"I'm Biracial & That Cheerios Ad Is a Big Fucking Deal," ALSO "10 Reasons It's Best Commercial Ever"

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1. Hey, I like seeing ads like this. Isn't the idea to reflect reality?

Isn't the idea to appeal to the largest possible consumer pool? Isn't the idea to produce ads to which ANYBODY can relate, and in which ANYBODY can see themselves? The better to resonate with the product and imaging being sold, so you wind up selling MORE, no?

It's very annoying that this stirs up shit. There are MANY American families that aren't the cookie-cutter white daddy/white mommy/white kids version. MANY. And many with one parent. And many with a combination of elders contributing. Forcryingoutloud, we have a President like that.

And many with same-sex parents, too. And unfortunately JC Penney has taken shit for its ads that feature families like that as well.

So frustrating, and disappointing, too. WHY is this still such an issue? This is the 21st Century, for Heaven's sake.