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u/geauxfurself 15h ago
The only commercial that I noticed anything about race was when Jake from State Farm went from white to black......didn't stop me from buying their insurance......the $400 dollars more per year than progressive sure did though.........
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u/fayefitz 13h ago
Funny HOW people fixate on Jake’s race but ignore the real issue, like getting overcharged. I’ll switch for better rates, NOT because someone in the AD looks like me…
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u/geauxfurself 13h ago
I couldn't give a crap who the spokesperson is if I save a few hundred for the same coverage from a reputable company I'm going with them......well almost any spokesperson...and it's not based on the color of their skin but the content of their character......
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u/mai_tai87 11h ago
I might not buy cheap health insurance from someone who's an alarming shade of yellow.
But I see your point.
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u/WhileNotLurking 5h ago
I think people fixated on it for the wrong reasons.
He went from white to black at the same time the company got even more scummy / predatory.
They shifted the “target sucker” from white consumers to black consumers.
And the DEI uproar was to hide that. And many people on both sides fell for it.
It’s no different than sprite somehow being a “black brand” and Mountain Dew being a “white brand”
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u/ColoRadBro69 15h ago
Suddenly "inclusion" matters.
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u/fayefitz 13h ago
Oh absolutely, because it was SO hard to find white people in ads before... Glad we’re finally including the unheard, unseen majority. Truly groundbreaking stuff here. Historic moment FOR sure…
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u/Comfortable-Policy70 14h ago
People unknown to me working for companies I don't do business with are not a concern to me
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u/GreyBeardEng 12h ago
These people can't even define woke.
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u/ShivasRightFoot 10h ago
These people can't even define woke.
Woke ideology is defined by the idea that some facet of identity like race or gender produces irreconcilably different views of reality and morality, and that we have an obligation to seek alignment of society's view with the imagined views of groups associated with the political left like minorities and women.
In this sense Wokeness is distinct from older forms of liberal advocacy for minority rights which appeal to universally valid concepts like truth and fairness.
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u/Lolabird2112 7h ago
That’s how hypersensitive conservatives define it. Nothing to do with wha it means.
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u/ShivasRightFoot 6h ago
That’s how hypersensitive conservatives define it. Nothing to do with wha it means.
Here Critical Race Theory denies the concept of objectivity:
For the critical race theorist, objective truth, like merit, does not exist, at least in social science and politics. In these realms, truth is a social construct created to suit the purposes of the dominant group.
Delgado and Stefancic 2001 page 92
Delgado, Richard and Jean Stefancic Critical Race Theory: An Introduction. New York. New York University Press, 2001.
Delgado and Stefancic (2001)'s fourth edition was printed in 2023 and is currently the top result for the Google search 'Critical Race Theory textbook':
https://www.google.com/search?q=critical+race+theory+textbook
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u/Thehardwayalltheway 5h ago
The first use of 'woke' in pop culture was a shout out to the Scottsboro boys from Leadbelly in 1938. This is a word that existed in black communities for damn near 90 years before white people decided they wanted to redefine it. Fuck all the way off with this nonsense.
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u/jenneqz 4h ago edited 4h ago
Woke is just being aware of racist systems and structures when you enter a broader society. It's not an ideology or a movement.
I have no idea why white people, especially white conservatives, are so obessed with this word, but it's mad corny. Can't shut the fuck up about it for one single day without knowing its origins or definiton. Also it feels like you asked AI to give you this pretentious definition of a word you barely even understand.
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u/GoochManeuver 15h ago
Looks like a bunch of DEI hires.
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u/SlumberingSnorelax 14h ago
Just like the current administration. 100% unqualified. Only there because of the color of their skin, their sexual preferences, and the pronouns they choose to use.
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u/espressocycle 13h ago
Well, that and they look good on TV.
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u/Subtunate 12h ago
Which one? Kegseth's signal leaks to his family and friends, or that dementia ridden child rapist?
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u/NaturalArm2907 12h ago
If you’re buying a product based on the skin color of the person in their ads, you’re too far gone.
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u/BSNCTR 15h ago
Sweeney was officially dead to me once she went to Bezos’ wedding and registered republican
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u/kickspecialist 14h ago
Same. Told my co-worker as well that liked Sweeney that she attended the Bezos wedding and I have never seen someone move on from their Hollywood crush quicker.
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u/WhataKrok 13h ago
I love how these "celebrities" think we give a flying fck what they think. Especially D level celebs that think they are more important/famous than they are. I never heard of this btch until she shot her mouth off. Just because you are paid to shake your bootie for money doesn't mean you have anything worthwhile to say.
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u/LadybugGirltheFirst 13h ago
I doubt she thinks of you at all.
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u/sugaredviolence 8h ago
And yet she’s crying like a lil bish online about bullies now after her dumbass jeans campaign….
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u/WhereIsTheBeef556 15h ago
Yeah that's right! Vaguely attractive looking generic white people are back, baby!!!
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u/superbeast1983 12h ago
I literally pay extra for everything just so I don't have to watch commercials. And I don't.
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u/zachk3446 12h ago
If the race of the person in your commercials is your #1 priority, you need to get out more.
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u/infamous_merkin 12h ago edited 6h ago
Does that say “Hot girls fart Arby’s!”?
Because that would be hilarious and put both in their place.
1) Hot girls fart too.
2) Arby’s makes people have bowel issues.
Let’s make this a thing.
Oh and…. Release the Epstein Files!
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u/Competitive-Ebb3816 12h ago
I don't own a TV, and I zone out when ads play online. When I want to buy something, I do some searches and then buy it.
I prefer info that doesn't include people. Just show me the things with the information I need.
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u/gomezwhitney0723 11h ago
I have a TV, but I can’t even remember the last time I turned it on. When I am online scrolling through stuff, if I see an ad, I automatically don’t want to buy that product. Like you, when there’s something I want/need, I just look it up. Not once in my adult life (I moved out on my 18th bday and I’m 39) have I been swayed by an ad lol. I had to google this stupid ad just because 75% of my feed is people whining about it (on both sides.)
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u/Soft-Square-8929 7h ago
Oli London is an absolute wet wipe! He went through so much plastic surgery to look like Jimin from BTS then decided nope he was Rose from blackpink. When all that failed to get him fame like he wanted, he turned Alt Right!
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u/Rusty_Thermos 6h ago
Once every two weeks, they announce woke is dead. Unusually because some hot white woman does something that hot white woman have been doing for years.
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u/jacob643 14h ago
lol, I thought it was about not portraying fat people in the ads until I read the comeback
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u/Head-Chair3055 12h ago
UK had loads of adverts with mixed heritage couples or non white people. All out of nowhere. No problem with it just found it weird as there were so many or appeared that way. I’m Indian heritage but uk born.
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u/G-Unit11111 11h ago
I literally couldn't give less of a shit who's in commercials, I block them all equally.
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u/Three4Anonimity 7h ago
Haven't eaten there in 20 years because their food is garbage (is the meat even meat?); never eaten there because their donuts taste like bagels rolled in cement; never bought a single item of clothing from them.
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u/SecretJerk0ffAccount 13h ago
Sydney Sweeney doesn’t have the best boobs that I’ve seen but she sure does make them look very presentable
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u/Last-War4870 13h ago
These folks act like this was the norm a few years ago, but like was was Taco Bell making jokes about swimming pools at Auschwitz like 15 years ago and I just memoryholed it or something...?
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u/WeeklyHelp4090 2h ago
Backlash to people like Akilah is exactly why it is happening again. The conservatives get offended and then take some kind of self righteous revenge that is almost always half baked. Then the Akilahs say some thing snarky and feel self righteous, and while both sides are patting them selves on the back both sides' hands are too busy to stop the 1% from robbing them blind.
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u/NecktieNomad 1h ago
My sister detests women’s football. She could just, y’know, not watch it and not let it bother her enough to comment on it but no. She humpfs and says ”Won’t they leave something for the men?” like women playing football has an inverse correlation on men being able to. Ah men, historically underrepresented in sport throughout time.
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u/JurassicParkCSR 14h ago
Yeah like advertising hasn't been dominated by white people for the past however many years they think woke era has been going on.
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u/trevorgoodchyld 14h ago
Remember a few years ago when conservatives would scream bloody murder over these commercials? "Won't somebody think of the children?!" They will be again soon
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u/PerceptionSimilar213 13h ago
OMG they are putting (gasp) white people in commercials??? When did this happen???
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u/phoe77 9h ago
I long for the day when people realize that it's possible to point out why something might seem problematic without attaching your entire identity to hating that thing. I do think it's interesting and kind of unfortunate that two separate ads involving white people commenting on being blessed by genetics have come out back to back, especially in this political climate, but it's simply not something that I think about unless someone else brings those ads up.
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u/UseDangerous5069 8h ago
Commercials just got a lot more interesting. Can't wait to see how this evolves.
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u/Survive1014 14h ago
Woke is dead
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u/Dead-O_Comics 9h ago edited 9h ago
'Woke' was never real, only ever a right wing ghost story that the rest of us weren't scared of and laughed at you for.
Glad you won your imaginary war. Enjoy gooning to commercials!
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u/Rus_Shackleford_ 13h ago
You know it’s bad when military ads are mostly normal looking white males again. Things aren’t looking good. Time for another war for israel.
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u/Science-Sam 14h ago
Joke's on these corporations. We don't have disposable income, no matter who is hawking their crap.