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The Black Ban
World Around The Net ^ | January 5, 2015

Posted on 01/12/2015 2:10:31 PM PST by QT3.14

According to the latest census data, African Americans make up just over 13% of the US population. That means out of the 317 million people living in the USA, there are about 41 million blacks -- just over the total population of California.

However, looking at the popular culture you'd never know that. Black music dominates popular music. Black culture is how most people define "cool." And most of all, what might offend blacks dominates popular culture, media, education, and entertainment. Fred Reed writes:

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: abortion; blackculture; blacks; bword; culture; culturewar; fredreed; hiphop; hippityhopmusic; nword; pc; playaz; playtheracecard; popculture; race; racism; rapmusic; thecoolkids; victimmentality
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To: Verginius Rufus
My wife didn't believe me when I told virtually every nationally-based ad had to have blacks in it. Finally, after paying attention, she agreed with me.

I wonder where all the Hispanic actors in those ads are. I rarely see any Hispanic-looking actors in those ads even though now they supposedly outnumber black Americans.

41 posted on 01/12/2015 4:00:16 PM PST by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: QT3.14

13% of the population and 100% of commercials.


42 posted on 01/12/2015 6:37:42 PM PST by Phillyred
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To: all the best

I have seen an upturn in the number of women stunt drivers in car commercials.


43 posted on 01/12/2015 8:46:30 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: driftless2
Sometimes there are ambiguous characters who might be Hispanic or Asian, or possibly non-Hispanic white.

There is a car windshield replacement company that runs a lot of ads (Starlite, I think it's called). The people from the company shown in the ads are always black (although the customers are sometimes white). Does that mean that it's a black-owned company entirely run by black people?

44 posted on 01/13/2015 1:30:03 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus
When I was growing up the fifties and sixties, you virtually never saw any blacks or minorities in ads or tv shows. Certainly black people and other minorities bought many of the products sold on tv. It wasn't until almost the late sixties or early seventies that you saw somewhat proportional numbers of different American ethnicities.

Of course, that's all turned around now. I guess most companies fear lawsuits if they don't include blacks in their commercials. I'm wondering if Hispanics will start agitating for more representation?

45 posted on 01/13/2015 1:59:47 PM PST by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: driftless2
I've wondered if it's that they fear lawsuits, or shakedowns by Jesse Jackson, or just want to demonstrate how incredibly enlightened they are compared to the "typical white person."

Back at the time of the Clinton impeachment trial in 1999, AMC ran an old movie (ca. 1940) about the impeachment of Andrew Johnson which was very sympathetic to President Johnson. I watched part of it and noticed there appeared to be almost no black people in the movie--despite the fact that it was disagreement over how to deal with Reconstruction and the status of the recently-freed slaves that led to Johnson's impeachment.

46 posted on 01/13/2015 2:10:04 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

I said AMC but on reflection I think it was Ted Turner’s network, TCM.


47 posted on 01/13/2015 2:12:20 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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