Post-Racial America?
According to some this recent commercial promoting Cheerios as a “Heart Healthy” choice received a firestorm of racist comments – all geared towards people of color, of course. What’s more interesting, however, is the number of folk who didn’t understand the base of this hatred. We live in a society promoting acceptance and tolerance of everyone as equal, same sex marriage or an LGBT lifestyle, the arrest of parents who physically discipline their children, letting “everyone be a winner.” However, when it comes to representing a segment of the American population, a good number of people turn visceral.
Is there something we missed? We have alot left to do in order to effect change…where do we begin?
If you’ve not yet seen it, watch the commercial and you be the judge.