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Long time no see, everyone. It's been dull yet turbulent in this locked down year of 2020. A lot happened out in the world but not really over here. Thankfully my marketing studies has given me something to kill the day. The topic is on stereotypes in marketing. I gave it some thinking over, but I find that I don't have much to say. So I'll just talk brief on three points and put this out to the world. I doubt many prying eyes will see me rocking any boats. The first matter is on whether or not it is morally right, or proper form, to apply any racial stereotypes for the purposes of advertising. It should go without saying that racial stereotyping or profiling within in advertising is No Bueno. Personally, I don't think stereotyping is in itself not too harmful as a concept, as the idea of simply categorizing a group of people (not even on a strictly racial basis) and compartmentalizing common traits within said units or cliques isn't a malicious force. It's sim...