PUBLICISTS' TACTICS AND A DOWNSIDE TO ADS' RACIAL MIX

ANTI-STEREOTYPES ATTRACT ATTENTION

Class hostility: 

An arrogant member of the elite

 An angry Black 

Breaking gender rules: 

• Boys whose coiffures stand out

Bus stop, rue Jeanne d'Arc, 13th, July 2023

Métro stop in the 11th, November 2023

•  Men with an intellectual look sell glasses:

Place d'Italie, February 2025 

Notice the coiffure.

Optician's window, rue de la Goutte d'Or, 18th, August 2022

 

   Métro in the east, May 2023

Bastille, June 2023

 

• Unconventional women, shown as odd:

Rue Jeanne d'Arc, 13th, March 2024

• A heavy model says that all are welcome to the mall, though the stereotype appears as soon as you walk in:

 Italie 2, 13th, October 2023 

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Does inclusion have a dark side? One can't tell whether these models are men or women. 

 

 Opposition to prejudice might be real.

Or it might be wanting interchangeable consumers. 

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