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I totally agree with the reading “Advertising and People of Color,” it’s telling the truth. Advertisers are selling their products to people and people of different races in generally. All types of races: Blacks, Whites, Asians, Latinos, the list goes on. If a company wants to sell a type of product, they will target that race group. We see this not only in ads but things all around us. Some stores in bad neighborhood or a high population Blacks or Latinos in a city will carry stuff that they will buy. And if go to store outside that city, to a rich city or high majority of Jewish or White people, the stores there might carry different products. I know for sure that if you go to a Detroit liquor store, they will have different kinds of alcoholic beverages, and a liquor store in Southfield will have a few different kinds of alcoholic beverages. Race does have affects with selecting products. Usually the products that are being sold to the minorities are like decimating to that person’s race. Some places, like in Detroit will have Popeye’s or Rally’s, but towards the west side and as you leave Detroit, you wont see any kind of fast food restaurants like that. Just the usually ones that are around the West and East; Wendy’s, McDonalds, and Burger King. If you leave from your area and visit a different state or country, you might see different ads and commercials. Race has a lot to do with how advertisers pick out what they want to sell.

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Ads are everywhere and their only purpose is to trick us into buying the product. Every commercial try to show us that they have the best of the best for that product. Like the Dentine Gum, 4 out of 5 doctors approve. What kind of doctors are these people. Or a doctor that promotes a Big Mac to make you lose weight. Now we all know, there is no way that a Big Mac can make someone lose weight. The last thing a Big Mac can do is make someone lose weight. Even when advertisers what to do is help you, even if they say the only thing we want to do is help you. The advertisers don’t care if you got sick or die from the product. They just what the money, just like everyone else wants money. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if an advertiser is telling you the truth or not. But when can read the fine print. Its those little words on the back of the item that are very to read. I think it stupid how the fast food companies like McDonalds try to sell their food, saying that it is healthy and it will make you smarter. There is no way that is true. Food CAN’T make you smarter. Your dumb if you believe that, and should might as well at that food. So use your brains to try to spot sneaky ads, because all they are trying to do is get you to buy their product.

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One of the best shows is the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The show is over now, nut it airs at late at night on Nick at Night. It stars Will Smith, as the cousin from Philadelphia that moves to California for a better chance at life. There he joins his Uncle Philip Banks, Aunt Vivian Banks, cousins Hillary, Carlton, and Ashley Banks, also the Banks’ butler Geoffrey, a butler that can’t stand the Banks. The whole Banks family can’t function without their butler Geoffrey. Hillary is the oldest of the kids and is also the dumbest of them. She thinks her good looks will get her through life (which kind of does in the show) and is only concerned about herself. Carlton and Will are about the same age and the two that are always getting into trouble with the Parents. Will is always cracking fat jokes at his uncle through out the series. Ashley is the youngest (at the time, they add one more son toward the end of the series.) The Banks were a goodie good family; always had family time, and did good things, until Will came along and caused a whole bunch of problems for the family. Carlton was a smart geekey kid who real has no life. Will was the one all the girls liked (big surprise, his the creator.) Phillip was the attorney/ judge and a smart guy who was loaded. Vivian was a stay at home mom. The Banks had a big house, with pool and a pool house, including the actual house.

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I don’t know why shows don’t have any thing real about them. Like families that “wake up” early in the morning and dress up, wear shoes (in their own house) and walk around and then sit down on their couch. Nothing bad ever happens, and if it does, they work it out and have a happy ending. Like the show My Wife and Kids, with Damian Wayans, nothing really bad happens, to them. No one ever gets arrested, they don’t fight, and if they do, it’s resolved within that show. They don’t really have any real big problems that have happened. They don’t show a family that is struggling to live and have a poor lifestyle or someone who gets affected by a terrorist attack or a death. It like when I am watching a show like My Wife and Kids, I know how its gonna end if their son steals a something like a phone. His parents are going to find out and his going to get punished. TV shows need to interpret more reality into their shows to make it seem more real. Some TV shows are coming out with reality shows that are more real, like the Real World. TV shows that try to play goodie good family bugs the hell out of me. No family is always that clinging and happy and perfect. They need to make a show with an actually family, a middle class family or poor family and than they can see how the other half lives.

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I never knew there were so many signs that could trick you into buying something. Something like a car or a clothing material. Its weird how this companies have messages in their advertisements. They tell a little fact, it might not even be true or help you with your problem. Like the Pizza Hut commercial, they say their better, but to who are they better. Every advertisement is always trying to get you to buy something, and most of the time they don’t tell you anything. You look at the pictures and a sexy skinny guy or girl and you want it. Some advertisements try to show a message to help the consumer like the Truth commercials, those commercials are trying to get smokers to stop smoking and showing the bad effects, like you could lose your lung or your hair. Recently I saw a commercial for the Diet Pepsi Company, showing the Can working with Jackie Chan, and the Can playing porker. Now how does buying and drinking Diet Pepsi get you to do that? There is always advertisement that misleads a consumer, like a buy this plasma 50’ TV for only $900. But when you go there you have to make a rebate and what 4 to 6 months for it and have to end up buying warranty and spend $1500. Something with leasing a car, they show you a cheap price, you go there and they say you need a special piece that only a few have and veterans discount, and they will trick into buying a more expensive car.

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i my name is jason