document updated 12 years ago, on Aug 29, 2012
Capitalism is designed to provide consumers exactly what they want. If the market believes that consumers want a product with more white people and fewer people of color, then the market will deliver this. This is problematic because it's a self-fulfilling prophecy, it amplifies people's prejudices.
This page lists such instances where the market goes out of its way to increase the visibility of white folks and decrease the visibility of PoC.