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Well, I have to admit, it does come off that way... Isaac Send a noteboard - 06/01/2010 07:17:01 AM
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.
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'Racist' KFC cricket ad causes uproar in US - 06/01/2010 04:57:29 AM 1041 Views
I suppose it could have been worse... - 06/01/2010 05:17:44 AM 537 Views
That would be tough to do in a 30 second ad spot *NM* - 06/01/2010 05:18:24 AM 193 Views
oh sure, more racist commentary? - 06/01/2010 05:21:57 AM 542 Views
- 06/01/2010 05:23:06 AM 509 Views
Well, I have to admit, it does come off that way... - 06/01/2010 07:17:01 AM 619 Views
hehe that's dumb *NM* - 06/01/2010 07:57:17 AM 194 Views
If it had been made in or for the US, sure. But it wasn't. - 06/01/2010 07:58:52 AM 546 Views
what he said. - 06/01/2010 08:02:02 PM 465 Views
True this. - 07/01/2010 03:43:37 PM 491 Views
KFC sells french fries? *NM* - 06/01/2010 08:04:20 AM 192 Views
I've never been to one. - 06/01/2010 08:50:46 AM 503 Views
Re: I've never been to one. - 06/01/2010 07:59:12 PM 516 Views
That'd work *NM* - 06/01/2010 08:27:04 PM 187 Views
They have 'em here. - 06/01/2010 08:28:52 PM 500 Views
I should have watched the commercial before reading the article - 06/01/2010 08:49:20 AM 522 Views
That's pretty silly. - 06/01/2010 08:49:32 AM 523 Views
I don't get it either way - 06/01/2010 09:43:11 AM 526 Views
I didn't find that racist. I think the ones crying racism are the racist ones here. - 06/01/2010 12:37:21 PM 535 Views
seriously - 06/01/2010 08:03:05 PM 496 Views
It seems pretty harmless. - 06/01/2010 03:09:59 PM 510 Views
probably just the PC police, I'd bet - 06/01/2010 08:04:11 PM 515 Views
It's a stereotype because it's true. *NM* - 06/01/2010 09:02:47 PM 708 Views
What an ignorant statement. *NM* - 07/01/2010 01:26:06 AM 196 Views
Americans love to be offended, especially on other peoples' behalf. *NM* - 06/01/2010 10:59:07 PM 188 Views
Lol. So true at times. *NM* - 07/01/2010 01:26:39 AM 200 Views
What uproar? I hadn't heard anything about it. *shrugs* *NM* - 07/01/2010 01:23:42 AM 198 Views

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