Modern day minstrel show

I'm watching the new Pine Sol commercial where a black woman is dancing around with a mop while cleaning her house. Why is that a large percentage of times when they have black people in commercials they are always dancing and or singing. Don't people find this offensive in 2018?

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Idiocracy.

Jun 18, 2018 at 12:00am

Make a conscious effort to watch the performances the white people are doing? Same shit. These days people attention spans are so short almost everyone in a commercial is a ridiculous clown. That's the only way the advertiser can get people to even glance from their phones.

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Darwin

Jun 18, 2018 at 12:40am

Is it wrong to be grateful that most people are distracted and obsessing about things so irrelevant and impractical?

I live in an age where genius is no longer needed. It is now absolutely trivial to be more switched on, pragmatic, informed, focused and effective than the norm. This in a time when the masses are chasing after such ephemera as microaggression, microinfidelity, cultural appropriation, fake news, ideological insanity, materialistic fads, slights real and imagined (and imaginary, and fanciful...), etc.

If it seems strange to you that most people are unsettled, unwell and unsatisfied most of the time, this is mostly why. They lose sight of what matters.
If you ever wonder why the world is mostly ruled by sociopaths, megalomaniacs and other pathological personalities, look no further. They keep their eye on the bottom line.

Capital, property, connections, information, influence over others... That is power.
Contentment, security, affection, companionship, satisfaction, well-being, quality of life. Those are critical things.
Everything else is a harmful distraction, in the end.

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Anonymous

Jun 18, 2018 at 12:51am

Since when don't blacks dance and sing?

Most people

Jun 18, 2018 at 6:39am

don't look for reasons to be offended.

Because

Jun 18, 2018 at 7:08am

Black people are AMAZING dancers and singers. Everyone knows this!

I see

Jun 18, 2018 at 10:32am

Mammy!
Mammy!

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I think.....

Jun 18, 2018 at 1:30pm

the list would be very small if you were to write down what ISN'T offensive these days.

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Oh...

Jun 18, 2018 at 6:24pm

you have GOT to be fucking kidding!?

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That’s not true

Jun 18, 2018 at 6:54pm

Maybe that’s just what YOU notice

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Haven't had television in years

Jun 18, 2018 at 9:36pm

for that very reason, there was nothing I wanted to support or that I could watch without getting upset. From what I've seen lately, movies/shows/commercials I'd say lots has improved and r

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