Michael Murphy and Alyson West with their daughter, Alexandra. The Atlanta couple has created the popular Tumblr wearethe15percent.com in response to the hate stemming from a recent Cheerios ad. Courtesy of Michael Murray and Alyson West Michael Murphy and Alyson West with their daughter, Alexandra. The Atlanta couple has created the popular Tumblr wearethe15percent.com in response to the hate stemming from (...) a recent Cheerios ad. How sweet it is to be the 15%.An interracial Atlanta couple has taken the negativity surrounding a recent Cheerios and turned it into a celebration for interracial couples across the country.Courtesy of wearethe15percent.com Richard, Kieran and Kamakshi of Rockville, Md. Couple Michael Murphy, 41, and Alyson West, 36, told the Daily News that the idea started after seeing the onslaught of disturbing backlash on Cheerio's YouTube page.RELATED: CHEERIOS AD SPARKS RACIST BACKLASH Courtesy of wearethe15percent.com Gabriel, Dana and Beth of Atlanta. “We both knew http://navybluehandbags.webs.com/ that http://blackandbrownpurse.blogspot.com 15% of new marriages were interracial,†Murray said, adding that his wife quickly blurted out: “We are the 15%†― a nod to Occupy Wall Street’s catch phrase, “We are the 99%.â€After West's offhand comment, wearethe15percent.com was born, showing images of smiling http://michaelkorsdillards.snack.ws/ families of mixed ethnicityCourtesy of wearethe15percent.com Jenn and Meadow of New York City. Though the project launched June 5, they have had more than 2,500 submissions. "The submissions are from all over the country," Murray told The News.PHOTOS: CELEBRITY COUPLES WHO COORDINATECourtesy of wearethe15percent.com Carry, Megan, Isema?lla, Davensky and David of Bozeman, Mont. "We have something from every state. It's been incredible. The inbox is an ongoing stream of positivity."Photos submitted include smiling couples, gay and straight, black and white, submitted in response to the disturbing wash of racially charged comments from the innocent Cheerio's commercial.Courtesy of wearethe15percent.com Calvin, Berta, Adriana and Craig of Claremont, N.H. The commercial itself, created for General Mills by advertising agency Saatchi and Saatchi, features a biracial girl asking her white mother why her father eats the cereal brand.PHOTOS: CELEBRITY COUPLES WHO COORDINATECHEERIOS VIA YOUTUBE The original Cheerios commercial that sparked a string of racist backlash for featuring (...) an interracial couple with a biracial child. The mother explains that it's good for his heart, and the commercial cuts to the father, who is black, waking up from a http://shoppurses.blogspot.com nap on the couch to find a pile of Cheerios over his heart.Cheerios issued a statement following the half-minute commercial's release saying, "At Cheerios, we know there are many kinds of families and we celebrate them all."While the couple loved the ad, they told The News that trying to understand the hate of the YouTube commenters who brought up things like "racial genocide" and the Nazis.RELATED: CHIRLANE MCCRAY SHOWS SUPPORT FOR CHEERIOS AD"Our living and our loving isn't based on their acceptance," West said. "We can't even begin to think like that."She added: "I have no idea where that thinking comes from in 2013. They are angry and they're fearful."Murphy, a program manager, and West, a Web content manager, said that for the sake of their own 1-year-old daughter, Alexandra, they plan to continue the Tumblr long-term.West also said that it's the least they can to do pass on some good karma. "All the good will that's come our way, we want to give it back."bstebner@nydailynews.com
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