A new Cheerios commercial featuring an interracial couple and their child was forced to shut off its comments section on YouTube due to a large number of racist comments.\u00a0Before the comments section was closed, comments included referenced \u201cNazis,\u201d \u201ctroglodytes\u201d and \u201cracial genocide.”<\/p>\n
In the commercial, a young biracial girl approaches her white mother saying, \u201cMom, dad told me Cheerios is good for your heart. Is that true?\u201d The mother agrees, calling Cheerios \u201cheart healthy,\u201d and the girl smirks and runs off. The next thing you see is an African-American man, presumably the girl\u2019s father, sleeping on a couch. When he wakes up, he realizes that there are Cheerios all over his chest where his heart is located. As of this Friday afternoon the video had been viewed over 278,000 times with 4,627 likes and 708 dislikes.<\/p>\n
While the commercial received some backlash, it has also received some praise. One Facebook user posted: \u201cJust had the pleasure of enjoying a Cheerios commercial that featured a biracial family. Talk about \u2018good for your heart!\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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