This is Scott's Rational

When reading this article I have to say that at times the phrase, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder� came to mind. Though in this case it would be “acceptability in the eye of the majority of society.� I can see why people now would look back and be like, “What were they thinking?� and “How could they?� and of course, “There’s nothing like that now a days.� Well maybe they are right, what were they thinking? I mean those crazy advertisement people preying on the egos of the white majority to sell their merchandise, and doing so in such a way that also made those they were making fun of, see it as the integration of their culture. It’s sneaky, but then again to survive in this world, you kind of have to take every chance you can get to prosper. Now what about the statement of there’s nothing like that now a days. Now this in a sense is true, we don’t see Pedro sitting on the back of a truck with his five brothers, seven sisters, thirteen cousins, six uncles and his twenty-four friends all heading to the orchards in California saying, “ Meester Johnson’s orange juice is Fantastico!� But then again we don’t see him on very many commercials at all. I believe that advertisement evolves with the generation and society it is produced in. Today’s advertisements have replaced many of the racial stereotypes with cute and cuddly spokes…animals. We have the monkey that rides on a dog delivering tacos to people in traffic, the soft bouncy bear that pops up in random peoples houses, and how’s about a gecko that sells car insurance!! Now if you ask me I think we have traded in racial stereotypes for complete idiocy. Cause I mean one must be able to see that with today’s generation, if its stupid, ‘Xtreme,’ or shows the camera some cleavage, then the male population is down for it. And if it’s pretty, fluffy and all in all comfortable, you have just rung in the females. Now I know this is a bit of gender..ism remarks but can you honestly tell me that a cute little Chihuahua dog that says “Yo Quiero Taco Bell� didn’t have the cute cuddly hearts of women and the stupidity and comical mindset of men? All in all I don’t think we stopped using stereotypes in advertisement, instead I think we just switched the people we make fun of, or in this case the animals. I mean in this world there are protests and a group or coalition for and against every racial, gender, social, and even sexual group it may just be easier to make fun of a category that can’t fight back, cause what do animals know, they only live here before we did? Peace out ya’ll!