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PumpkinAle

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Thu Jan 23, 2014, 01:47 AM Jan 2014

Swiffer follows Cheerios [View all]

I didn't see this posted so................

After Cheerios received both kudos and bigoted backlash for featuring an interracial family in an ad, Swiffer is using a similar strategy. Only the brand went one further: The husband in its ad is an amputee, prompting outlets to note the commercial's even broader portrayal of a household.

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The commercial shows how Swiffer impacts the real lives of the Rukavina family in Los Angeles. She's black. He's white. He explains he's better at cleaning the house, though, he says, the chore has become slightly more difficult since losing part of his arm. Enter Swiffer.

"Most Inclusive Ad Ever?" AdWeek wrote in its headline. Jezebel, too, called the spot "mega-inclusive" but hoped that such presentations "will be so commonplace that we won't even be compelled to talk about it anymore."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/22/swiffer-interracial-amputee-ad-inclusive_n_4639794.html
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Swiffer follows Cheerios [View all] PumpkinAle Jan 2014 OP
It's a nice ad. Beacool Jan 2014 #1
It's hard to believe that in 2014 people LittleBlue Jan 2014 #2
Even harder to believe that folks would post about it.. HipChick Jan 2014 #3
I am a white guy... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2014 #9
Made me want to buy ANOTHER Swiffer. alittlelark Jan 2014 #4
Well, it's the "right" kind of interracial couple this time rocktivity Jan 2014 #5
what? El_Johns Jan 2014 #8
She's baaaaackkkkk.... rocktivity Jan 2014 #15
I saw that last night on my hulu show.. Cha Jan 2014 #6
Guess what? ReRe Jan 2014 #7
I haven't been watching much commercial tv lately, haven't seen that one yet. MADem Jan 2014 #10
They got smart and disabled comments on YouTube.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2014 #11
I hope nobody takes this the wrong way but... Hyper_Eye Jan 2014 #12
um...yay? CFLDem Jan 2014 #13
But the fact that advertisers PumpkinAle Jan 2014 #14
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