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mom?
yes honey?
aww I love this commercial
Dad told me that Cheerios is good for your heart. Is that true?
Says here that Cheerios has whole grain oats that can help remove some cholesterol and
that's heart healthy.
Oh my god that girl's so cute!
footsteps
ohhhh!!
laughs
Who would cereal their dad's heart?
Yummy and delicious for children to put on their fathers!
That's it? It's just a Cheerios commercial.
So what happened in that commercial?
It was... a Cheerios commercial.
This little girl apparently thinks that her dad is super unhealthy
So the girl asked if it was actually healthy for your heart
But I think she was thinking of literally, went over to her dad went to see if he was
sleeping, put it on his heart!
I thought it was pretty funny
And what did you think of the family?
They seemed fun.
Funny.
Nice
I thought they were actually a pretty good family.
They seem like a normal family.
A lot of people have gotten very angry about this commercial.
Why?
Why?
Why?
Why is that exactly?
How do they get angry over.. but.. what?
Do you have any idea why?
No
No
Honestly no
Well people are specifically are angry because of the parents.
Do you have any idea why that might be?
Uhh... I dont know
Is there anything different about the parents to you?
No
Wait, let me think.
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well what it is, is, they're angry that they're mixed race parents.
they're angry because they're mixed race parents.
Do you know what that means?
Yep.
One's white and one's black?
That's exactly why people have gotten upset.
why?
I dont think that that is fair
when was this video made, the 1950s?
Nobody.. oh my god.. thats so stupud!
But some people just fall in love like that.
Very important people, like, made laws and stuff, and George Washington, and like,
all kinds of different people who made that... and.. free.. you know what I'm saying?
Now it's different now, so people can do that. I dont know why people get mad at that.
Is it okay for people to be mad about a mixed family?
No because there's nothing wrong with that.
No it's not okay!
It's just the color of their skin, what matters is if they're nice or mean.
That's just messed up!
There's a bunch of mixed race families.
If people really love each other then they should get married.
What is this country for.. its something.. starts with an "e".. oh equality!
Okay, so why do you do that? I mean like
Just cause you see a gay couple or something, it doesn't mean you have to say
"Eeew you're so disgusting, you're kissing your own gender"
It's their path.. so.. it really doesn't matter
Why do you think people would be upset about that?
I don't know
I.. I don't.. I dont get it.
I don't... I don't get it.
My brain doesn't wrap around the idea of... ugh.. it's.. duhh..
Because they think that their own race is better, even though it's the same
They're racists, like, it's just how the way they are. They were probably raised that way.
Ugh because people are just racist.
I thought Mar- Martin Luther King.. you know.. spoke against this and fixed this already.
Unfortunately it's still not over.. from like the past
people shouldn't judge each other from the color of their skin
or their religion
or anything that's different
you should only judge a person based on their character and their personality
Would you ever think not to marry someone just because the color of their skin?
I think that that's offensive
It really does depend on their heart and if they really love me!
As long as it's a person, it's a person.
It's not like, a, marrying like, a dog
Underneath it, literally! you're the same people
You have organs laughs and a heart
Where I live, like, it's no big deal. People with different, like, races and religions
they all just hang out with each other!
But like in other parts of the country it's more like, stuck in the old days and prejudice
and it's messed up
Have you ever experienced discrimination or racism in your life?
Mm-mm
umm... no....
not yet! I'm hoping that I never will
and i hope nobody will ever--
it's just terrible if you do that
it's kind of annoying when people say "ehhh you're Asian that's not fair, of course you
could ace that test"
I have some friends that be racist just to be funny
so just cause they do that, I do it back
i dont find it funny, they think its funny, cause im the minority
they say it, i say it back, then we go on to another conversation
I know that there's still like some racism in other parts of the world
I didn't think that it would still, you know, be here
The comments on youtube for this commercial got so bad they were turned off completely
and you couldn't even read any comments
what do you think about that?
thats just sad
thats good then, they're protecting the people in the video
its like the mob mentality kind of thing
they see the comments, they do it, its like monkey see monkey do
nobody likes an evil mean stinking bully
Nobody likes that because they realize that they don't want us hanging out with them
because they're so mean and rude and nasty
you dont need to leave bad comments
when you have this.. big pile of some mean things, I mean it hurts your feelings
think about those people who are like, of mixed races and stuff
they probably feel horrible cause of this. and its just messed up
why would you waste your time doing that, you can just like, watch another awesome youtube
video
like thats what I do. I waste my time on youtube!
So you're wasting your time going on the internet, going on the comments, and typing some racial
slur
for a Cheerios commercial.
That's dumb to me
TRUTH
What do you think youtube can do because comments on youtube, theres a lot of bad ones
what do you think youtube could do to try and help that?
They could say at the end, like always,
if you dont have anything nice to say dont say anything at all
censor it?
there's this game that I play- clash of clans laughs and like if you type something like
a bad word
like the f word, then it censors it
they only way you can comment on youtube is if you have an email
you can probably track that email
they could just like, warn them once
and if they do it again, then ban them from commenting at all
public sites in general, you cant control it because of how many people there are there
the best thing they can do, if they can do anything at all
they can just shut the whole thing down
but that would just be sad!
this is what i love doing! and I hate to see that happen
but thats really the only thing they can do!
What do you think about Cheerios? For actually making a commercial like this?
They're brave laughs
I'm glad they did that
sometimes in TV, its unrealistic
in real life theres families of all races
they should be doing that, no matter how much, you know, hate they get
dont delete it laughs
they probably knew this was going to happen
but at least they did it
it definitely will get people mad but eventually
those people will just ha.. will just realize that like it doesnt really matter
if someone is watching this who thinks biracial parents is wrong, what would you want to say
to them?
you people are mean!
please dont feel that way
it's really unfair to a lot of people
just think of their heart!
they could actually be very good people for all you know
for any racists.. i thnk you should just like drop it
you might have been like taught that way
that's your parents fault. you dont have to do everything like
exactly the way they have to
And what about anyone watching that has to deal with racism in their life
or have biracial parents and people give them a hard time about that.
what would you stay to them?
just.. stay strong bro-ski
sticks and stones can break my bones laughs but words will never hurt me ! laughs
You'll get through it!
Something will happen. There are lots of people who support it, so,
just ignore them.
Just know that there are people that are trying to stop, you know, all the hate
I hope you get through all of this, because, those mean people out there
they dont deserve anything
guys! do not care what they say!
you are you!
Stand proud for yourself!
Be happy for your family!
Tell them "I dont care what you say! I am the way I am! And I dont care if I'm Korean
and Asian,
"or Black and White, I dont care no matter what!"
I'm really sorry that you guys have to deal with this, cause, (voice cracks) its really
hard for you guys
it really bothers you?
(voice cracking) yeah