# Has anyone else noticed that almost every single couple/family in commercials now is interracial?

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**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")\
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> [@needscoffee](#):
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> Maybe you don’t quite understand the purpose of advertising and reaching the largest audiences.

Indeed. It is a pretty darned big deal to be able to see someone who is “like me” being depicted in media. When advertising (and media, in general) was almost entirely depicting white heterosexuals, a significant percentage of Americans weren’t being included in those depictions.

Being more inclusive of ethnicity, sexuality, and ability means that advertising is starting to reflect _all_ of their audience, not just the straight white folks.

And, yes, sometimes it feels ham-handed (like the ads with a group of women, where there’ll be one black woman, one disabled woman, etc.), but I think, on the whole, it’s still far better than it was before.

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