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Charlotte Little

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9. Then explain

Tue Nov 20, 2018, 12:38 AM

Nov 2018

The two almost identical photos. Why? Why two photos of blonde mom, brunette dad, little cute white children, two dogs?

And dude, I've worked in advertising in the past. Trust me, they pour over every photo/video/promo with a fine-toothed comb. Many executives had to green light this ad. Which tells you that either it was intentional OR it was subconscious. Not sure which is worse to be honest.

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Macys apologizes for ad [View all] Demovictory9 Nov 2018 OP

I don't even have to click on the link. MontanaMama Nov 2018 #1

Only white families have pets. eom IllinoisBirdWatcher Nov 2018 #3

Actually, the Black woman was the only one without a husband. nt Blue_true Nov 2018 #129

Yeah. The traditional white bunch has a Christmas tree. nolabear Nov 2018 #6

Gawd me too. MontanaMama Nov 2018 #8

'not that there's anything wrong with that' melman Nov 2018 #13

Thank you. Wondered the same. Tipperary Nov 2018 #25

Oh, melman. It's just a Seinfeld reference. betsuni Nov 2018 #26

lol betsuni melman Nov 2018 #29

It's a problem because there were two "traditional" white families, pnwmom Nov 2018 #56

Is a gay family somehow lesser than a 'traditional' family? melman Nov 2018 #57

Careful melman JackInGreen Nov 2018 #58

As the daughter of a gay man, I say: GET REAL. This ad is designed pnwmom Nov 2018 #60

Thank you. MontanaMama Nov 2018 #86

Recommended. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #116

No. That's not what anybody is saying. MontanaMama Nov 2018 #87

btw melman Nov 2018 #38

Oh, melman. The 1993 episode won a GLAAD award. betsuni Nov 2018 #40

well as long as they won a GLAAD award, 912gdm Nov 2018 #44

And? melman Nov 2018 #50

Oh, melman. betsuni Nov 2018 #52

That's not the point. The point is there is no father in the black family... brush Nov 2018 #80

Line from Seinfeld???? MontanaMama Nov 2018 #83

I don't feel that there is anything wrong with that. MontanaMama Nov 2018 #85

No way that woman old enough to have had those kids krawhitham Nov 2018 #93

The two white families are the same family Polybius Nov 2018 #119

I never noticed that! MontanaMama Nov 2018 #120

Oh I was looking at the giant penis shaped bears C_U_L8R Nov 2018 #2

But can they cover every group? What about lesbians? California_Republic Nov 2018 #4

Um... Charlotte Little Nov 2018 #7

You missed the point. They had two "traditional" Mom/Dad families of whites. pnwmom Nov 2018 #55

Oh give me a freaking break ... no wonder people hate liberals and our overly PC nature ... mr_lebowski Nov 2018 #5

Then explain Charlotte Little Nov 2018 #9

You know what's also subconscious? The VIEWERS presumption that the 'missing dad' ... mr_lebowski Nov 2018 #15

You didn't answer my question Charlotte Little Nov 2018 #21

They're clones. OilemFirchen Nov 2018 #41

I needed that laugh. Charlotte Little Nov 2018 #91

Both white families are traditional with cute dogs included. LisaL Nov 2018 #11

And here I thought the bottom left one was Retrograde Nov 2018 #19

SJW is a right wing term JonLP24 Nov 2018 #65

Nope. Swap the single black mom out, and I'd give them a pass. Ms. Toad Nov 2018 #14

Love ya Ms. Toad, but ... I'm sorry ... your arguments are overly-PC for my personal taste ... mr_lebowski Nov 2018 #20

Black families are traditionally portrayed as "broken" Ms. Toad Nov 2018 #24

Maybe dad died in a car accident RhodeIslandOne Nov 2018 #42

Or maybe he died in Iraq, valiantly defending his country ... mr_lebowski Nov 2018 #46

You say so much while yet supporting it with so little evidence. LanternWaste Nov 2018 #102

I'm not raging, only mildly annoyed ... but the fact is, it's a picture, and everyone ... mr_lebowski Nov 2018 #118

If you're used to being stereotyped and marginalized, the concern is not "overly-P.C." EffieBlack Nov 2018 #30

Isn't this the usual typical over privileged white male response to PoC responses to shityness? uponit7771 Nov 2018 #101

Agreed -- on all your points. nt pnwmom Nov 2018 #61

I Can See It Both Ways erpowers Nov 2018 #22

I'm with you. When you have to strain to find things that offend redstateblues Nov 2018 #34

lol, more than jus white folk post on DU. Some of us didn't have to "strain" at all uponit7771 Nov 2018 #105

LOL. You'd think white people would have figured that out by now, pnwmom Nov 2018 #122

Seriously PatSeg Nov 2018 #47

I agree with you lillypaddle Nov 2018 #54

Why couldn't it have been a single white mother or father? pnwmom Nov 2018 #62

Its the same white family. This isnt really an advert. Its random Celerity Nov 2018 #125

finally - I saw the same thing Locrian Nov 2018 #126

yep, seems sometimes like almost all on social media is shite designed to divide and inflame Celerity Nov 2018 #127

Twitter is a fucking cesspool for this. Locrian Nov 2018 #128

I want to see the full series before casting judgement. N/t TCJ70 Nov 2018 #133

Thankyou the uproar over this is ridiculous Fullduplexxx Nov 2018 #66

Looks like a black dad on top right photo to me. The Wielding Truth Nov 2018 #68

He's the ex-husband of the woman in the lower left. Dave Starsky Nov 2018 #71

hahaha... that's deep. To me they are just a bunch of people posing for a pajama ad. The Wielding Truth Nov 2018 #121

The problem is that when you don't give any thought to photos like this pnwmom Nov 2018 #123

May be lame to you but you're not African American. brush Nov 2018 #81

I agree JonLP24 Nov 2018 #84

+1 uponit7771 Nov 2018 #106

If this ad truly represented my community violetpastille Nov 2018 #92

Is this a joke? If not, "Si'rus (Sir) Masters" probably says, "get off my lawn" a lot. PSPS Nov 2018 #10

Seems to me melman Nov 2018 #18

It IS a joke. Dave Starsky Nov 2018 #72

More Diversity would be good, too.. Cha Nov 2018 #12

well, one family has more than 2 children Retrograde Nov 2018 #16

Good point ... I'm actually most offended by the over-populating families ... mr_lebowski Nov 2018 #49

I'm sorry I could not detect anything wrong with the ad. nt UniteFightBack Nov 2018 #17

I'm not sorry Awsi Dooger Nov 2018 #23

I didn't notice anything until someone pointed something out...seriously LeftInTX Nov 2018 #27

She's not their Mom...she is their Aunt. nt UniteFightBack Nov 2018 #31

That's what I thought too, that it was a group of kids. Luciferous Nov 2018 #74

This picture is typical for some of us and it didn't need to be pointed out at all. We could tell uponit7771 Nov 2018 #108

No Latinos or Asians? Mixed marriages? Not all heteronormative? Hekate Nov 2018 #28

I'm actually kind of surprised Charlotte Little Nov 2018 #32

Thank you. Good post! n/t pnwmom Nov 2018 #63

Well I, for one, am fucking OFFENDED... Dave Starsky Nov 2018 #73

What is with the random capitalization? Tipperary Nov 2018 #33

Two dogs are being forced to wear pajamas without their consent. milestogo Nov 2018 #35

Here's their web banner on Father's Day LeftInTX Nov 2018 #36

Post removed Post removed Aug 2021 #134

Time for pizza. marble falls Aug 2021 #135

I'm offended that there aren't any Latinos LeftInTX Nov 2018 #37

I see nothing wrong with those photos AlexSFCA Nov 2018 #39

Why are there no menorahs? OilemFirchen Nov 2018 #43

Im kinda pissed there is no FSM 912gdm Nov 2018 #48

I think I get it now. OilemFirchen Nov 2018 #45

FFS! "The man, the boy, and the donkey" Behind the Aegis Nov 2018 #51

Gotta love the casual homophobia of so many of the African Celerity Nov 2018 #53

I just think it's cool that they went for diversity at all. Maybe the black Dad just doesn't like ma lindysalsagal Nov 2018 #59

Macy's apologized JonLP24 Nov 2018 #64

All the parents look d_r Nov 2018 #67

What I noticed first was the colors of the outfits. dansolo Nov 2018 #69

They could have put in a grandma or grandpa. tavernier Nov 2018 #70

If you look hard enough at anything you'll eventually see something. egduj Nov 2018 #75

People are happier than we think? pwb Nov 2018 #76

How can you have dogs dressed up, with no antlers? There are no antlers on those dogs!! TheBlackAdder Nov 2018 #77

I honestly don't see the problem here. People are being too sensitive with this. bearsfootball516 Nov 2018 #78

Macy's does JonLP24 Nov 2018 #79

No problem with the ad. GulfCoast66 Nov 2018 #82

Or making the 'others' non traditional ? Not everyone who post on DU is white uponit7771 Nov 2018 #112

The moral here is "Never be happy that someone made a commendable effort....... WillowTree Nov 2018 #88

obviously the ad is ageist and weightist, duh. Mosby Nov 2018 #89

I'd Like To Know RobinA Nov 2018 #90

THERE ARE NO MEXICANS violetpastille Nov 2018 #94

Been a long time Macy's customer...hope they go the way of Sears HipChick Nov 2018 #95

Because of this ad? n/t violetpastille Nov 2018 #96

Even Stevie Wonder can see what's up HipChick Nov 2018 #97

20 years ago the idea of an ad featuring a interracial gay couple would have been groundbreaking RhodeIslandOne Nov 2018 #98

A lot of people that work at Macy's will lose their jobs if they go the way of Sears. violetpastille Nov 2018 #99

Jobless is going to happen anyway HipChick Nov 2018 #100

Patterned pajamas are a trend? guillaumeb Nov 2018 #103

The white families are traditional the pictures that included the "others" are not. uponit7771 Nov 2018 #109

Agreed. Mine was humorous, guillaumeb Nov 2018 #110

Ah, Got it, ... and agreed there are some responses here in this thread calling folk too PC uponit7771 Nov 2018 #111

And that fails to recognize that racism is not only explicit. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #113

+1 uponit7771 Nov 2018 #114

Single Black Mom mrsv Nov 2018 #104

Black families with Dad, Mom and kids do exist! mrsv Nov 2018 #107

They sell pyjamas for dogs? muriel_volestrangler Nov 2018 #115

Advertisers seems to have big issues with having black families protrayed. Basement Beat Nov 2018 #117

I just saw a news story about Chris Watts, the Colorado guy who murdered his wife and kids. betsuni Nov 2018 #124

Let me simplify. Iggo Nov 2018 #130

Upper left pic - That could be a single teen mom living with her mom & dad eleny Nov 2018 #131

So we've got four disparate picture from a series... TCJ70 Nov 2018 #132