i saw this on tv and i thought this was a tad stereotypical.....



but at the same time, perhaps they were going to a specific target market with this commercial?

 

what's the stereotypical part? That basket ball players like KoolAid? Or that african americans like basketball? Or african americans like KoolAid?

 

all of the above

 

Hey yuli dont tell me your the guy in the kool aid suit lmao

 

no, im the number 44 on the blue team. i think he's the only white person in this commercial.

 

yup i notice that to man lol

 

I'm guessing they just decided to make a Kool-Aid basketball commercial and it just has a lot of black people in it. Do they always make Kool-Aid commercials with black people? No. So why should it be assumed that they are playing off a stereotype just because this one commercial has black people in it? They could have a Kool-Aid commercial with football players or hockey players. But, because it's basketball and there are a lot of black people we automatically assume it's a stereotype thing they are playing off of? If I start seeing a whole line of black only Kool-Aid commercials I will start to agree, but one commercial that happens to have black people means they are targeting the black market because they like Kool-Aid? LOL!

 

it is a popular stereotype that black people like Kool Aid. Althought everyone likes Kool Aid this commercial might be viewed by some as stereotypical.

everyone likes rice, just imagine a rice commercial with all asian people in it..........and they would be doing Math puzzles or driving hondas or something.

 

To complete the stereotype however, I think the Kool-Aid should be watermelon flavor, no? Maybe that would be over the top?

 

how about fried chicken flavour?