woman will often be quite light toned or mixed race, often with a big head if curly hair. Watch out for it and you'll see how common it is, especially in ads from the UK. I think there's a "safe" face of blackness that advertisers like to use: black, but not too black.

Reminds me of something I read after watching the NWA film Straight Outta Compton.

A casting call for extras for Straight Outta Compton was released on the Sande Alessi Casting Facebook page. The casting call was looking for African-American girls for the film using an A-D ranking scale. Though the "A girls" category was looking for "classy" women of all colors, the "B through D" categories were very explicitly linked with skin-tone. As the women get less attractive, the casting call wants the women's flesh tone to be darker, with the lowest listing calling for "African American girls. Poor, not in good shape. Medium to dark skin tone." The casting call post went viral as people expressed their outrage of what they call colorism, sexism, and racism in the categorizing of black women

Smashed Up wrote: »

I'm noticing a lot of very dark, ultra skinny, short hairded black women in advertising.

Is that in fashion advertising?

The products I'm thinking about are tame sorts of products such as sofas, food and services like insurance and holidays. Fashion may be more daring.

Not enough black or too much black. No one is ever happy.
The problem is you for even noticing this, I just see 4 kids. I couldn't care if it was 4 black kids or 4 white kids

I notice a red haired kid is front and centre...

Ginger supremicists