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33052, no, *these* are terrible examples:
Posted by 40thStreetBlack, Thu Jun-02-05 06:04 PM
"and on the flipside, look @ what happened to "City of Angels" back in 2000. a serious black hospital drama that couldnt compete with the tom niggery on UPN and WB."

City of Angels wasn't competing with The Parkers and the Wayans Brothers, it was competing with ER and Chicago Hope.

>mcdonalds would make billions without a commercial as would
>pepsi and cola, those commercials are simply "reminder" ads
>just to keep the product fresh on consumers minds, this is why
>mcdonalds can afford to have commercials that target EVERY
>demographic (hell, they even have a spoken word ad)...

the issue is not targeting commercials at a demographic in of itself, but rather the manner in which it's done.

>however, what is the name of that cell phone company that uses
>the slogan "where u at!?" better yet, if you wanted a product
>to reach a certain market (black), how would YOU do it? and
>would your strategy produce RESULTS ($$$)

I would do it the way PulpHustler wanted to do it. And yes, that would produce results ($$$).

>or would u be happy
>playing the political correct card and stay broke...

No, but I wouldn't be shucking and jiving either, which is something you sound like you have no problem doing.

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