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Troy i disagree because this forum wr set the agenda. And rhe regular contributors are a good mix of pov. I think image is incredibly inportant. Since they cam become symbols. Image effects how you see the world and your thinking. By not seeing images that represent your identity. , you become a ghost. You have no claim. And in the case of Black American. Yiu have no history you can claim pre slavery. I recently got into a discussion about it White Privledge. I was told i was a racist and fascist for making a blanket statement about white people. So I agree with Cynique, it is pointless 90% of the time to talk about race, sexism or power dynamics. As an aside I can't imagine the ad in reverse ever playing.

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It should be obvious by now that white advertisers don't care about what message, deliberate or imagined, their commercials send to black consumers. For every black person who is offended, there are 2 white people who are sick of political correctness and will either continue to or start buying the product being cited for being racist. When these advertisers apologize, they are just giving lip service so as to not appear insensitive. Black lives don't matter, and black grievances are perceived as being annoying or unnecessary, or ungrateful. The silent white majority can't understand why blacks are so discontented when so many of them are doing well, while the rest of them are killing each other or committing crimes. Rich and famous blacks, are actually resented by working class whites. i have become burnt out trying to justify why blacks have reason to complain. This is exacerbated by everything else that bugs me about Trump and his support base, and i find myself wishing bad things would happen to him. Like a bolt of lightening striking him in a public place for everybody to see, and get the message that god didn't sent him here to save America.

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Identity is a pretty big issue Troy. African American have no historical identity sepreate from slavery. Every other hyphenated American can claim a country. I have seen a marked difference between African Americans, Africans, Caribbean even English people of African Caribbean descent. It may not have valence for you. However I can agree with tou statement in particular or generally. Since Inam uncomfortable with self appointed arbiter of what is important. .

An old buddy of mine reminded me of the Michael Jackson Video below. Again it seems social media has has driven people in sane. I guess today Michael Jackson would be vilified as a racist all over Twitter too. Interestingly, "the gloved one" did make is own personal transformation from Black to white, including his own progeny... We have better things to be outraged about.

Pioneer perhaps there is a difference between what you can conceive and what is possible. @Cynique there are some interesting psychological studies about power and conformity. Most people would rather conform to group opinions that go against their own sense perceptions and values. People want to fit in because they are social. Like prostitutes give all of their money to the pimp.