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I think the key thing here is panel 6 about cavemen being in fact a primitive species. This is why, as a minority, I actually love these commercials.
At the center of that statement, made all the more apparent by the use of cavemen, is an idea that there are certain things objectively true about the entire group. Couldn't some person say, "don't minorities have trouble with reading?" Standardized testing statistics will back them up. Does that make it sensible to assume certain things when you meet a person or a caveman? Is it any less annoying because people "don't mean any harm?"
I'm going to watch the pilot. If it sucks, I'll stop. Hasn't the awesomeness of the US version of The Office taught anyone to stop prejudging?
