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African American Ads And Print Ads

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Throughout society, advertisements have been known to be found everywhere. They encourage people to purchase products by showing symbols that represent a certain type of quality and so forth. There is such a variety of ads today, but print advertisements have been very potent, since the print, color, text, and photography found in them lure attention and intensify the visual presentation of that particular product. In this case, two advertisements created by Budweiser in 1962 have exhibited men with beer having a good time with themselves. However, there is more than just laughter in the two that make these two ads look and feel effective enough to buy because of the many differences, but also similarities, to put into greater depth of American …show more content…

The Cuban Missile Crisis and President Kennedy’s blockade to Cuba, are just two of the many of them. However, what has really shook the grounds of America is racism against the African Americans. Most of them only want equality and balance throughout the nation, but things just won’t get better. This created the Jim Crow laws, which followed segregation, forcing blacks and whites to be “separate, but equal.” The laws called for specific places and areas in American cities that were for that particular ethnicity. That also called for blacks having their own magazine, such as Jet and Ebony, and the popular family magazines, like Look and Life, were catered towards whites. Other forms of media were also used to spread advertising, from prejudice commercials focusing on segregation to inspiring speeches that gave the African Americans hope for a brighter future. In addition to this, the propaganda played large part on these magazines, with some of them copying the ideas to make them appeal more to black people. The two advertisements are a good example of not only to show the enjoyment of Budweiser beer, but to also make them show cultivation of ethnicity of the American …show more content…

The ad featuring the white men seems to look more professional and sophisticated than the African American on, because many of the items in the kitchen represented certain things. For instance, the golden wall represented wealth and money, along with the mixer and the men’s clothing. In the other ad, however, everything seems more inferior, with a refrigerator that looks out of date, the cheap clothing that the men are wearing, and the striped table sheet, which they could have possibly gotten at a dollar store or something. The gestures of the between the men are different as well. The black man is holding the two bottles in a way where he doesn’t want the other man to see him taking his beer. However, in the other ad, the white man feels more like the host as he is getting beer for his friends. Budweiser makes it seem like African American men steal and seem secretive towards others, whereas Caucasians just want to hang out with the guys to great, even though what they are drinking will abrupt their feelings. The second ad is focused around black men, but it also portrays how they are actually evil people because of the color of their skin. Another point to note are the two kitchens. The golden wall in the first ad shows wealth and the color of beer, which was what the company wanted, so people can think about their beer whenever they’re buying some. The other ad’s wall is white with patterns.

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