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GOT7’s Jay B recently updated his Instagram with a new haircut and fans couldn’t help but express their thoughts on how cute he looks. The multitalented idol whose visuals are so outstanding words do not do it justice has been rocking the long-haired look for a while. A favorite for many, he looks like a mix of a prince with a hint of a rock star in long hair. However, the idol true to his stylish nature, switched things up when he shared his new shortcut hair look on Instagram, drawing lots of positive comments and praises for how cute he looked. Clearly, he looks effortlessly charming in any hairstyle, and with just a flip of a clipper, he can go from high-end fashion model to cute and cuddly Teddy bear or a nerd. Either way, Jay B’s iconic hairstyles will always make the hearts of everyone swoon as beyond his hair and looks, what fully attracts many to him, is his confidence and charisma. Here are some of the pictures he has shared so far. Here are some of the reactions on Twitter. i’m sorry but long hair jaebeom??? idk him i only know this jaebeom 😵‍💫 pic.twitter.com/cynRZy9qtH — allyson (@nyeongsoopreme) June 7, 2022 IDK what kind of fever deream we’re all having or what type of halucinogens we’re on, but there’s no fucking way this man exists pic.twitter.com/owylYWg2vq — Def’s Cat | Mourns for Jaebeom’s Hair (@comegetitdef) June 7, 2022 Jaebeom cutting his hair to clean cut is the best decision he made, i hope he trim them and maintain the hairstyle, man is so beautiful every angle! 😍 #JAYB #제이비 @jaybnow_hr pic.twitter.com/sZWrpjc6hH — ¨Fati ☯︎🍬🥂 (@MyBBeommie) June 7, 2022 filed under my favorite #jaebeom looks 😭💚 short hair or long hair, he can def pull everything off 😭😭💚#JAYB #제이비 @jaybnow_hr pic.twitter.com/fRqjTdiJnM — lexa🔗👷🏻‍♀️ (@thirstdei328_) June 7, 2022 he looks like a very cute nerd pic.twitter.com/HEHKoT8DHr — emi✵👷🏻‍♀️🍦 (@SUHOLYX) June 7, 2022 Do you like his new look? Let us know in the comments section below.  

Black Americans may need to “flee the country” in the face of an apparently growing population of “crazy White people” who are “not to be trifled with,” according to a recent Washington Post piece.

In an essay published in the Post on Tuesday titled, “Why Black people are afraid of ‘crazy’ White people,” columnist and associate editor Jonathan Capehart begins by letting readers in on a “little secret” — “black people” don’t fear typical white people, but rather “crazy” ones.

“Things felt so dicey during the Trump years, I half-joked that my husband and I might have to reenact that scene from ‘The Sound of Music’ and flee the country,” he said. 

“Now, an alarming new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center [SPLC] shows that my ‘Operation von Trapp’ might need to go live,” he added. “The ranks of ‘crazy’ White people appear to be growing — and the rest of us don’t know what to do about it.”

Black people are not afraid of White people. We’re afraid of “crazy” White people…Now, an alarming new report from @splcenter shows that the ranks of “crazy” White people appear to be growing. https://t.co/YGo2w1kOHD

— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) June 7, 2022

Capehart defines “crazy” as one who “believes any aspect of the racist ‘great replacement’ conspiracy.” 

“This is the noxious idea that liberals are deliberately replacing White people with non-Whites and immigrants,” he said, claiming it “allegedly drove an 18-year-old man to target Black people in Buffalo, killing 10 and wounding three.”

He called the fact that the “twisted belief” is so widely held, “terrifying,” as he cited a recent Washington Post/Ipsos poll allegedly revealing the “present-day Black fear of White violence.”

He also argued that the “right to self-protection, let alone the right to bear arms, doesn’t exactly apply to Black people.”

“Imagine I get a gun for self-protection (not that I ever would, but stay with me). A situation arises in which I use it to protect myself. But then the cops arrive, see a gun, ‘fear for their lives,’ and, well, the rest writes itself,” he said. 

“Remember Philando Castile?” he asked in reference to a black man who was fatally shot in 2016 by a Minnesota police officer in an incident that was live-streamed in a widely shared Facebook video. “We can’t win.”

Though Capehart “won’t be getting a gun. Ever,” he considers the decision to “leave the country for my own protection.”

“It’s a question many people of color have been pondering the past several years,” he wrote, highlighting Daily Beast reporter Wajahat Ali’s latest column, “Is It Time for Me to Leave America?”

However, according to Capehart, the decision to leave is not due solely to “race,” but also to issues surrounding gender, LGBTQ, and abortion.

“The SPLC report notes a correlation between the obsession with ethnic ‘replacement’ and a fixation on gender identity,” he wrote. “And look: More than 300 anti-LGBTQ bills have been filed this year alone, many of them targeting trans children and their families.” 

“This is not to mention the threat to abortion access or to other rights (such as my marriage) that could fall like dominoes,” he added.

Though citizens can and must “vote and organize, and change hearts and minds and all that,” Capehart demands that “marginalized people” not be blamed for “being scared.”

“The warnings of a potential loss of freedom, liberty and life are omnipresent and unrelenting, like being in the middle of Times Square with every sign flashing ‘You in danger!’” he wrote.

Capehart attributes all the aforementioned “threats” to a supposed rise in “crazy” white Americans.

“And it’s all because the number of ‘crazy’ White people in America fearing ‘replacement’ appears to be growing — and they seem ready to do whatever it takes to stay at the pinnacle of American life,” he wrote.

“I’m not sure they will succeed in getting me to leave my country,” he added. “But ‘Operation von Trapp’ is ready. ‘Crazy’ White people are not to be trifled with.”

The Post essay comes as many on the left continue to depict America as a systemically racist country.

Last month, a Washington Post essay called on Black Americans “tired” of American hostility to consider relocating to Ghana to be “free from White America’s psychic violence.”

Opinion by Karen Attiah: For African Americans tired of U.S. hostility, Ghana is still calling https://t.co/j0uYjFUsPl

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 20, 2022

Also in May, CNN senior political reporter Malika Henderson said that “white Americans have to come to terms with” their racism while reacting to President Joe Biden’s speech in Buffalo, NY, after the mass shooting in Tops supermarket.

In April, 1619 Project creator and professor Nikole Hannah-Jones said she did not know how anyone could argue that the U.S. was not “founded as a racist country.”

In March, a Washington Post piece accused many Americans of denying and downplaying rampant racism throughout the country, claiming the killers of Ahmaud Arbery “stand in for millions of Americans” nationwide who believe that skin color deems one “less worthy.” 

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Mike Tindall has gained a reputation on social media for his hilarious anecdotes, brilliant sense of humour and his behind-the-scenes shots of royal events. Mike – who is married to The Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall – often shares a funny insight into the formal events with his 89k Instagram followers.

Following his appearance at Trooping the Colour and the Service of Thanksgiving in London for Her Majesty’s historic Platinum Jubilee, the former rugby star has had his fans in stitches with a series a images where he has posed with his wife’s brightly coloured fascinators and trolled Zara and Princess Eugenie for their outfits.

The photographs have prompted a number of funny reactions with fans begging that he keeps up the trend and poses wearing Zara’s accessories at other appearances.

The first photo was taken after the Trooping the Colour Parade as Mike posed with Zara’s bright red fascinator that served as a fashionable pairing with his matching red tie. Royal fans were quick to express their thoughts on the funny look, one said: “It’s the serious look on his face for me, while at the same time not taking himself seriously at all. Genius”

Following the success of the first snap, Mike shared a second image after the Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral this morning (Friday, June 3). This time Mike was all smiles as he donned Zara’s vibrant pink fascinator which matched with his pink tie. Again, fans on social media were quick with their praise. One said: “I’m loving the way Mike is wearing ties that match the colour of Zara’s outfits.”

However, Mike’s jokes don’t end with him trying on his wife’s headwear as he promptly posted a second image of Zara and her cousin Princess Eugenie where he compared the duo and their brightly coloured outfits to Starburst sweets.

Alongside comparison pictures of pink and orange sweets, Mike wrote the caption: “When you combine your favourite Starbursts!! 2 world class ladies!! #starburst #platinumjubilee.”

The brilliantly funny posts have left his followers begging for similar content, with some going as far to suggest which colour hat would suit him best. One fan joked: “I think a green one would look FABULOUS on you”, while another added: “What are you like lad? I’ll go with blue for tomorrow.”

It is not known exactly when the couple will make their next appearance, although many believe that they will join Princess Anne at The Epsom Derby as she stands in for The Queen on the third day of jubilee celebrations.

It was announced earlier today that Her Majesty will watch the events on television from the comfort of her Windsor Castle home. The full statement from the palace reads: “We can confirm Her Majesty won’t be attending the Derby tomorrow but is expected to watch it on television at Windsor Castle. The Princess Royal is expected to attend.”

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Stop! Don’t fast-forward. I love this advert!’ How often do you say that? Considering some commercial breaks run to five minutes, not often enough.

How about: ‘Oh no, not again, I can’t stand this advert’? Mmm . . . nightly?

Promotion that strains to impress consumers with a company’s progressive imprimatur is off-putting, according to recent research by The Pull Agency, a brand consultancy.

You always suspected it, but now it’s official: woke advertising backfires.

In a survey of 2,000 representative Britons, 68 per cent were either ‘uneasy’ or ‘unsure’ about brands supporting fashionable Left-wing causes such as climate change, BLM, LGBTQ+, diversity, and female body confidence.

Fifteen per cent would actively avoid buying from firms that publicly endorse those causes via ‘woke-washing’.

To go out on a limb here, I’d venture that even the 32 per cent of respondents who claimed to want brands to posture politically in their promotions would rather watch Cravendale Milk’s hilarious 2011 advert ‘Cats with Thumbs’ than the trendily humourless Nike advert ten years later, in which a black lesbian student celebrates ‘women of colour’ who ‘fight for social justice’.

When asked what firms should do to be socially responsible, 58 per cent of respondents ticked: ‘Pay their taxes, treat people fairly, respect the environment and not use it as a PR opportunity.’

Reebok’s #BeMoreHuman campaign featuring the striking black actress Danai Gurira in a running bra (‘We have to make our shoulders strong enough for somebody else to stand on’) drew flak for promoting the ‘strong black woman trope’ — which, according to a logic that is anything but obvious, was dehumanising

Fifteen per cent would actively avoid buying from firms that publicly endorse those causes via ‘woke-washing’. This infamous 2019 Gillette advert (pictured) critical of ‘toxic masculinity’ dropped sales by 9 per cent

In other words, rather than lecture us, behave well yourself; peddle your product, not your unconvincing high-mindedness.

Only 15 per cent wanted companies to take public stands.

You’d think the advertising industry would have done this homework a while ago — although Pull Agency CEO Chris Bullick reports that when he first mooted the idea of the survey, fellow marketing executives were not keen.

Input ranged from ‘We’d advise strongly against it’ and ‘It could be seen as divisive’ to the perplexing, ‘It isn’t inclusive enough’.

Mad Men’s successors seem taken with their self-important roles as cultural high priests and social engineers — whose remit is much more exhilarating than selling cures for toenail fungus.

Hard statistics demonstrating that they’ve grown incompetent at their real job was the last thing they wanted commissioned.

Because woke advertising unsells products. The infamous 2019 Gillette advert critical of ‘toxic masculinity’ dropped sales by 9 per cent. By contrast, 2007’s artful but apolitical Cadbury advert of a gorilla playing the drums to Phil Collins raised sales by the same rate.

The overkill of racial affirmative action is also misfiring. ‘The unthinking addition of ethnic, and in particular mixed-race couples,’ Bullick writes, ‘is seen by consumers as an “easy win” for lazy advertisers’. His research verified that most people want to see a ‘realistic’ representation of the population as a whole, rather than the pointedly exaggerated casting of minorities so common to today’s commercials that the cliché has become comical.

Yet the application of a little common sense would have obviated The Pull Agency’s survey.

Television adverts are annoying by nature. They interrupt the programme we’re watching and badger us to buy something we don’t necessarily want. To counter our resentment, impatience and inclination to ignore the message altogether, canny marketers make ads as delightful as possible.

Hectoring, moral superiority and the aggressive ramming of a narrow agenda down your audience’s throat are anything but delightful. And like Leftists everywhere, right-on ad execs mistakenly assume that everyone agrees with them.

By contrast, 2007’s artful but apolitical Cadbury advert of a gorilla playing the drums to Phil Collins raised sales by the same rate of 7 per cent

Flogging dreary car insurance, MoneySuperMarket’s ‘Epic Dance-Off’ from 2016 was hysterical: men in suit jackets and ties with big bums, tight shorts and high heels boogying with overweight builders

But all manner of political weirdos, even conservatives, watch TV. Why alienate potential customers when you don’t have to? Worse, these preening promotions insult our intelligence. Adverts are selling stuff. Their aim is profit. To expect us to believe that the true purpose of this expensive communication is to make the world a better place is to take us for fools.

Right, the manufacturer of Oreos doesn’t want us to eat more biscuits; it wants greater acceptance for biracial and lesbian couples. Forget that blather about flame-grilled meat; Burger King is primarily motivated to improve its customers’ mental health. The implied cynicism risks offending the very folks who embrace these causes.

Besides, there’s no pleasing such people. Reebok’s #BeMoreHuman campaign featuring the striking black actress Danai Gurira in a running bra (‘We have to make our shoulders strong enough for somebody else to stand on’) drew flak for promoting the ‘strong black woman trope’ — which, according to a logic that is anything but obvious, was dehumanising.

Politically goody-goody adverts miss the mark especially in tone. They’re earnest. For all partisan persuasions, earnestness is the ultimate buzzkill. (An acquaintance once characterised me as ‘earnest’, and I’ve never been more insulted.) Even Americans prefer irony to sincerity.

Earth to marketing execs: we like adverts that are funny. Again, I’ve no clue why the footage should influence our choice of telecom provider, but Three’s 2014 ‘Sing It Kitty’, in which a lip-synching little girl on a tiny pink push-bike belts out ‘We built this city on ro-ock a-and ro-oll!’, was still a corker.

Flogging dreary car insurance, MoneySuperMarket’s ‘Epic Dance-Off’ from 2016 was hysterical: men in suit jackets and ties with big bums, tight shorts and high heels boogying with overweight builders.

I’ll take that tongue-in-cheek ‘gender fluidity’ any day, and I watched those adverts more than once; they were usually more entertaining than the programme. Even ‘compare the meerkat dot com’ is so dumb it works.

Does advertising matter? Maybe; like it or not, adverts are part of our culture. Unlike lastingly memorable campaigns such as ‘I can’t believe I ate the whole thing’ (Alka Seltzer 1972) or ‘Whassuuup?’ (Budweiser, 1999), these recent moralising commercials hold up a mirror to a preachy, party-pooping era.

In future, they’re likely to be perceived pityingly as of a piece, unintentionally amusing specimens of a time when marketing became po-faced and self-destructive.

A version of this article first appeared in The Spectator.