• TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I’m sure that was their thought process. My issue is that ignoring the cultural context like they are doing there is pretty dumb.

    I mean even today if an ad did this I’m not sure it would be offensive but it damn sure wasn’t back then. It was actually part of a movement to be more inclusive that started around that time. Call it cynical pandering if you want, but that kind of stuff is literally part of the reason that today people try to be more sensitive to differences between people.

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      3 months ago

      I’m with you, the ad obviously isn’t trying to make the kid look bad. The twitter person just doesn’t have the same perspective and probably isn’t old enough to have grown up with that sort of earlier diversity stuff. They’re looking at it with a modern lens.

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        3 months ago

        Yeah, I know that’s what they are doing. I think it’s an unhealthy tendency and it feels on the rise.