That one time a company ignored the racist haters and proceeded with another ‘shocking’ commercial

A while ago, Cheerios aired a regular commercial featuring regular parents and a regular (although very cute) little girl. But wow, did that ordinary ad bring out the ugly in a lot of people. Cheerios had to disable the comments to stop the racist hate directed toward the fictional interracial family. How is this even…

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Jan 30, 2014

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