by Stooo » Sun Nov 12, 2017 4:06 pm
Red Okktober wrote:Dean wrote:In what way do you embrace racial diversity? You were moaning about some supermarket showing a mixed race couple instead of a white couple ina tv ad yesterday...
I agree with you... the more races the better!
Nope, not instead of a white couple. The only person who has mentioned white people is canny. I've been talking about same race couples, be they white, black, or whatever.
This thread is specifically about those adverts, so we were discussing them, I haven't randomly started 'moaning' about a TV advert out of the blue. My opinion of them is that it's load of PC nonsense, that two of the UK's largest retailers have decided to show mixed race families, when such families make up less than 10% of the population.
Let's face it, had they shown by far the most common family combo, that of mum, dad, and child being of the same race, most likely white, there would have been accusations of 'racism' about the ads. So they played it safe by portraying mixed race families instead. Which is where I came in by saying it's both unrealistic and PC nonsense.
That makes, uh, 10% of their customers. Best not advertise to 10% of your market, sound financial sense
[quote="Red Okktober"][quote="Dean"]
In what way do you embrace racial diversity? You were moaning about some supermarket showing a mixed race couple instead of a white couple ina tv ad yesterday... :dunno:
I agree with you... the more races the better![/quote]
Nope, not instead of a white couple. The only person who has mentioned white people is canny. I've been talking about same race couples, be they white, black, or whatever.
This thread is specifically about those adverts, so we were discussing them, I haven't randomly started 'moaning' about a TV advert out of the blue. My opinion of them is that it's load of PC nonsense, that two of the UK's largest retailers have decided to show mixed race families, when such families make up less than 10% of the population.
Let's face it, had they shown by far the most common family combo, that of mum, dad, and child being of the same race, most likely white, there would have been accusations of 'racism' about the ads. So they played it safe by portraying mixed race families instead. Which is where I came in by saying it's both unrealistic and PC nonsense.[/quote]
That makes, uh, 10% of their customers. Best not advertise to 10% of your market, sound financial sense :thumbsup:
