re: Marketing & Advertising obsession with White Husband, Black Wife couples.

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I agree that at this point most people see an interracial couple and it won't even register in their brain to make note of it. However, clearly there is a noisy minority that gets triggered by these images or else this thread wouldn't exist.

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If you see a person wearing a red shirt, you don't typically have any reason to take note of that. If you're watching TV and they suddenly have everyone wearing red shirts on everything you watch, you will probably start to take note of an odd red shirt phenomenon and wonder why that is.

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If you see a person wearing a red shirt, you don't typically have any reason to take note of that. If you're watching TV and they suddenly have everyone wearing red shirts on everything you watch, you will probably start to take note of an odd red shirt phenomenon and wonder why that is.

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Everyone? That's an interesting choice of word. Since in real life, it's nothing close to everyone, you're kind of telling on yourself by admitting that that's how it seems to you.

Yeah, this is really telling and sort of my point.

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Everyone? That's an interesting choice of word. Since in real life, it's nothing close to everyone, you're kind of telling on yourself by admitting that that's how it seems to you.

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I was clearly exaggerating. I just meant skewed from reality. I'm not one who is railing on this "phenomenon" (as should be obvious). I can still acknowledge its existence. Are you rejecting the skew?

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I mean white dudes between the ages of 24-55 are like what 30% of the population and 80% of protagonist. But if I binge Netflix all day, by 10PM I'm not going to be like, "Oh my God, another white man." I'm probably not going to notice it.

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But, you just did.

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You would think 25-30% of marriages are multiracial or homosexual.

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I would think the real number by now is pretty close to that

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I understand the numbers on TV may over-represent real life but I'm still struggling to figure out what's so bad about people of different races liking each other.

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Why are you struggling to understand an issue that's literally not being discussed here? Despite the fact that it's been addressed multiple times in this very thread that no one in here seems to have any issues personally with interracial marriages, it keeps being either stated or implied in response to the rather innocuous question of why it seems to be overrepresented in entertainment.

And in fact, the very specific question from the OP wasn't even general interracial couples but specifically black women and white men, which does seem even rarer than the reverse, despite you having been an example of one. Just because an issue DEAL with race, does not make one a racist for having asked it.

As Y.A. stated above, it's like suddenly realizing a ton of people are wearing the same color shirt. You have no issue with the color of shirt, but given the huge numbers of them it suddenly takes you out of whatever you're watching because it's hard not to notice all the red shirts!

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Well, you literally just asked me about skewed demographics in media, so of course I thought about skewed demographics in media. That's quite a bit different than the scenario I suggested of watching a day of television and a randomly having that thought pop into mind because I'm triggered by what I'm seeing on the screen.

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You are losing and you are full of shite as usual.

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You are losing and you are full of shite as usual.

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I'm sorry that the mixed couples on the tv box are triggering you so much. That really is too bad. You do have the option to just, like, not care at all, like the rest of society.

But you can't can you? What's that even about? Wife got blacked and you can't get it out of your mind, huh? It's alright she barely thinks about it.

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I said I'm struggling to understand why it is even a problem if it is over-represented. I don't see the harm.

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Sorry, misunderstood.

See, that's an interesting take. We hear all the time thanks to Critical Race theory that any and all issues of underrepresentation of minorities is clearly a result of racism. Like, NFL Head Coaches for instance. And since that number is not at least equal to the national average, we're told it's obviously racism (systemic or otherwise) and most be dealt with.

On the other hand, the NFL is made of up players which are roughly 70%+ black, 28%+ white and a mix in the remaining. Obviously, there is overrepresentation here, right? Now, if someone was being generous, they'd look and decide that the league is a meritocracy which just so happens to show that the best football players in the world happen to be black. Which begs the question...does CRT only pop up when a minority is UNDERREPRESENTED and not for ALL situations of racial disparities? Put another way, is it only possible for minorities to be overrepresented due to them excelling thanks to a meritocracy but never white people, who are only overrepresented due to racism? Theoretically, could the reason the NFL is 70%+ black be due to racism in favor of black players?

So, since there is this glaring issue of a double standard, I personally am attuned to issues of there being unaddressed overrepresentation now. In my mind, either we need all things to represent the national average in every field regardless of interest or ability (a quota making sure everyone is represented correctly), or we need a full on meritocracy where those good at things and interested in them can rise to the top. So long as everyone has the freedom to chose their own path and there are no obstacles preventing them from achieving, I'd prefer a meritocracy regardless of the racial makeup of any field.. I'm NOT in favor of a meritocracy only when it favors a minority and a quota system when a minority is underrepresented.