Car Ads

      Who knew that by buying a car you were upholding American leadership, taking a new lover, and living the American dream? According to advertisemets during the 1950s-70s, all these things are true. I must admit I got a kick out of today's lesson, where we watched a bunch of old commercials to see the evolution of car advertisements. Car commercials are already pretty ridiculous (hoodrat hamsters anyone? I know, I like them too..) but this took it to a whole new level. Nothing like some good ole' fashioned sexism and even racism to sell the American dream, aka cars....