I don't get the Cheerios commercial hooplah.

[cyberswede]

I thought biracial couples are commonplace in this day and age.

I remember biracial couples on The Jeffersons as a kid - and even The Electric Company had a biracial couple in a skit in the 70s.

A bunch of shows on HGTV have interracial couples, as well as same-sex couples, and I don't recall people having fits about those.

And there are these celebrity couples:
http://www.babble.com/celebrity/12-most-famous-interracial-celebrity-couples

Why is the Cheerios commercial causing such a stir?

[liberal_at_heart]

1. I remember seeing interracial couples all the time in the 80's. Now I hardly ever see any.

Economic inequality has caused more segregation I think. Also, racist white people tend to move away from communities that have black people in them. That makes the segregation even worse.

[Nye Bevan]

2. The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES is biracial!

The threads about this commercial make it sound like biracialism is the last taboo. I don't get it either.

[Bay Boy]

6. His being biracial isn't the same as

a biracial marriage. But I think you know that.

[Nye Bevan]

7. Except that his parents were in a biracial marriage.

How is a commercial featuring the same type of family as the one the President of the United States was raised in be so cutting-edge?

[Bay Boy]

9. I get your point now n/t

[MichiganVote]

3. Thank you. I don't get it either.

[marmar]

4. Because even though there are plenty of interracial couples in everyday life......

....... they are almost NEVER represented on television commercials, at least not in the United States. I've seen commercials featuring interracial couples in Canada and Europe, but it's a rare, rare bird in Amurka.

[cyberswede]

11. Well, I hope that changes.

I live in Iowa, and I see plenty of mixed race families. I can't believe anyone finds them "shocking" or whatever the complainers have a problem with.

[quinnox]

5. I hate false controversies like this

I just trash all the threads talking about this stupid shit.

[cynatnite]

8. I would've expected controversy with a gay couple raising a child in a commercial like this...

It never occurred to me that this would be an issue for people in the 21st century.

[cyberswede]

10. I saw an amusing commercial with a gay couple recently...

and I don't recall an uproar. Is it because the Cherrios commercial has a child in it? Mind boggling.

[Marrah_G]

12. The hooplah is only from a bunch of white supremists

If it were not for the internet we wouldn't even know there was any hooplah.

[cyberswede]

13. I hate Internet Nazis

(to borrow a phrase)

[Thor_MN]

14. I had seen the commercial a couple times before I knew it was "controversial"

So it was a real WTF? when I saw the headlines. Had to see it a third time in order to see what the racist assholes were upset about...

[PDJane]

15. Oh, I don't get that....and lots of other things.

I don't get why marriage equality is such a big deal....it's been here since 2005, and no one has had their marriage collapse, married their brother or sister or their dog. Trust me, it's not such a big deal. I don't understand this business about God-given rights. Rights are given by the state in most places, and if you decide to go out and bomb your neighbour or kill the local jerk, you'll find out how fast they are taken away. I don't get why the pigment in someone's skin or their sexual preference or their weight is a barrier to their success.

As I said, there are a lot of things I don't get, and I suspect there are a lot of things that will remain that way.

[Skittles]

16. I admit I am a bit surprised too

it seems very ridiculous but - with rabid rightwingers, you never know

[rocktivity]

17. Because the mother is white and the father is black

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making the child a living monument to white supremacy's worst nightmare: sexual commitment of a white woman to a black male.

Had the mother been black and the father white, this wouldn't have happened. And even with the comments removed on the YouTube Site, it has a 94% "Like" rating.


rocktivity

[KittyWampus]

18. There isn't that much "hooplah". It's a relatively small number of idiots.