Starting to think that this is the influence of the Black people in those art, advertising, fashion, and luxury brand spaces.
Have to assume that a sizable % of the Blacks in those circles are not heterosexual. When they give their input, or make decisions, they will advocate for gay imagery.
Taking advantage of the social climate to shoe horn Black faces in those ads. Blacks are nearly invisible in those types of ads, though there is a wealthy segment of Black people who consume those products. And what they lack in number, they make up for in trend setting/influence.
It obviously is but it’s hard to understand the logic.
Taking sexuality out of the equation, if a black person is advocating for more representation in that space, logic would lend that that black person would push for more representation of the demographic that either patronizes the most or the demographic in which the brand appeals the most.
In both cases, out of all sub-demographics of black people, I would say any luxury brand appeals the most and is patronized more by wealthy black women.
So I’m surprised to not see any representation of black women.
In addition, we know most wealthy black women are married to black men.
So to me, it’s pretty wild that diverse representation doesn’t include first and foremost black couples.
Whatever black representation they do have is always in an interracial relationship like in the OP. As if interracial relationships are not promoted and yearned for more among the Asian community (specifically the Chinese). And yet they are always represented in heterosexual non-interracial relationships. And although white people have diverse representation, they always include heterosexual non-interracial representation.
The same can’t be said for us. It’s so formulaic at this point. Other threads have been made of the same thing going on from other brands. It like the black people in those spaces are copying the same playbook instead of thinking about the representation they’re advocating for.