Comments on: Racist KFC Commercial?

By: alex

alex — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:55:04 +0000

Racism is the discrimination of one’s race;
It’s also the representing of one’s race being superior to another;
This is simply stereotypical,
and everyone seems to be forgetting there are more than Whites and Blacks, there are Asians, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans.

By: deviki

deviki — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:49:49 +0000

Ok ya know what i just don’t see what is racist about the ad….
Which part of it is racist ? i don’t hear him say anything bad ? Or did he ?
Well compare to that it’s nothing…..You should have seen a commercial aired in Malaysia on CNY years back and it was very stupid….
Its about a chinese family preparing for CNY and the mom gets over exicted that she paints all the things in her house red in color even her hair and she waits for her son to come back from overseas with his new GF….and when he comes in with her the mother faints because she is black…although the girl is wearing red as well….the thing is red is “ong” luck color while black is not …..so that ad i think was only aired 4 times before it got removed i think……Now that was very very direct insult ….not only for Black people but also to people of darker skin tone than chinese……i’ll give u the link if i can find it in youtube

By: HermanTurnip

HermanTurnip — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:28:14 +0000

I totally agree. To our American eyes this commercial is absolutely racist. But, to Australian eyes this could be a silly inside joke. Much like many Japanese and German commercials I’ve seen that are extremely racist by American standards, they’re quite tame when aired within their countries of origin.

It’s funny how some cry “foul” when they see something that’s meant for a different country, never understanding how other countries feel about race relations. Why do some feel that American standards trump those of other nations?

Again, I personally see extreme racism in this commercial, but that’s because of my American standards. Question is, how do Australians of differing races view this commercial? I’d honestly like to know (I’d like to be educated about such things).

By: The House of Husar

The House of Husar — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:55:55 +0000

I am 6’2, 200 pound, blue eyes, and dirty blond hair. Pretty much what you can expect if looking for the typical “white guy”. At lease on the surface. But due to my upbringing I am highly sensitive to racism. Nothing pisses me off more or turns me away from people than racism. I absolutely detest it.

So now that you know where I stand, I have to say that that commercial is one of the most racist things I have ever seen. First it assumes that all black people like fried chicken. I have to ask why are all the people other than the guy with the chicken black? If there was a few white people there then it would be no problem at all. Heck, I love fried chicken just as much as anyone. If someone busted out a tub of it at a match I would be all over it. ALL OVER IT!

So yes, I have to say that this is commercial racism at it best. How this every got back a review board I will never know.

But on a scale of 1-10 this is about a .5. It doesn’t project black people in a bad light at all. It just assumes an old stereotype that all black people like fired chicken. Bad yes, but equivalent to a cross burning? Not even close.

Man, I am hungry for some fried chicken now!