Kermit told us that it wasn’t easy bein’ green, where green obviously stood in for many aspects of identity, including race/color. Green was the new black, at the time.
So what to make of this ad for Mucinex?
“Mucus is beautiful” echoes the famous Black Is Beautiful slogan, but while Kermit was our hero in his fight for equality, Mr. Mucus as he is known is effectively a villain. Maybe this is too much subtext, or maybe this could be the booger that sets race relationships back a generation.
