Many
people in America think that our country is becoming more accepting of
diversity. It’s obvious that in some ways we are, I mean we now have an African
American president and there are gay couples on network TV. However, the
backlash from Coca Cola’s “It’s Beautiful” super bowl commercial proved that we
may not be as progressive as we think we are.
This
commercial features Americans of all different ethnicities and backgrounds
singing “America The Beautiful” in 7 different languages.
After
this commercial aired during the super bowl people took to twitter immediately.
One viewer wrote, “ Well..
I won't be drinking #coke anymore. We speak English in the #USA. Get over it”.
Another even said, “Some terrorist were singing our song in that coke
commercial #superbowl”.
The
backlash that Coca Cola got from this commercial shows the ignorance of some
Americans. To call one of the people singing in the commercial a terrorist is
not only extremely racist and offensive, but also blatantly incorrect. As for
the “We speak English” comment, according to the United States Census, 60.6
million people in the US speak a language other than English in the home. I think
that this response shows that America still has a lot of room to grow when it
comes to accepting diversity.
