International I had a look at couples portrayed in adverts.

[freakroor]

is this for a sociology class?

 

[milliniar]

This thread is now officially a raccoon thread.

Can't have a racoon thread without..

 

[Legumes]

Why is iceland advertising potatoes? They can't even grow potatoes over there. There's volcano ash everywhere.

Googled again.

a) It's a british food suplier, not the country.

b) turns out people do grow potatoes in Iceland. The climate is milder than I expected and volcanic ash is actually a good fertilizer.

Iceland grows all kinds of things in geothermal greenhouses including tropical fruits.

 

[SakurabasEar]

In my home country, the british broadcasting corporation doesn't come to people's mind when you mention BBC

Normalize race mixing so that we don't look so down upon immigration or migration? Probably part of it

 

[Plastikman_Eire]

If I saw them on the street, I wouldn't turn my head. it's just Barry* hugging his bird, innit.

Bazza*

 

[calavera2]

I think they use mixed race couples because it catches your attention. Generic couples usually don't.

 

[BigDeadFreak]

I can actually hear that meme in a Geordie accent.

 

[Renard]

I wouldn't say it was a useless endeavour considering that lefties always go to gaslighting as step 1 in this discussion; "You're just imagining it because you're a RaCiST. I see a ton of white couples, too many." Of course anyone with half a brain knows that minorities and interracial couples are represented in commercials at a rate that far exceeds their representation in the population.

 

[PainIsLIfe]

Figures

Black men: 2
Black women: 4
White British men: 7
White British women: 7
Light Brown men: 1
Light Brown women: 1
Mixed Race men: 1
Mixed Race women: 1
South Asian men: 1
Southern European men: 2
Southern European women: 2
Southern European/South Asian girls: 1
White but not British men: 1
White but not British women: 1

People depicted: 32
White British people depicted: 14 (44%)
White British people paired with White British people: 10 (31% of the whole, 71% of WBP)
White British people paired with other ethnicities: 4 (13% of the whole, 29% of WBP)

The figure for people who self identify as White British in the UK in 2016 was 80%.

Interracial couples may seem common but the latest figures show they account for only 7% of relationships in England and Wales.

Someone has too much time on their hands.

But here in the states nearly all commercials have mixed couple in them or an over abundance of gay couples.

 

[kflo]

TS auditioning for cast of always sunny......

 

[The_Renaissance]

I wouldn't say it was a useless endeavour considering that lefties always go to gaslighting as step 1 in this discussion; "You're just imagining it because you're a RaCiST. I see a ton of white couples, too many." Of course anyone with half a brain knows that minorities and interracial couples are represented in commercials at a rate that far exceeds their representation in the population.

And the "blasphemic" fact that every single race tends to be, largely, more attracted to their own race than other races. Perish the fucking thought!

 

[650lb Sumo]

is this for a sociology class?

No

 

[Morning Star]

Honestly I respect the work put into the OP, that's a lot more than your typical thread. That being said I feel like I could have guessed the results pretty accurately, nothing that shocking.

 

[Natural Order]

Raccoons are insanely intelligent animals, with very good problem solving skills.

I've tangled with a couple and saved quite a few trapped in dumpsters or garbage bins. They can get right nasty if you're not careful. Some of the scariest sounds you can hear in the woods at night is a couple of raccoons throwing down, right out of a horror movie.

 

[Zazen]

Why does any of this matter?

 

[skold]

In my home country, the british broadcasting corporation doesn't come to people's mind when you mention BBC

Normalize race mixing so that we don't look so down upon immigration or migration? Probably part of it

You people have some weird fucking insecurities

 

[SakurabasEar]

You people have some weird fucking insecurities

Its not an insecurity, its just a reality. America is obsessed with these things, and has been for over a decade now. Its in part a product of being overly racially focused

 

[skold]

Its not an insecurity, its just a reality. America is obsessed with these things, and has been for over a decade now. Its in part a product of being overly racially focused

The only people "obsessed" with it, are those who substitute normal social interaction with 24/7 internet and pornography

Go outside, normal people aren't bothered by "race mixing" like porn brained online weirdos

 

[SakurabasEar]

The only people "obsessed" with it, are those who substitute normal social interaction with 24/7 internet and pornography

Its not just about porn, its everything. Adverts, music, movies. We use blacks as a kind of progressive quality assurance these days. And your side tries, like so many other cultural problems, to pretend its a non issue or fabrication

 

[skold]

Its not just about porn, its everything. Adverts, music, movies. We use blacks as a kind of progressive quality assurance these days. And your side tries, like so many other cultural problems, to pretend its a non issue or fabrication

Black people being in movies and ads is an issue?