Credit where credit is due... Walmart sticking it to Trump [View all]

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(mandatory disclaimer: I've been pretty much a life-long antagonist towards Walmart, but credit where credit is due. First their CEO drops off Trump's advisory group and now, the ad featuring the much beloved Youngblood's song "Get Together" from the late Vietnam era)


‘Many Chairs. One Table.’: New Walmart Ad Weighs In On Racial Controversy In Aftermath of Charlottesville Unrest

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Everyone gets a seat at the table in a new Walmart ad celebrating togetherness among people of various racial, ethnic and geographic backgrounds.

The 60-second aptly dubbed “Many Tables. One Chair.” ad is a recreation of Coca-Cola’s iconic “Hilltop” ad from 1971, according to marketing and media news site Advertising Age. The commercial’s warm message comes amid racial controversy stemming from the recent deadly violence in Charlottesville, Va., and President Donald Trump’s tepid response in the aftermath.
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The commercial depicts racially and ethnically diverse individuals from across the country packing, carrying or wheeling their chairs to a large dinner table in the middle of an open field while The Youngblood’s “Get Together” plays in the background.
http://atlantablackstar.com/2017/08/24/many-chairs-one-table-new-walmart-ad-weighs-racial-controversy-aftermath-charlottesville-unrest/