Comments on: Selling Bread with Blackness http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/09/selling-bread-with-blackness/ Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry. Fri, 25 May 2012 04:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/09/selling-bread-with-blackness/comment-page-1/#comment-4126 Anonymous Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:25:03 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=4023#comment-4126 "… 30 billion? So, bling for bland, but nothing for intelligence?" It's a hyperbole. Were there no commercials for the British rocker and the European DJ? 2 white people, 2 black people, all represent something that isn't bland. “… 30 billion? So, bling for bland, but nothing for intelligence?”
It’s a hyperbole.

Were there no commercials for the British rocker and the European DJ?

2 white people, 2 black people, all represent something that isn’t bland.

]]> By: Umlud http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/09/selling-bread-with-blackness/comment-page-1/#comment-4122 Umlud Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:49:49 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=4023#comment-4122 ... 30 billion? So, bling for bland, but nothing for intelligence? … 30 billion? So, bling for bland, but nothing for intelligence?

]]> By: Shane H http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/09/selling-bread-with-blackness/comment-page-1/#comment-4121 Shane H Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:17:55 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=4023#comment-4121 Point taken. They are really directed at young people and draw on particular forms of ethnic blackness but not any form of Indigenous Australian blackness so from a 'down under' perspective there's also the use of UK/US pop cultural blackness to see bread of all things. Point taken. They are really directed at young people and draw on particular forms of ethnic blackness but not any form of Indigenous Australian blackness so from a ‘down under’ perspective there’s also the use of UK/US pop cultural blackness to see bread of all things.

]]> By: Sociological Images » why and how people of color are included in advertising: 2nd in a series http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/11/09/selling-bread-with-blackness/comment-page-1/#comment-4120 Sociological Images » why and how people of color are included in advertising: 2nd in a series Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:22:12 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=4023#comment-4120 [...] associate with the black woman, whereas white women are bland, vanilla, and whitebread.  And click here to see an Australian bread company using Blackness to argue that their bread is not [...] [...] associate with the black woman, whereas white women are bland, vanilla, and whitebread.  And click here to see an Australian bread company using Blackness to argue that their bread is not [...]

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