History is history, just because we may not like it or be proud of it, it is what it is and we can't deny it or pretend it didn't happen although many universities are trying to do a rewrite anyway.  The commercial that irritates me is the Army recruitment one in the form of a country/western song.   There was one commercial for some type of wine, Venia Rose I think, it was sung in the style of a 1920s type old movie. 