This Reform MP complaining about disproportionate ethnic mix in adverts

[Shabby Russian]

It's not rocket science, companies or individuals who have something to sell, will want to have the widest possible customer base for those produce.

If you exclude particular demographic groups from your advertisements are you in effect saying this product is not for you.

Centre right and right wing politicians claim they are the only ones who understand business, but when they open their mouths on the subject it is tell us they know nothing of it, at all.

[tHEgLASSdOORS]

Tokenism to Wokenism

[Lurker#3]

Different groups need representation in adverts. Or else how can those people ever feel connected to a brand or product?

As a straight, white man. I never feel excluded from anywhere or anything commercially. Perhaps gay bars as an exception. But hey ho.

Over correction and positive discrimination across society has, IMO, occurred, and I have been on the recieving end of it, but to conflate that with seeing a few brown and black faces, and queer people on adverts is potty.

[Spandaubaggie]

I've heard people complaining about such stuff for a few years. I know plenty of angry white males happy to vent.
Being a middle class, middle aged bloke they seem to think I'm naturally going to agree.
As lurker3 said over compensation has taken place, but it's come from a place of acceptance. Personally I'd rather non white people feeling included and part of our society so if black actors having a meal with white friends at Pizza Express on some advert is part of the deal I'll get over it.
What's more interesting is the fact things are being said now that wouldn't have been said a few years ago, around race. It's pretty nasty stuff and comes from the same place mentally as the garish flags on every friggin lamp post.

[rsbaggy2]

I've heard people complaining about such stuff for a few years. I know plenty of angry white males happy to vent.
Being a middle class, middle aged bloke they seem to think I'm naturally going to agree.
As lurker3 said over compensation has taken place, but it's come from a place of acceptance. Personally I'd rather non white people feeling included and part of our society so if black actors having a meal with white friends at Pizza Express on some advert is part of the deal I'll get over it.
What's more interesting is the fact things are being said now that wouldn't have been said a few years ago, around race. It's pretty nasty stuff and comes from the same place mentally as the garish flags on every friggin lamp post.

I believe the flags have created a climate of fearlessness amongst certain elements of society and emboldens them to sayand do what they like. The alleged rapes of Asian women in the last weeks is evidence to this. Not even covert but brazenly carried out during near daytime hours.

[DemonicBaggie]

She’s simply taking a topic and using it to stoke outrage. No nuance, no complexity, no cultural or historical context, no explanation beyond the key trigger word of ‘wokism’. Just undiluted outrage, with people of darker skin hues used as the catalyst. The rhetoric manual is readily available from the US political scene, filtered through the likes of Farage, Jenrick and Robinson. It’s worked over there and seems to be gathering much traction over here. As depressing to observe unfolding as an 80th minute Josh Griffith pass out of defence.

[Duffers]

Funny how quiet the free speech apologists are over this.

[tHEgLASSdOORS]

I've heard people complaining about such stuff for a few years. I know plenty of angry white males happy to vent.
Being a middle class, middle aged bloke they seem to think I'm naturally going to agree.
As lurker3 said over compensation has taken place, but it's come from a place of acceptance. Personally I'd rather non white people feeling included and part of our society so if black actors having a meal with white friends at Pizza Express on some advert is part of the deal I'll get over it.
What's more interesting is the fact things are being said now that wouldn't have been said a few years ago, around race. It's pretty nasty stuff and comes from the same place mentally as the garish flags on every friggin lamp post.

I believe the flags have created a climate of fearlessness amongst certain elements of society and emboldens them to sayand do what they like. The alleged rapes of Asian women in the last weeks is evidence to this. Not even covert but brazenly carried out during near daytime hours.

Unfortunately RS we’ve seen posters on here who were busy advocating the flags on one thread and expressing their disgust on the above on another. When you’re dealing with that level of disconnect in the mind, it’s hard to get the impact fully understood. It’s hard to know whether it’s ignorance or malicious when the relationship is ignored  but whatever it is, it’s worrying.

[Tom Joad 25]

It's not rocket science, companies or individuals who have something to sell, will want to have the widest possible customer base for those produce.

If you exclude particular demographic groups from your advertisements are you in effect saying this product is not for you.

Centre right and right wing politicians claim they are the only ones who understand business, but when they open their mouths on the subject it is tell us they know nothing of it, at all.

True, and med me loff - that last bit!

[Pipkins]

Technically if you did a survey of TV ads it would say at present there are more black people in UK TV adverts than white
This came about since the BLM thing in US
Even CH4 reported this recently

However what she said is wrong
We have people on right & left side of politics plus the media/social media driving this current melting pot situation

The clock may have gone back 1 hour last sunday but 50plus years over last 12 months