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Cheerios 6 yo, Family Talk About Commercial

The family appeared on MSNBC on Tuesday to discuss what the ad means for multiracial families.

The family of a biracial child actress who appeared in a much-talked-about Cheerios commercial discussed the firestorm on MSNBC on Tuesday.

A vocal group of racists criticized the commercial for showing a multiracial family. The commercial has a white mom, a black dad and a biracial 6-year-old girl whose real name is Grace Colbert.

Grace appeared on MSNBC with her real-life mother and father, Janet and Christopher Colbert. Her father said:
"Being a biracial family is just a reality. We're also a part of the face of America, and so America just needs to see that this is just a way of life and that this is just the way life is today. I wasn't upset or anything I was pretty much really excited to have this type of reaction so we could see where we still stand in America."

Watch the full interview in the video above.



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