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"They typically show men and women of all races, and also children, interacting amicably as they display and recommend the advertised products. And the whites who still appear ignore race entirely. If a multicultural America really was this harmonious, everyone would cheer."

Well, things usually ARE that harmonious except in a few inner-city hell-holes.

What bugs me about the ads is not the harmony but the fakery of everything else. It is a world of 40-50% black people in which virtually everyone lives in an upscale neighborhood and drives a high-end car. Gay couples - either explicitly so, or by subtle implication - are more common that Christians, and every household gathering is multi-racial. We see lots of women and children in upscale homes with no man in sight, whereas the reality of most single-parent households is far different. And the most prominent embodiments of virtue are always corporations.

The fakery of the whole thing sickens me. (And after the "China virus" controversy, we predictably saw an upsurge in Asians appearing in ads.)

And the vast majority of couples, both in print and on screen, are portrayed as interracial. NTTAWT, but it’s just not an accurate reflection of America in 2022.