Stupid Americans say Aussie KFC ad is racist

'Racist' KFC cricket ad causes uproar in US

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaIhf41ctkM

A KFC advertisement that shows an Australian cricket supporter giving fried chicken to West Indies fans has caused outrage in the US, where it has been interpreted as racist.

In the ad, part of KFC's "Cricket Survival Guide" series, Mick the Australian is surrounded by dancing West Indies fans, and says: "Need a tip when you're stuck in an awkward situation?"

He then hands out a bucket of KFC to the crowd — an action which has been seen as supporting a long-standing US stereotype that African Americans eat fried chicken.

What do you think about the reaction to the ad? Have your say below.

A statement from KFC Australia this morning confirmed the company was aware the ad had been "misinterpreted by a segment of people in the US".

"It is a light-hearted reference to the West Indian cricket team," the statement read.

"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.

"We unequivocally condemn discrimination of any type and have a proud history as one of the world's leading employers for diversity."

In the US bloggers and journalists have claimed the ad is deliberately racist, with the Baltimore Sun even suggesting the ad might be part of a viral prank.

Popular viral media website Buzzfeed posted the video with the subtitle: "What's a white guy to do when he awkwardly finds himself in a crowd full of black folks? KFC has the answer."

Dr Brendon O'Connor, an associate professor at the University of Sydney, said reaction to the ad reflected the "insularity" of the American people.

"They have a tendency to think that their history is more important than that of other countries," he told ninemsn.

But Dr O'Connor, who is currently writing a book about US stereotypes, also said it was important to realise that when taken out of context the ads could look racist.

"Fried chicken is seen as a traditional southern food ... a staple of an African American diet," he said.

"We don't have many African American people here and we don't have these stereotypes.

"Americans would find the ads racist mostly because they don't realise the context that the West Indies team was here to play cricket."

Dr Peter Gale, a senior lecturer at the University of South Australia, said the ad could affect Australia's reputation internationally — especially in the wake of the Hey Hey It's Saturday blackface scandal

"Even when we're doing advertising we need to be careful about pre-existing historical stereotypes," Dr Gale said.

"We have got a responsibility to be aware of that, and I think that if the media doesn't wise up we're in a lot of trouble."

Dr Brendon O'Connor, an associate professor at the University of Sydney, said reaction to the ad reflected the "insularity" of the American people.

"They have a tendency to think that their history is more important than that of other countries," he told ninemsn.

But Dr O'Connor, who is currently writing a book about US stereotypes, also said it was important to realise that when taken out of context the ads could look racist.

"Fried chicken is seen as a traditional southern food ... a staple of an African American diet," he said.

"We don't have many African American people here and we don't have these stereotypes.

"Americans would find the ads racist mostly because they don't realise the context that the West Indies team was here to play cricket."

Dr Peter Gale, a senior lecturer at the University of South Australia, said the ad could affect Australia's reputation internationally — especially in the wake of the Hey Hey It's Saturday blackface scandal

"Even when we're doing advertising we need to be careful about pre-existing historical stereotypes," Dr Gale said.

"We have got a responsibility to be aware of that, and I think that if the media doesn't wise up we're in a lot of trouble."

Man, I'm pretty quick to call people on racism, but without more background I can't say that's definitely racist.  Are the west indian aussies complaining?  I thought it was kind of cute, and let's be honest; being alone in a group of fans of an opposing team, particularly fans from a different sub culture would be amusingly awkward.  And I like fried chicken too.  So if the aussies are complaining then okay, it's racist.  If not, then everybody needs to mind their own business.  We need to move past this kind of shit.

We need to move past this kind of shit.

Racism is an industry in America so that is unlikely to ever happen.

>>4
Don't worry.  America's days are numbered.

>>5
Hello, islamo-kun

>>6
Huh?  Islamo what?

>>7
I am terribly dissapoint.

>>8
gtfo oldfag cancerfail.

>>9
Nani?

>>9
back to /b/ please
back to /b/ please
back to /b/ please

everyone knows australia is racist. moving along now..

Australia > America

>>14
...at sucking Australian cock!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1Xdnu90Gc0

RACIST COREANS!

I would call America self centered but its not strong enough. What the hell is wrong with the US? Im willing to bet it was a white American that complained first.

I remember once this guy told me that calling jumpers on an IDE HDD is racist (master and slave) Never in a million years I would make that connection.

If KFC was actually racist, they'd lose all their customers.

>>17
I remember once this guy told me that calling jumpers on an IDE HDD is racist (master and slave)
Oh God, I lol'd. Thank you for sharing that, sir.

After eating most of the calf I look at myself in the mirror. There is grease all over my face. And then I start to eat at random. I bite her little toe. It still smell of her feet. I stab the knife into her arch and see the red meat deep inside. I thrust my fingers inside and dig out the meat and put it in my mouth. It tastes okay. Then I stab the knife into her armpit. Ever since I saw it under her yellow sleeveless top I wondered how it would taste this good.  The wonderful taste cheers me up and I devour her underarm up to the elbow.

Finally I cut off her private parts. When I touch the pubic hair it has a very bad smell. I bite her clit, but it won't come off, it just stretches.  So I throw it in the frying pan and pop it in my mouth. I chew very carefully and swallow it. It is so sweet.

After I swallow it, I feel her in my body and get hot. I turn the body over and open her buttocks, revealing her anus. I scoop it out with my knife and try to put it in my mouth. It smells too much. I put it in the frying pan and throw it in my mouth. It still smells. I spit it out. I go into the next room. It smell of fat, like I've been frying a chicken.

It's been twenty-four hours now. Some huge flies hover and buzz in the bathroom. I try to chase them away, but they came back. They swarm on her face. They seem to tell me that I've lost her forever. It is no longer her. Where is she? She's gone far away. I've broken her. Like a child who breaks his toy. I try to use an electric knife to cut her body. It doesn't work. It just makes a loud sound. I use a hatchet. I strike several times. It's hard work. I strike her thigh. Her body jumps up. If she could feel, it would have hurt.

Finally the thigh separates from her body. I bite it again, like I would bite a chicken leg. Then I cut off her arms. It is even harder than the thigh. I use the electric knife again. It makes a shrill sound, like the sound of her shrill voice. It works this time. Her hand still wears a ring and a bracelet. When I see her long fingers I am driven by another impulse. I use her hand to masturbate. Her long fingers excite me.

When I'm finished I try to bite her finger. I can't. I'm disappointed. I put her hands into the plastic bag along with her legs. And then I see her face. It is still quiet. She has a small nose and a sweet lower lip. When she was alive I wanted to bite them. Now I can satisfy that desire. It's so easy to bite off her nose. As I chew the cartilage I can hear the noise. I use a knife to cut off more of the cartilage and put it in my mouth. It really doesn't taste very good. I scoop out her lower lip with my knife and put it in my mouth. It has hard skin. I decide to eat it later when I can fry it. So I put it in the refrigerator.

they were in the news a while ago for having some singers paint their faces black and doing a dance.

>>21

Well how else do you impersonate a negro without painting yourself black?

>>22
Blackface (i.e. black make-up) used to be quite common in theater.  Thanks to minstrel shows, though, it's now politically incorrect.  I've seen it used in a few Asian movies before, so maybe the US is just extra bitchy about these kinds of things?

If you guys did not know, it is derogatory to imply African-Americans like fried chicken, don't ask me how it started because I wouldn't have a clue.

How would Australians know that fried chicken is offensive to black Americans? Where do yo guys get off assuming this bit of trivia is known world wide, particularly when you export the food here and then abuse us for a harmless ad featuring our mates and well respected friends from the West Indies! Some nerve.

>>22
a mask

>>1

Niggers love KFC

America is like the 3rd world of Western Countries... mostly uneducated, ignorant racist people, who just blame everyone else for everything and have like the worst health care system of any western country by so far it actually does match 3rd world coutries. Super Power indeed. They didn't even help their own people for atleast a 4 or 5 days after Katrina in New Orleans When they new it was coming... and hang on... isn't New Orlreans Mostly a black city... with a black mayor... isn't that funny

>>28
All this true, and we could still erase your country from the map in about an hour.  Ain't life a bitch.

Were USA to conflict China, guess who will lose.

>>30
Everyone.

>>29
while you were watching television

>>32
Yeah.  We round up really aggressive guys, give them some clothes with shiny buttons, and have them keep their fingers on buttons.  But it's safe.  They are the kind of guys who only do as they're told.  Most of them have degrees in P.E.
Now I'm gonna drive my SUV to the taco bell drive through 3 blocks down and have some liberty nachos, and I know I'll be protected.

Now I'm gonna drive my SUV to the taco bell drive through 3 blocks down and have some liberty nachos, and I know I'll be protected.
Yeah you'd better do all those things while you still can brosef because america is falling and it's just gonna keep falling with it's increasing population of dumb spics who only know how to clean shitters and mow lawns not to mention all the incompetent niggers forced into positions of power because of affirmative action.

Israel > gaymerica

Mexicans actually improve USA, except for the druglords, but the US drug buyers have only themselves to blame for their own misfortune

Yeah I'm sure a lot of mexicans get into N.A.S.A or become economists or engineers... *rollseyes*

>>35
Mow my lawn, spic!

>>37
faggot

>>36
>He still thinks that China is in Asia.

>>38-39
Don't you mud skins have toilets to clean or something?

>>39

What?

Umm, It's not racist at all, but it does play upon a stereotype a little bit. If that's reinforcing a negative image or just plain funny, I'll never know.

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