In fairness, I was primed from reading the article to see it that way, but I bet I would have caught it anyway.
Still, they make fried chicken, it is literally what they are named for, I'm not sure how they couldn't accidentally do that at some point.
Commercial A: (McD's) Asian girl at counter hands a redhead his order of fries, he says, "I love fries" and she smiles.
Commercial B: (KFC) White guy at counter hands black guy his bucket of chicken, he says "I love fried chicken" and the counter guy smiles.
I'm not really sure how a corporation that manufactures an item associated with a stereotype can actually be accused of racism while hawking their wares, short of not having a single black person ever in their commercials, which actually would be racist. I seriously doubt most people watching A would even note the redhead dude was probabably irish and was ordering potatoes, I wouldn't, and irish is one of my larger chunks in my standard Amero-mutt ancestry. It's the exact same thing.
This is retarded PC dumbness, since to assume it was deliberate would require one to assume KFC had a corporate death wish.
Still, they make fried chicken, it is literally what they are named for, I'm not sure how they couldn't accidentally do that at some point.
Commercial A: (McD's) Asian girl at counter hands a redhead his order of fries, he says, "I love fries" and she smiles.
Commercial B: (KFC) White guy at counter hands black guy his bucket of chicken, he says "I love fried chicken" and the counter guy smiles.
I'm not really sure how a corporation that manufactures an item associated with a stereotype can actually be accused of racism while hawking their wares, short of not having a single black person ever in their commercials, which actually would be racist. I seriously doubt most people watching A would even note the redhead dude was probabably irish and was ordering potatoes, I wouldn't, and irish is one of my larger chunks in my standard Amero-mutt ancestry. It's the exact same thing.
This is retarded PC dumbness, since to assume it was deliberate would require one to assume KFC had a corporate death wish.
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'Racist' KFC cricket ad causes uproar in US
06/01/2010 04:57:29 AM
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A company could make an ad about a ray of sunshine and someone would still be offended.
06/01/2010 05:04:25 AM
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I suppose it could have been worse...
06/01/2010 05:17:44 AM
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That would be tough to do in a 30 second ad spot
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06/01/2010 05:18:24 AM
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Well, I have to admit, it does come off that way...
06/01/2010 07:17:01 AM
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If it had been made in or for the US, sure. But it wasn't.
06/01/2010 07:58:52 AM
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Thank you. Yours is such an obvious comment that the thread should really have just ended here. *NM*
06/01/2010 05:47:49 PM
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KFC sells french fries?
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06/01/2010 08:04:20 AM
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I've never been to one.
06/01/2010 08:50:46 AM
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I didn't find that racist. I think the ones crying racism are the racist ones here.
06/01/2010 12:37:21 PM
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Americans love to be offended, especially on other peoples' behalf. *NM*
06/01/2010 10:59:07 PM
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