I fear that we are becoming a world full of apologetics. Why? Try this one on for size:
The ad, which shows a black woman on her wedding day marrying a white man, has caused controversy for allegedly pushing racist stereotypes.
The image shows a white mother and father, presumed to be the mother and father of the white groom. It also shows a black woman, presumed to be the mother of the bride.
However, commuters and social media users were outraged that the bride did not have a father pictured in the snap.
Yeah… Black fathers being so notable for their appearance and involvement in their offsprings’ lives.
Actually, there’s a very simple explanation for the picture’s composition: they’re creating a central point of interest for the product, which means there can only be three or five characters (odd numbers, there being no midpoint in even numbers).
Why did they leave out Black Daddy, as opposed to any of the other parents? Your guess is as good as mine.
But it sure as hell is no reason for an apology, just as there is no reason to see “Black stereotypes” behind every fucking bush and every poxy door.
If we’re going to go with racial stereotypes to apologize for, here’s what we’re talking about:
Smelling salts available at all good drugstores.
A Colgate Palmolive subsidiary still sold “Darkie” toothpaste in Asia until well into the 2000’s
https://images.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/import-pages/darkie_tooth_paste_2.jpg
I currently drive a paid off 2018 Toyota. I have always wanted a pickup truck. Either a Tacoma or a Ridgeline.
Honda has a top trim level on the Ridgeline truck and the Pilot SUV called the “Black Edition”
Maybe I should save for that sooner or later before the Hoe and Tampon Timmy label that as Rayyysis
https://www.roadandtrack.com/reviews/g42862754/2023-honda-ridgeline-black-edition/
Looks like she already got her tit in the sauce.
“Why are their grandparents in the picture” is a much better question!! I mean, jeez, is that what people in their late 40s and early 50s are supposed to look like? Or is this more a case of some career wimmen waiting to have kids until they are in their 40s? Sorry, but those parents look like they are in their 70s.
Typically the parents sit next to their child. So Whitey’s mom is black.
And just how common are interracial, especially B/W, marriages in Britain? Who, exactly, is the target audience here?
I realize it’s become the fad to pretend that all relationships are interracial or same-sex in modern advertising, but I don’t have to pretend to like it. Probably a good think I never see much advertising anymore.
The best way to never apologize for anything, ever, is to not put yourself in a position where that may be a potential. IOW, control your yap.