Blackrook
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I was in a bank the other day and realized I was the only white person. And that experience is becoming increasingly common here in Las Vegas, and in California it was true many decades ago.
Hollywood still hasn't caught on. In your typical movie, TV show, and commercial you mostly see white faces, with an occasional minority playing a minor character somewhere to the side of the screen. Usually that minority is black because they've broken into Hollywood. Only seldom is it a Hispanic, and then he or she is the gardener or a maid. Asians are almost never seen, but remain in the ghetto of martial arts movies and movies about ancient China and Japan.
I saw a commercial for Jeep that illustrated this perfectly. An old white couple is shown driving a blue Jeep. A young white couple is shown driving a different blue Jeep. The old white couple and young white couple are seen interacting with each other, but maybe it's the same couple separated by time? At one point, the old white couple throw the keys to the Jeep to a couple that has a black man and an Asian woman. They are seen only briefly.
The commercial ends with a couple of white children, boy and girl, holding hands on the beach.
Hollywood still hasn't caught on. In your typical movie, TV show, and commercial you mostly see white faces, with an occasional minority playing a minor character somewhere to the side of the screen. Usually that minority is black because they've broken into Hollywood. Only seldom is it a Hispanic, and then he or she is the gardener or a maid. Asians are almost never seen, but remain in the ghetto of martial arts movies and movies about ancient China and Japan.
I saw a commercial for Jeep that illustrated this perfectly. An old white couple is shown driving a blue Jeep. A young white couple is shown driving a different blue Jeep. The old white couple and young white couple are seen interacting with each other, but maybe it's the same couple separated by time? At one point, the old white couple throw the keys to the Jeep to a couple that has a black man and an Asian woman. They are seen only briefly.
The commercial ends with a couple of white children, boy and girl, holding hands on the beach.