Posted on 08/10/2025 1:15:06 PM PDT by janetjanet998
When Nike picked Colin Kaepernick to front its new campaign in 2018, it marked the high water mark for social justice advertising. Kaepernick, the former NFL star who began taking the knee in protest against racial injustice, was out of work and had accused the NFL of blacklisting him for his political protests on the field. Nike ran posters saying: “Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything.” Seven years on, the backdrop could hardly be more different. “Woke” adverts are fading from relevance in the US. Instead, an all-American, red-blooded spirit has taken hold – aimed squarely at the tastes of one Republican man.
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Now kill off BIG PHARMA ads !!
YES !!! 80% of the ads I see on TV are for prescription drugs.
How about ambulance chasers?
How about ambulance chasers?
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You have to go where your potential money is.....
Adbudgetall may cause headaches, eyestrain from trying to read warnings, corruption of news journalism, sudden wealth of politicians, memory loss on the plot of programs that broke for commercials ten minutes ago and a general increase of the costs of all perscriptions.
The only musicals being produced today are for weight loss drugs.
Did Madison Ave get the memo?
What next, will white actors will be allowed to work again? Same race couples?
“...Kaepernick, the former NFL star...”
Star?????? He was an average QB...Far from being a “star”.....
“...Kaepernick, the former NFL star...”
Star?????? He was an average QB...Far from being a “star”.....
This is BS. I have seen zero change in TV ads.
Just turn on the tube and find me an advert with 100% white family. Or hispanics. Or Asians.
Nope. Every ad campaign is a full employment act for African Americans.
Now I have nothing against diversity in advertising. But it has been pretty clear for years that the ad agencies discriminate against white actors and notice the “white dad” figure is always portrayed as clueless.
Woke may be dead at the White House, but on my tv the commercials have tripled down. The urban ghetto soundtrack to nearly every commercial is asinine or demonic, or both.
With that post, you are entitled to a major cash award.
He was never a star player.
The USA and New Zealand are the only countries that allow prescription drugs advertised on public airways.
abusing great music!
Safe and effective.
Check with your doctor if Myocarditis is right for you.
I’ll believe this when I see white men in significant roles in ads and same race couples. Neither are visible now.
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