While having a conversation with my 3-year-old little cousin
I asked her, what was her favorite candy?
She responded that skittles. Then I asked her “why skittles?” And with a
very enthusiastic face she said, “ Because I can taste the rainbow”.
After hearing my little cousin response I laughed because
she is too young to realize that is just a lie. However, as the day went bye I
couldn’t get over the idea of what my little cousin believed. If little kids
believe that by eating skittles they eating the “rainbow” that means that the
industries are achieving their goal of manipulating consumers.
Sometimes when I see commercials that are too fictional I
feel sad for the industries because I doubt an adult is going to believe their
ads. However, after having the skittles conversation with my little cousin I
realized that advertisements are no longer for adults but instead for children.
It is upsetting what industries are doing in order to sale their products.
Taking advantage of children innocence is just not morally correct.
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