Uhmm, this is a really complex topic to debate, isn't it? And this is a much more eloquent and well written post that what I would have achieved.
I remember once in my Publicity class, the teacher asked us about the Coca-Cola commercial who they had to remove and publicly said sorry because, in it, there was Kendall Jenner in a manifestation and she offered a Coca-Cola bottle to the Police Line, which they accepted, and that's how the protest ended with everyone being united and peaceful and in love. Wohoo.
The thing was, in that moment, the black population got really angry because "that was privileged" as there was a black guy who has been killed by the police line offering a flower -or so- to them. And she was white. That's why the actors police didn't kill her.
So, the question of the professor was what would we have done if that was our Publicity Company. I said I wouldn't have took the Commercial down.
She got terribly offended by that.
My response was -being offended by our Venezuelan situation as well- that the police killing people was not a black issue. Police kill Venezuelan people in protests -it had happened recently that year. Police kill white people. Police-kill-people. It happens. Going on with my response, I said that, to me, minorities are SO offended that they get extremely sensitive and responding to that -as Coca-Cola putting the commercial down- just adds to the thing itself making it endless.
People will get offended - we will spoil them - and it would go on.
Now, I don't know if my ramble made any point at all. However, it is a complex topic. I do think Hierarchy IS the problem but how do we start to change that? Or do we have to?
As you explained with the chickens, it is nature.
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Another really thought provoking response here, @neyxirncn. So glad this has brought up some conversation.
I wonder if perhaps the advert was fine for some countries and not for others, because as you say, the situation varies depending on the country. For the US it could well be offensive in ways we don't fully comprehend because our country might have different issues. It reminds me of a car company who called the car Nova. Pretty cool in English, but it took them a while to figure out why it wasn't selling in Spain! 🤣
Of course that was a language difference, but we also have cultural differences. There are pros and cons to the fact these issues are being witnessed worldwide. For some it's a cause that they feel other countries should get behind, yet for others these issues are trifling compared to what they're dealing with in their own country.
I feel lucky that the countries I was born in and currently live in seem to be strides ahead when it comes to discrimination. Things aren't perfect, but with human nature what it is, I don't think they ever will be.