[Verginius Rufus]

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?

[driftless2]

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?