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I have bad news for you about advertising, modelling and the entertainment world in general.

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We have laws against positive discrimination, Hugh, which is the point. Should the government be ignoring this blatant disregard for the law?

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Nothing makes any difference Old Boy, whatever we do will be discriminating against someone, somewhere, at some time past, present or future ;)

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I know. I’m still mourning the loss of all common sense in this country. We are the few who can still see the wheat from the chaff.

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As previously requested, please provide evidence for this "blatant disregard for the law"?

The actors are hired to create adverts which have been shown to increase sales, financial performance, customer preference and loyalty, brand equity and market competitiveness - isn’t that the aim of adverts, and the fiduciary duty of the company?

Is using CGI meerkats or nodding dogs "blatant disregard for the law"?

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I think OB is going down the wrong rabbit hole which is diluting the current point being discussed.

Positive discrimination, which is an oxymoron anyway, or DEI hires or anything like that is not the issue being discussed.

Over representation of minority groups , which then distorts the actual make up of the U.K. which then irritates the majority group, is what was being discussed, and in context the only question was….. if it is racist to make that observation, to which the answer is……absolutely not.

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have you noticed that in adverts every white woman is married to a black man and they have 1 white kid and 1 black one ,is that normal ?

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They probably aren't married . . you know . . reflecting on todays society and all that :D

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do all cohabiting couples go interracial, just asking for a friend.

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It's a bit dodgy to say it makes you mad, though.

I am not sure why it would make someone mad any more than the fact that the people in adverts also tend to be more attractive, happy and charismatic than the wider population as well.

Adverts tend to reflect the aspirations of the demographic they're selling to.

If you look at an advert for a phone, it's probably attractive 20-something-year-olds who are go-getters moving around a city. If I see someone like me in an advert, then it's probably advertising Ronseal or life insurance.

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i can remember the uproar when there was a black guy in midsummer murders

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I've checked things and got some answers for your friend:

The couple aren't a 'couple', they're both single and work in the same call center. They decided on a little nooky and chose to do so at his parents house, which was empty as both parents (being pensioners) had booked a quick world cruise before the Government asked for their winter heating allowance back.

The children are just kids playing truant from school, and had broken in to the empty house 5 minutes before the couple arrived.

After a few minutes of wondering who was getting caught doing what, and worrying who was going to grass on the other, they all decided to sit down and have a wonderful dish of the especially crunchy <insert cereal name here> and enjoy the awesome flavour, now with added Cloritespozeane for that extra energy everyone needs to get through a difficult day.

Now also available in the eco friendly Jumbo pack.

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Agreed, but in this age they are influenced by other factors. The white nuclear family is seen as toxic, to the media class, so they don’t use it.

It’s not seen as toxic to the 82% of white citizens, but they pander to the minority to push the minority and skew the perception of the make up of the uk.

As I said, it’s not really an issue, but what she said is a perfectly valid observation and not racist

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Interesting (imho) research article about the "nuclear family"

https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/bl...family-broken/