I’m trying to see this a different way, but I can’t. I can only ask again … why?
You’ve seen the Pepsi commercial with the tall, non ethnically identifiable guy, dancing(?), under dance floor lighting which morphs into a sports stadium. The cameraman pans to him, showing him on the big screen just as he takes big ole sip of Pepsi. Okay, cute commercial. Memorable.
Later I see the same commercial except, it’s a clearly brown or black man who is dancing with equal vigor as the other guy, except this guy is holding the tube lights they use to communicate with pilots on airport grounds. He’s wearing the standard, fluorescent-striped work gear. The initial scene is dark and dance floor like. I said I sure hope this brother is not at work. Just then, they show his dancing from the perspective of a co-worker who is driving one of the little cart pulling trucks. The scene then morphs into an operating airport gate area.
Why is that for similar reasons (advertising) the other guy is shown ‘cutting up’ at a football game and the black guy is ‘cutting up’ on the job. Why is that okay?