Hyperreal2

Yes. The real incidence is less than 10 percent. I guess showing interracial couples at that level would be fine, but the number you see on TV seems to be around 60 percent or more. So it seems pretty manipulative. I've read that there are four big advertising firms-- and to some extent their culture and the culture of corporations buying advertising isn't completely subject to product sales. Advertisers give each other awards for innovation, creativity, etc. Probably there are awards for diversity too. Another factor is that these firms are either coastal or large metropolitan. So aspirational liberal values (which are different from the values of average Americans of whatever race) are at play. One reason people react against this is that they feel pushed around by enforced liberalism.