Racist KFC Ad in Australia

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Placating a crowd of black people with a bucket of chicken is considered good marketing by Kentucky Fried Chicken in Australia -- but it's causing a bit of a fervor here in the States.

The ad shows a very distressed white guy, surrounded by a crowd of black people at a cricket match, who wonders, "Need a tip when you're stuck in an awkward situation?" He gets out of the "awkward situation" by handing them a bucket of chicken.

A rep for KFC Australia told a local paper, "It is a light-hearted reference to the West Indian cricket team ... The ad was reproduced online in the US without KFC's permission, where we are told a culturally-based stereotype exists, leading to the incorrect assertion of racism."

UPDATE -- We just got this statement: "KFC Australia is removing the television advertisement that was being run in conjunction with the Australian cricket season. We apologize for any misinterpretation of the ad as it was not meant to offend anyone."

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/06/kfc-australia-racist-commercial-kentucky-fried-...

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[bvwcad]

@BrookeJadeX - Or you just had no idea what you were talking about.

[bvwcad]

@BrookeJadeX - Lol, sorry I didn't realise your YouTube page was private. SMH

[bvwcad]

@WDS4TV - Word.

[Panzerchoc]

How is this racist??

[Hem3fiction]

@WizPigTactics well if it is my problem why did you make it your problem in the first place?

and pretty sure you were saying something like all countries should adopt American beliefs and their racist topics just as long as they have KFC, which this opinion is high in stupidity. It is clear this is what you were implying. And i just told you not to tell us about American beliefs.... how was i out of context?

[BrookeJadeX]

@WDS4TV Yeah I know. Eventually I'll stop, but for a lot of it I was just being mean and pulling his leg.

[BrookeJadeX]

@bvwcad Righto. Because it's not like I had you worked up or anything =)

And checking my profile to see where I'm from? That's either really sad or really creepy.

[WDS4TV]

@BrookeJadeX He's been here for days, he'll be here for another decade as long as you don't give him the last word...

[bvwcad]

@BrookeJadeX - Yawn, what a shock that is, especially as you list your country as Australia. SMH

[BrookeJadeX]

@bvwcad Ahahaha! Would this be a bad time to tell you I've been trolling for this conversation? I'm Australian. I know what the ad's about and I know it's not racist. Looks it's been fun, but you really need to chill out.