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In reply to the discussion: "I'm Biracial & That Cheerios Ad Is a Big Fucking Deal," ALSO "10 Reasons It's Best Commercial Ever" [View all]patrice
(47,992 posts)94. #11. tv usually gets cute horribly enervatingly wrong; not so with that little girl! nt
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"I'm Biracial & That Cheerios Ad Is a Big Fucking Deal," ALSO "10 Reasons It's Best Commercial Ever" [View all]
Hissyspit
Jun 2013
OP
Oprah, Bill Cosby, and In Living Color did a WHOLE LOT for racial integration. nt
valerief
Jun 2013
#80
If the advertisement wasn't for a GMO, it would be wonderful; as such, it is cynical/exploitive.
proverbialwisdom
Jun 2013
#5
Super cute kid and this commercial depicts a caring, loving family...it's all good.
Tikki
Jun 2013
#59
My friend once told me that if I got 5 miles out of most metro areas in this country
Generic Other
Jun 2013
#66
I love the ad too. Think it is perfect. The responses to the ad, including some here? Not so much
Number23
Jun 2013
#92
Not only that but some bizarre comments about how ads like this "lifted us up from the ghetto"
Number23
Jun 2013
#97
The OPs comments in that thread make it very well understood exactly what he's saying.
Number23
Jun 2013
#121
I thought racism had been dying out. I've been thoughraly disabused of this misconception ...
marble falls
Jun 2013
#33
Gee, all the vitriol they really want to spew at Obama (white mother, black father)
mnhtnbb
Jun 2013
#36
Surely President Obama "validates the existence of biracial people" more than a Cheerios ad (nt)
Nye Bevan
Jun 2013
#37
I have always thought that children of much different parents (there is only the human "race")
GeoWilliam750
Jun 2013
#86
We are quickly becoming a multiracial country and there is nothing the bigots can do about it
kimbutgar
Jun 2013
#48
Eat my multigrain Cheerios w bananas every day! The little girl is precious. Great commercial!
CarmanK
Jun 2013
#54
You must be mistaken about the uproar--haven't you heard that racism is over?
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jun 2013
#70
#11. tv usually gets cute horribly enervatingly wrong; not so with that little girl! nt
patrice
Jun 2013
#94
I thought it was awesomely funny. Had there not been such a big deal over it,
Katashi_itto
Jun 2013
#109
The Cheerios on the father's heart made me laugh out loud at the end- great commercial
mike dub
Jun 2013
#119