Tom W
map-marker Mount Shasta, California

CBS TV - Excessive blacks in tv ads

With America composed of only13.5 percent blacks, it appears there is an unfair advantage for blacks on ie; Lets make a deal, The price is right, and especially Family Feud where at least one of the families is black and occasionally both are black. Being chosen right off as a contestant, those first four chosen has six chances to win compared to the last contestant which only has one chance of winning a prize.

I do agree with other comments made on this subject.

Since the death of George Floyd, TV shows, ads etc. has bent over backwards to please the blacks and had about a 700 percent increase in black appearances in these fields, especially commercials.

Lets get REAL. Yes there was slavery in the US as well as the rest of the world. White people were held as slaves throughout the world as well.

And yes blacks weren't treated as well as whites. However, we have made great efforts to include blacks. Affirmative action programs. Blacks do have Black only Colleges, Black only award shows, Black history month, etc.

Not all black Americans are of SLAVE DECENT.

Many were from the northern, Free States. But if you ask a black today, they would say they were all descendants of slavery.

Enough is enough, whats fair is fair. If blacks only represent 13.5 percent in population the they should only be represented in13.5 percent of Commercials and TV.

P.S. There has been a lot of officer involved shootings in the US.

Some blacks have been shot by white police officers, however, many many more whites were shot by white police officers than blacks. Percentage wise we have about 86 percent white police officers and about 14 percent black officers.

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