Wednesday, January 24, 2007

230: Image

Take a look at this and let me know what you think:

I can't decide whether I agree with the filmmaker completely. He makes an excellent argument and I understand where he is coming from. Any positive images of minorities in commercials have been slow in coming. And more often than not, Madison Avenue has played into people's negative stereotypes of minorities. Though, his assessment of the last commercial troubles me. If I don't accept his last example, then there's a chance that I'm too ignorant to recognize hatred towards me. If I accept it, then there's a chance that I'm being too sensitive, finding hate where there may be no meaning whatsoever. I don't know. What do you think?

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