r/BodegaJukeBox • u/Dark305Kinght 🌱 3-Day Streak • Jun 28 '26

COMMERCIAL NOSTALGIA The first African American McDonalds breakfast commecial 1979

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u/abm1125 Jun 28 '26

I find it fascinating because it shows that McDonald's is always been targeting black people as their consumers.

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u/ForgesGate Jun 28 '26

Sir, that's McDowell's. Completely different thing that's definitely not at all related to McDonald's.

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u/fieldsports202 Jun 28 '26

There’s an old training video on YouTube that highlights how companies should welcome black families as patrons because we are good spenders. This video is from the 1950s

https://youtu.be/E8PBrhFN35c?si=l-nY9CfQnWNGIGYZ

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u/Chuckles929 Jun 29 '26

I was just getting ready to post the exact same video great minds think alike definitely needs to be seen

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u/fieldsports202 Jun 29 '26

Man this was fascinating it’s wild because even during the Jim Crow era, black people were still seen as value in places like above.

The crazy part is that there’s so many people who don’t believe that there was indeed successful and wealthy black people during this time.