# Has anyone else noticed that almost every single couple/family in commercials now is interracial? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** commercials-ads\ **Created:** [April 5, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285 "2022-04-05T03:46:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![thdudescar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thdudescar/32/4638_2.png) [@thdudescar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thdudescar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285/101 "2022-04-06T15:52:20Z")
Maybe all the men are mariachis and the women are abuelas in the kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285/102 "2022-04-06T15:56:16Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > In the UK at least, that has gone completely. There is a current ad featuring a teenage boy putting his own clothes in a washing machine and another with the male partner vacuuming. That’s because they’re banned there. [In Britain, the Hapless Dad Stereotype Will Be a Thing of the Past (Well, at least it will be in advertisements).](https://www.fatherly.com/play/britain-will-ban-male-bashing-ads/) ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285/103 "2022-04-06T17:11:21Z")
> [@thdudescar](#): > > Hell, my oldest daughter is 1/4 Mexican and she’s blond haired with blue eyes. She wouldn’t represent the Hispanic community too well. My maternal grandfather’s second wife was Mexican - from Mexico City. She had very light skin, light eyes, and red hair (likely dyed). I vaguely recall some family mention of “fair” Mexicans of “Spanish” ethnicity, and skin/hair issues similar to what I’ve heard of in portions of the Black community. But that GF died in 68, ad I haven’t seen Lucy since then. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285/104 "2022-04-06T17:12:31Z")
I can’t believe people in 2022 are surprised that a lot of white people live in Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![thdudescar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thdudescar/32/4638_2.png) [@thdudescar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thdudescar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285/105 "2022-04-06T18:41:15Z")
I know. There are a lot more people in Mexico City that are of mostly European extraction than most of the country. I once ran across a group of Mennonites in Chihuahua (maybe Sonora) that were pure Germans. Seemed to fit very well in the community. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285/106 "2022-04-06T18:50:51Z")
Did they speak Spanish with a German accent? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285/107 "2022-04-06T18:52:00Z")
Oddly, back a few centuries, red hair signified Jewishness in Europe. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285/108 "2022-04-06T18:57:50Z")
The amount of stereotyping in this comment is pretty over the top. What are you suggesting? All black characters should wear dashikis? Maybe jeans worn around the knees and gold grills? Saying that the Latinos in the commercials don’t look Mexican enough is wrong on many, many levels. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285/109 "2022-04-06T18:58:03Z")
Red hair also was a stereotype of the Germans according to the Romans IIRC ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285/110 "2022-04-06T18:58:23Z")
> [@thdudescar](#): > > Seems like we’re still catering to the George Floyd murder. Just an observation. I’m not sure what this means. ---
**Author:** ![thdudescar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thdudescar/32/4638_2.png) [@thdudescar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thdudescar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285/111 "2022-04-06T18:58:23Z")
My proficiency in Spanish was not acute enough to recognize accents, but my BIL said they’d been there for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![thdudescar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thdudescar/32/4638_2.png) [@thdudescar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thdudescar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285/112 "2022-04-06T19:05:01Z")
OK, I’ll just go ahead and say it, African-Americans are receiving extra attention on TV, films, etc. Why: George Floyd. Is this deserved, yes. Is it a bit over done: yes. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285/113 "2022-04-06T19:08:37Z")
Must be rough for those who aren’t “bothered” by it, but nonetheless feel compelled to exhaustively document it. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285/114 "2022-04-06T19:08:43Z")
> [@thdudescar](#): > > African-Americans are receiving extra attention on TV, films, etc. Why: George Floyd Okay. I guess. Personally I can’t see a line from “African American is murdered by cops” to “we should put more African Americans in commercials.” ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285/115 "2022-04-06T19:10:47Z")
> [@thdudescar](#): > > OK, I’ll just go ahead and say it, African-Americans are receiving extra attention on TV, films, etc. Why: George Floyd. Is this deserved, yes. Is it a bit over done: yes. This has been going on a lot longer than George Floyd (by like a decade or more). I think maybe you’re not saying what you’re actually wanting to say. ---
**Author:** ![thdudescar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thdudescar/32/4638_2.png) [@thdudescar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thdudescar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285/116 "2022-04-06T19:18:00Z")
Seems strange but that’s the whole crux of the thread. What started Black Lives Matter? Never heard of it until George Floyd. It was the final straw for the African-American community and it seems that was the beginning of the mass sociological changes in TV, commercials and film. If you’re not willing to admit there has been a change, then we’re at a dead end. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285/117 "2022-04-06T19:21:32Z")
> [@thdudescar](#): > > What started Black Lives Matter? Never heard of it until George Floyd. > Black Lives Matter **began with a social media hashtag, #BlackLivesMatter, after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin back in 2012**. The movement grew nationally in 2014 after the deaths of Michael Brown in Missouri and Eric Garner in New York. It was a big thing for _years_ prior to Mr. Floyd’s murder. (I’m often the last to catch up on current trends, especially social media ones, but even I was aware of Black Lives Matter from at least 2015.) ---
**Author:** ![thdudescar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thdudescar/32/4638_2.png) [@thdudescar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thdudescar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285/118 "2022-04-06T19:26:08Z")
Sorry, I’m an apolitical person, but can you honestly tell me you were aware of this group before George Floyd? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285/119 "2022-04-06T19:41:25Z")
I seem to recall it originally as a response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman back in 2013. But I live somewhere with a large Black population. And I do not notice any wild jump in the representation of Blacks in the media. That’s been growing for a long time. I remember people commenting about it in the 90s. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285/120 "2022-04-06T19:56:02Z")
> [@Chingon](#): > > I can’t believe people in 2022 are surprised that a lot of white people live in Mexico. Not sure who or what caused you surprise, but I did not purport to present any info from 2022, nor did I suggest that Mexico was devoid of white people. To clarify, my familiarity with w fair-skinned red-haired Mexican was from 1968. And as best I recall, she described her “ethnicity” as Spanish - Castilian IIRC. She and her family were not recent immigrants to Mexico. As I recall (from being a kid) she was pretty wealthy and somewhat snooty. She gave me the impression she (and other similar folk) considered herself/themselves “higher class” than darker skinned Mexicans. That is the sum total of all I know about fair-skinned people of Mexican heritage. But wait - do you seriously mean to tell me that more than one white persons live in Mexico? I never dreamt of such a thing! 🙄 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-almost-every-single-couple-family-in-commercials-now-is-interracial/962285.md?page=7)