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KFC Australia is pulling a cricket-themed advertisement from the airwaves after it caused widespread outrage in the US where it was seen as racist.http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/991460/kfc-australia-pulls-racist-ad-from-tv
Article of the year imo.
This is like the 3rd thread on this, theres already 2 in the General Forum
bunsen burner
7 Jan 2010, 12:07
I heard KFC are bringing out plastic containers of watermelon for $1.99 this summer
Marlin01
7 Jan 2010, 12:08
Fancy not considering the feelings of African Americans when we put Jamaican actors in advertisements intended for an Australian audience.
I must remember to troll the internet looking for things to be offended by today.
Jimthegreat
7 Jan 2010, 12:42
Americans are insular idiots. They think their culture should extend beyond their borders. What they consider racist is something different elsewhere. I'm still p1ssed that complained about that Michael Jackson skit on Hey Hey. Like how else do you do satire on the Jackson's without painting your face black. A complete different context to anything racist. If the Americans don't like it they can p1ss off. There's more to the world than their culture. "Context" obviously isn't a word in their dictionary either.
At least the lead singer pained his face white!
It really is beyond me how anyone could think this ad is racist. If they actually understood what KFC were trying to portray here, I wonder if they would then consider it racist. Bloody Yanks. Little wonder why the rest of the world have a hard time tolerating them.
:eek:
I just watched that ad 3 times and I don't get where that racism is. :confused: Can someone explain to me exactly where this racism occurs in plain Australian English, Ta. :)
damochandler
7 Jan 2010, 13:24
how is that racist, fair dinkum this is joke right. once again the american kick up a stink about nothing, they all think they are martin luther king when it comes too racial issues
who gives a
7 Jan 2010, 13:33
the yanks invented racism they shit me:thumbsd:
I just watched that ad 3 times and I don't get where that racism is. :confused: Can someone explain to me exactly where this racism occurs in plain Australian English, Ta. :)
Apparently the ad is racist because it perpetuates the stereotype that African American's can be calmed with a bucket of fried chicken.
Only problem is, the ad is full of West Indians in Australia.
Yanks are a bunch of *****.
Yanks are ********s full stop
a) Americans are stupid.
b) Americans are racist but are afraid to be seen as racist.
c) Apparently African Americans like fried chicken.
d) Apparently showing a group who are pigmentally challenged who dance and bang on drums is seen as stereotyping African Americans, even if the people in question are West Indian.
e) They don't know what cricket is.
f) They don't know how passionate WIs are about their cricket.
g) They have never seen footage of WI visiting Australia during cricket matches or cricket matches in WI.
h) The ads have had a similar themes in shutting up pigmentally superior honky tonk white folk but they are not racist.
i) Apparently nobody in the USA has seen the movie White Chicks where African Americans dressed up as white women and mocked every stereotype they could think of, but apparently that isn't racist because the victims are white.
j) Americans have a giant stick up their arse and think just because something might be inappropriate for the USA everyone else has to accept their racist baggage. We have our own baggage thanks, we don't need your shit on top of it.
****ing pathetic. this from the land of freedom fries.
Bombers_Forever
7 Jan 2010, 14:23
Amazing - I have seen plenty of ads in the US that I could deem to be racist or offensive. The Yanks are hypocrites...............as someone mentioned, the movie "White Chicks" is racist in many ways and yet nothing is said.
At least we won't have to see the ad anymore because it aint funny!
Bombers_Forever
7 Jan 2010, 14:23
Can we pull the rest of the ads as well?
Makes me want to say the N word on the streets of L.A, just to show them what real racism is.
Kidding. Geez.
bunsen burner
7 Jan 2010, 15:03
Can we pull the rest of the ads as well?
They're lame aren't they. Some knob has tried to be funny and missed by a mile. The police badge/scalper ad and the one where he jumps over the fence are totally lame. Will Anderson probably wrote that material.
bunsen burner
7 Jan 2010, 15:05
I love how the yanks come up with Jar jar Binks the dopey stoner n***er and then point the finger at us for being racists. We might depict black people as fried chicken eaters but we don't depict them as dopey idiots.
damochandler
7 Jan 2010, 15:05
all the ads are terrible.
some moron must have forgot his brain that day they made these ads
skipper kelly
7 Jan 2010, 15:37
tiger eats fried chicken
tiger eats fried chicken
Tiger will chow down on anything. Allegedly.
There was a story about it just then showing a gay guy on YouTube talking about how racist it is and then another talk show talking about how racist it is they were like 'how racist is that? you just give them chicken and they start jumping up and down' and then some West Indian spokesperson came out and said that theres nothing wrong with and that they obviously haven't seen them actually watching the cricket.
It's seriously pathetic, they're making it racist, it's just saying that KFC makes people happy, and the West Indies happen to be the touring team, god I hate America.
mattys123
7 Jan 2010, 16:13
Funny shit this.
Good old Yankee over reaction, to something they clearly no nothing about, CRICKET.
There's a similar add in the series where the same guy gives fried chicken to his flatmates to shut them up, but because they are white, that isn't racist?
I don't get it, I thought even white people ate chicken?:):confused:
Funny shit this.
Good old Yankee over reaction, to something they clearly no nothing about, CRICKET.
There's a similar add in the series where the same guy gives fried chicken to his flatmates to shut them up, but because they are white, that isn't racist?
I don't get it, I thought even white people ate chicken?:):confused:
Yeah, I think every ad where people are given chicken should be taken off air, because you know the stereo-type where if anyone is given chicken its so racist.
Did the West Indian cricketers themselves not feature in many KFC ads last time they were out??? They may have even been sponsored by them.
http://i50.tinypic.com/20hk3zc.gif
Did the West Indian cricketers themselves not feature in many KFC ads last time they were out??? They may have even been sponsored by them.
They were sponsored by them in the late 90s on an Aussie tour
The Falcon Strike
7 Jan 2010, 17:13
i was offended by how crap the ad's are
It might not be racist, but it's definitely false advertising.
I don't know of any grounds that sell KFC.
MightyFighting
7 Jan 2010, 17:17
It might not be racist, but it's definitely false advertising.
I don't know of any grounds that sell KFC.The MCG.
The Falcon Strike
7 Jan 2010, 17:23
It might not be racist, but it's definitely false advertising.
I don't know of any grounds that sell KFC.
The KFCG
Used to love watching Peter Matera dazzle up and down the wicked wings.
used to bucket down a lot there though.
legitimatic
7 Jan 2010, 17:43
The KFCG
Used to love watching Peter Matera dazzle up and down the wicked wings.
used to bucket down a lot there though.
Haha nice :thumbsu:
Bombers_Forever
7 Jan 2010, 17:50
OK, so if the West Indian cricket team were in the ad (not that the Yanks would recognise them anyway).........would it still be racist?
OK, so if the West Indian cricket team were in the ad (not that the Yanks would recognise them anyway).........would it still be racist?
Of course.
Black+chicken is the premise used to cite racist overtones, that they are west Indian is irrelevant to the bible thumping hypocritical hicks.
Hell, the advert doesn't legally run in the USA anyway, the only reason they have something to whine about is beause some stupid yank decided to be racist and use it for that cause to begin with. Yet instead of finding the idiot responsible, let's focus on KFC instead, because that'll stop racism! :o
stickman11
7 Jan 2010, 19:51
America is a racist society, they can hardly complain about something that they are.
There is a wide racial divide in America
stickman11
7 Jan 2010, 19:55
In general, most KFC adds are crap. I'd rather see bikini girls licking their drumsticks than cricket players or that latest bozzo they are running with. All spice would be nice.
Kim Hagdorn
7 Jan 2010, 20:44
Bloody yanks. NFI.
America has been drowning in political correctness for decades, IMO.
This incident (lame though KFC ads often are) is more proof of that.
It might not be racist, but it's definitely false advertising.
I don't know of any grounds that sell KFC.
Yeah I was thinking about today. Why wouldn't they sell KFC at the KFC Big Bash? It's not like people wouldn't buy it
Americans are racist thats why they take offence to it.
When we watch the add we see an Aussie supporter surrounded by West indies supporters.
They see a white guy surrounded by black people.
Yet i thought the colour of someones skin doesn't matter ?
If it was England supporters they wouldn't say a thing.
Black JuJu
8 Jan 2010, 01:37
Obviously, the Americans don't know the context of the advert but the fact that so many of you are completely unaware that the consuming of Fried Chicken (along with Watermelon, Collard Greens and Grits) is considered to be a negative racial stereotype for Black Americans surprises me a bit, I thought this was reasonably common knowledge?
Admittedly I've spent a bit of time in that neck of the woods, so perhaps it's not something very well known over here but yeah, those foods are considered to be a throw back to the 'Slave' days and 'black face' parodies of yesteryear. For Example:
http://www.opus-art.com/image_cache/9358_W350.jpg
Doesn't anybody remember the controversy back in the late 90s when Tiger Woods won his major? - An old timer golfer (Fozzy Zoeler I think?) joked with reporters along the lines of "I've got no problem with Tiger winning, but I guess they better start serving fried chicken and watermelon in the club house now.."
That was obviously a racist jibe and he was rightly slammed for that, but yeah that's why they are offended by the ad - out of context it looks like a white man placating a group of black people with a bucket of fried chicken.
Whether we agree with that or not is by the by - that's what they are seeing.
Damon_3388
8 Jan 2010, 01:39
Would the Americans have any problem if the West Indians in the ad were replaced with Pakistanis?
DeadlyAkkuret
8 Jan 2010, 01:47
I know the stereotype well, but as usual the Americans don't bother researching anything first or even bothering to check if the people are African American before they cry racist.
Those two tools on that show basically admitted that all black people look the same to them with their "I don't care if it's a tribe, I don't care where they're from, they're black" comments.
Anyway I'll have to leave it there. I live next to some West Indians and my dog tore up their garden today, so I'm gonna take an eski full of ice cold grape soda over as a peace offering.
DeadlyAkkuret
8 Jan 2010, 01:49
Would the Americans have any problem if the West Indians in the ad were replaced with Pakistanis?
No, but I think we'd suddenly see them using KFC to try and catch terrorists.
Black JuJu
8 Jan 2010, 01:51
Would the Americans have any problem if the West Indians in the ad were replaced with Pakistanis?
No because there isn't a negative stereotype involving fried chicken and Pakistanis. Come on, that's obvious.
Saying 'They wouldn't say anything if it was someone else' is amazingly obvious, THEY are the ones that are offended - it's not about anyone else.
If it was an advert for Curry for instance, and a white man in a group of Pakistanis handed out Curry to placate the crowd we'd probably hear about that too.
Why is this confusing people? :confused:
Edit: THANK D.A! I was beginning to think I was some kind of Racial Stereotype buff. ;)
I live next to some West Indians and my dog tore up their garden today, so I'm gonna take an eski full of ice cold grape drank over as a peace offering.
efa ;)
Don't worry JuJu, i'm on your side (as seen in KFC catches thread).
Maybe an advert where you are being annoyed by a bunch of aboriginals, you could bring them a jerry can of fuel and they will leave you alone.
maybe people might start understanding why it's so offensive, intentional or not
Damon_3388
8 Jan 2010, 06:16
No because there isn't a negative stereotype involving fried chicken and Pakistanis. Come on, that's obvious.
Saying 'They wouldn't say anything if it was someone else' is amazingly obvious, THEY are the ones that are offended - it's not about anyone else.
If it was an advert for Curry for instance, and a white man in a group of Pakistanis handed out Curry to placate the crowd we'd probably hear about that too.
Why is this confusing people? :confused:
Edit: THANK D.A! I was beginning to think I was some kind of Racial Stereotype buff. ;)
It's not us Aussies that are confused, it's the Americans. The ad isn't even about race at all - it's about the apparent irresistability of KFC. The other ads in the series back this up, as they all revolve around Mick using the irresistability of KFC to get what he wants - to watch the cricket at home, to get an autograph from Phillip Hughes, to get a better seat at the game. The point of this particular ad is that he feels awkward because he's seated right in the middle of opposition supporter territory, yet he eases whatever tension there is by offering them some KFC. You could replace the West Indians with the Barmy Army if you wanted, and the meaning would be the same, but that wouldn't be as relevant right now because we're not playing England this summer. You could even do the same ad with a Collingwood supporter sitting amongst a bunch of Carlton supporters, and it'd have the same meaning, but again, wouldn't be quite relevant right now, as it's not footy season right now.
Why I mentioned replacing the West Indians with Pakistanis is because the Americans probably wouldn't bat an eyelid at people of Middle Eastern appearance being placed in the same, because they're seen as and often portrayed as "the bad guys" and "the enemy" in recent years (even though the ad isn't about race to begin with). The common portrayal of Middle Eastern individuals as "the bad guy" or "potential terrorist" is acceptable to Americans (and to be fair, many others in the Western world) and somehow isn't racial stereotyping though :rolleyes:
EDIT: I've been fully aware of the negative/stereotypical/racist connetations/connection that fried chicken and African-Americans have for years. I'm suprised so many here aren't aware of it. Still, doesn't change the fact that I think its Americans are jumping to conclusions here and not understanding the context of the ad.
Andrew Mc
8 Jan 2010, 07:22
So, what's next, should KFC be banned from sponsoring the Big Bash because a West Indian player has to wear their logo?
http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200912/r492507_2561662.jpg
Obviously, the Americans don't know the context of the advert but the fact that so many of you are completely unaware that the consuming of Fried Chicken (along with Watermelon, Collard Greens and Grits) is considered to be a negative racial stereotype for Black Americans surprises me a bit, I thought this was reasonably common knowledge?
Only know about it 'cause of 4chan tbh.
Adelaide Hawk
8 Jan 2010, 11:46
I would have thought Americans could find enough to be offended by in their own country without having to cast a disapproving eye over Australian advertising.
OzBomber
8 Jan 2010, 12:23
The MCG.
Nah, they sell Red Rooster not KFC.
The Falcon Strike
8 Jan 2010, 15:29
So, what's next, should KFC be banned from sponsoring the Big Bash because a West Indian player has to wear their logo?
At the WACA the other week - every time he hit a boundary they played every known carribean song.
Another 6 or so and I'm sure they would have played "pass the duchie...."
Black JuJu
8 Jan 2010, 16:36
It's not us Aussies that are confused, it's the Americans. The ad isn't even about race at all - it's about the apparent irresistability of KFC. The other ads in the series back this up, as they all revolve around Mick using the irresistability of KFC to get what he wants - to watch the cricket at home, to get an autograph from Phillip Hughes, to get a better seat at the game. The point of this particular ad is that he feel awkward because he's seated right in the middle of opposition supporter territory, yet he eases whatever tension by offering them some KFC. You could replace the West Indians with the Barmy Army if you wanted, and the meaning would be the same, but that wouldn't be as relevant right now because we're not playing England this summer. You could even do the same ad with a Collingwood supporter sitting amongst a bunch of Carlton supporters, and it'd have the same meaning, but again, wouldn't be quite relevant right now, as it's not footy season right now.
Why I mentioned replacing the West Indians with Pakistanis is because the Americans probably wouldn't bat an eyelid at people of Middle Eastern appearance being placed in the same, because they're seen as and often portrayed as "the bad guys" and "the enemy" in recent years (even though the ad isn't about race to begin with). The common portrayal of Middle Eastern individuals as "the bad guy" or "potential terrorist" is acceptable to Americans (and to be fair, many others in the Western world) and somehow isn't racial stereotyping though :rolleyes:
I understand what you mean mate but like I said, it's the combination of African American (or West Indian, who are essentially African North American) and Fried Chicken and the stereotype attached to that. There isn't the same stereotype with Pakistanis or Englishmen or Kiwis, so it wouldn't be an issue. If it was a McDonalds advert instead, it wouldn't be an issue.
It's specifically the Chicken, not the situation or whether they are being protrayed as the bad guy or enemy. It might sound silly but trust me, if you walked into a ghetto in middle of Detroit with a bucket of Fried Chicken to share with the locals, you probably wouldn't get out alive.
You are right though, the Americans are confused by the ad and don't know the context. Don't get me wrong I firmly believe it was more a careless mistake from KFC rather than a malicous racist slur but the first time I saw that advert a few weeks back, I commented to my friend that they better hope the Yanks don't get a hold of this one or it'll be 'Hey Hey' all over again.
DeadlyAkkuret
8 Jan 2010, 16:42
if you walked into a ghetto in middle of Detroit with a bucket of Fried Chicken to share with the locals, you probably wouldn't get out alive.
What if you were in the West Indies and not Detroit?
The Falcon Strike
8 Jan 2010, 16:54
I understand what you mean mate but like I said, it's the combination of African American (or West Indian, who are essentially African North American) and Fried Chicken and the stereotype attached to that. There isn't the same stereotype with Pakistanis or Englishmen or Kiwis, so it wouldn't be an issue. If it was a McDonalds advert instead, it wouldn't be an issue.
It's specifically the Chicken, not the situation or whether they are being protrayed as the bad guy or enemy. It might sound silly but trust me, if you walked into a ghetto in middle of Detroit with a bucket of Fried Chicken to share with the locals, you probably wouldn't get out alive.
You are right though, the Americans are confused by the ad and don't know the context. Don't get me wrong I firmly believe it was more a careless mistake from KFC rather than a malicous racist slur but the first time I saw that advert a few weeks back, I commented to my friend that they better hope the Yanks don't get a hold of this one or it'll be 'Hey Hey' all over again.
isn't that just a bad stereotype you are using - their black and from roughly the same area - so they are the same?? A bit like saying the japanese and the chinese are both yellow therefore they are the same?
And since when did playing on a stereotype become racist anyway? Should i take offence everytime i travel and a foreigner say "Gidday Mate"
Should I take offence the "Australian" restaurants overseas sell Kangaroo steak - when bugger all local restaurants sell it here!
Every pasta or pasta sauce add on Tv uses italians - should they be banned?
stickman11
8 Jan 2010, 17:49
No because there isn't a negative stereotype involving fried chicken and Pakistanis. Come on, that's obvious.
Saying 'They wouldn't say anything if it was someone else' is amazingly obvious, THEY are the ones that are offended - it's not about anyone else.
If it was an advert for Curry for instance, and a white man in a group of Pakistanis handed out Curry to placate the crowd we'd probably hear about that too.
Why is this confusing people? :confused:
Edit: THANK D.A! I was beginning to think I was some kind of Racial Stereotype buff. ;)
Hey Black JuJu (Racist username)
Have you signed up for your Labour party membership yet? They love bleeding hearts.
Black JuJu
8 Jan 2010, 21:42
What if you were in the West Indies and not Detroit?
Well I'm not sure if it holds the same meaning in the West Indies, but all the American's are seeing is a group of black guys who are of African decent, they don't know the context so they are being lumped into one with African Americans (that's the main problem here)
isn't that just a bad stereotype you are using - their black and from roughly the same area - so they are the same?? A bit like saying the japanese and the chinese are both yellow therefore they are the same?
And since when did playing on a stereotype become racist anyway? Should i take offence everytime i travel and a foreigner say "Gidday Mate"
Should I take offence the "Australian" restaurants overseas sell Kangaroo steak - when bugger all local restaurants sell it here!
Every pasta or pasta sauce add on Tv uses italians - should they be banned?
I drew the parallel between the West Indians and the African Americans because this is the Americans who have been offended are doing - not me personally.
I think you are missing my point. I'm simply explaining why they are taking offense, I personally don't think it had any racial intent. I've explained why 'Fried Chicken' is offensive. It was considered 'slave food' back in the 19th century, it still carries a NEGATIVE RACIST STEREOTYPE for some African Americans.
There are stereotypes (like friendly Australians, food loving Italians) that are not considered offensive but there are racist stereotypes (slant eyed, buck toothed Japanese people, stupid Polish people/Irish people or Fried Chicken-eating Black Americans for example..) that are obviously offensive. If you can't tell the difference between the 2 then that's your problem. Just because you are unaware of the negative connotations something carries outside of your own backyard doesn't mean it doesn't offend some people (in this case Black Americans, again not me personally..)
Hey Black JuJu (Racist username)
Have you signed up for your Labour party membership yet? They love bleeding hearts.
..again I'm explaining the historical context of the issue, simply because none of you seemed to have the slightest clue why anybody would make a fuss. I don't agree that it was a racist advert and I agree that it has been taken badly out of context.
Cheers..
DeadlyAkkuret
8 Jan 2010, 22:06
You make a good point BJJ, even though I think the Turks are idiots and the lowest form of talk show you could find it's still amazing how many people just don't know anything about the fried chicken/black American stereotype.
I've spent a lot of time in the US (since meeting a beautiful girl from there) but even before that I knew of this stereotype, just from watching movies where the joke was made quite a few times. Some of the comments on the article like "If he was giving KFC to Kiwis would that be racist?" are pretty ignorant but that ignorance isn't really harming anyone.
On the other hand you have a couple of Americans who's opinions are more likely to be heard and their ignorance is actually harmful. If you're going to make a serious accusation like racism then you should have all your facts and not just assume because they're black that they're the same as African Americans.
Some of the things that girl said were atrocious, racist and embarrassing.
I understand what you mean mate but like I said, it's the combination of African American (or West Indian, who are essentially African North American) and Fried Chicken and the stereotype attached to that. There isn't the same stereotype with Pakistanis or Englishmen or Kiwis, so it wouldn't be an issue. If it was a McDonalds advert instead, it wouldn't be an issue.
It's specifically the Chicken, not the situation or whether they are being protrayed as the bad guy or enemy. It might sound silly but trust me, if you walked into a ghetto in middle of Detroit with a bucket of Fried Chicken to share with the locals, you probably wouldn't get out alive.
You are right though, the Americans are confused by the ad and don't know the context. Don't get me wrong I firmly believe it was more a careless mistake from KFC rather than a malicous racist slur but the first time I saw that advert a few weeks back, I commented to my friend that they better hope the Yanks don't get a hold of this one or it'll be 'Hey Hey' all over again.
lol what's with all the people giving two shits what the yanks think.
Can't believe they succumbed and pulled the ad. Well i spose they are an american company
Hodgepodge
8 Jan 2010, 22:35
If you want to see actual african-american stereotypes, they can be found on American TV . . .
:eek:
ORvtxCHa33k
This in a culture that actually owns this stereotype and is aware of it. Yet I don't hear a lot of fussin and a-feudin'.
mediumsizered
8 Jan 2010, 22:44
Americans are insular idiots.
I think this sums up Americans the best. Worse still, I think they have lost their sense of humour. You just have to look at the rubbish they dish up as sitcoms nowadays. Get Smart, Happy Days, Family Ties. There was some really good humour in those programs. Compare that to the 'tripe' they package as comedy these days & you can see they have lost their way.
I think Americans are trying so hard to be politically correct that they have lost the ability to enjoy a good laugh & poke a bit of fun at themselves.
krisholio14
8 Jan 2010, 22:48
Can we pull the rest of the ads as well?
Seconded :thumbsu:
Hodgepodge
8 Jan 2010, 23:40
If you want to see actual african-american stereotypes, they can be found on American TV . . .
:eek:
ORvtxCHa33k
This in a culture that actually owns this stereotype and is aware of it. Yet I don't hear a lot of fussin and a-feudin'.
SouthSwans
9 Jan 2010, 00:30
a) Americans are stupid.
b) Americans are racist but are afraid to be seen as racist.
c) Apparently African Americans like fried chicken.
d) Apparently showing a group who are pigmentally challenged who dance and bang on drums is seen as stereotyping African Americans, even if the people in question are West Indian.
e) They don't know what cricket is.
f) They don't know how passionate WIs are about their cricket.
g) They have never seen footage of WI visiting Australia during cricket matches or cricket matches in WI.
h) The ads have had a similar themes in shutting up pigmentally superior honky tonk white folk but they are not racist.
i) Apparently nobody in the USA has seen the movie White Chicks where African Americans dressed up as white women and mocked every stereotype they could think of, but apparently that isn't racist because the victims are white.
j) Americans have a giant stick up their arse and think just because something might be inappropriate for the USA everyone else has to accept their racist baggage. We have our own baggage thanks, we don't need your shit on top of it.
+1 :thumbsu:
TurboHead
9 Jan 2010, 00:33
Americans are racist thats why they take offence to it.
When we watch the add we see an Aussie supporter surrounded by West indies supporters.
They see a white guy surrounded by black people.
Yet i thought the colour of someones skin doesn't matter ?
If it was England supporters they wouldn't say a thing.
:thumbsu:
OzBomber
9 Jan 2010, 12:16
If you want to see actual african-american stereotypes, they can be found on American TV . . .
:eek:
ORvtxCHa33k
This in a culture that actually owns this stereotype and is aware of it. Yet I don't hear a lot of fussin and a-feudin'.I was going to mention that exact same scene. How the hell that is not criticized I don't know.
Kim Hagdorn
9 Jan 2010, 13:23
a) Americans are stupid.
b) Americans are racist but are afraid to be seen as racist.
c) Apparently African Americans like fried chicken.
d) Apparently showing a group who are pigmentally challenged who dance and bang on drums is seen as stereotyping African Americans, even if the people in question are West Indian.
e) They don't know what cricket is.
f) They don't know how passionate WIs are about their cricket.
g) They have never seen footage of WI visiting Australia during cricket matches or cricket matches in WI.
h) The ads have had a similar themes in shutting up pigmentally superior honky tonk white folk but they are not racist.
i) Apparently nobody in the USA has seen the movie White Chicks where African Americans dressed up as white women and mocked every stereotype they could think of, but apparently that isn't racist because the victims are white.
j) Americans have a giant stick up their arse and think just because something might be inappropriate for the USA everyone else has to accept their racist baggage. We have our own baggage thanks, we don't need your shit on top of it.
Great post.
King Elvis
9 Jan 2010, 14:01
I was going to mention that exact same scene. How the hell that is not criticized I don't know.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Hypocrisy is easy.
Just wondering.
As a white person, should I be highly offended by the KFC ad in the same series where a white bloke gets hit in the head by a cricket ball because he's depicted as a dopey git concentrating more on his food than the game?
Plugger35
14 Jan 2010, 08:43
Nine just showed this ad again during the cricket coverage.
I thought it was banned?
OzBomber
14 Jan 2010, 10:11
Nine just showed this ad again during the cricket coverage.
I thought it was banned?
Banned in the USA. ;)
Wish Wellingtons
14 Jan 2010, 11:17
I knew some **** would see this and make a fuss about it. The fact is that fried chicken has no relevance to the black population of the west indies. If you had him bribe them with a big dirty joint and a bottle of rum you might have a case (though these stereotypes are worked on all the time and the windies really couldn't care less it seems).
It's racist to assume that all black people have cultural connections to the African Americans even though they have probably never been to America, just because they are black. That is where the racism lies, in the assumption that black people have a genetic inclination to eat fried chicken, which seems to be the view of the ignorant American public.
KFC serve fried chicken, what else are they going to advertise? When they dis ads with barmy army poms there was no problem, and now that the windies are touring they are they obvious candidates?
How do Chris Gayle and Dwane bravo etc feel about wearing big KFC logos on their chest playing bigbash? I'm sure they don't give a **** as it has no cultural relevance and racism in this context only exists if you perceive it to be there.
We better not show them the KFC ad from the ninties with 'hot and spicy'
Where the windies are deciding if they are going to bat or bowl. :)
KFC left the ad open to far too much interpretation.
Wish Wellingtons
14 Jan 2010, 15:47
You don't hear Aussies complaining to the Yanks about their racist episode of the Simpsons...;)
bipolarbeaR
14 Jan 2010, 19:00
You don't hear Aussies complaining about their racist episode of the Simpsons...;)
Like you now? lawlawl :D
Topper Harley
14 Jan 2010, 21:10
We better not show them the KFC ad from the ninties with 'hot and spicy'
Where the windies are deciding if they are going to bat or bowl. :)
KFC left the ad open to far too much interpretation.
This is the ad I've been looking for but can find.
If anyone can find a link to this, it would be appreciated.
XFactor1979
17 Jan 2010, 16:31
the kfc aussie dingbat: mick is a drongo!
and with regards to racism:
I'm like my mother, I stereotype. It's faster.
Makes me want to say the N word on the streets of L.A, just to show them what real racism is.
Kidding. Geez.
Ha.
They'd eat you fried chicken ass. It wasn't racist, more offesive, but, nah, shit was fine.
PS: That Jackson 5 skit was very offensive, no doubt about that.
XFactor1979
17 Jan 2010, 19:13
i saw some bloke at the gym the other week who had a t-shirt who said 'we are australian, we drink beer, we eat meat and we speak f english'
gee... and racism is not a problem in australia eh?
anyway racist people to me are generally uneducated and thus lower life forms/ beings to me. generally hobos and beggars are racist people, i dont feel sorry for them
DeadlyAkkuret
17 Jan 2010, 23:37
Racism is a problem everywhere, so why single out Australia. I don't think I've ever met anyone who's said it's not a problem here, but it's worse in many other places and we're not close to being one of the worst.
XFactor1979
18 Jan 2010, 17:58
Racism is a problem everywhere, so why single out Australia. I don't think I've ever met anyone who's said it's not a problem here, but it's worse in many other places and we're not close to being one of the worst.
when you leave sydney and melbourne it becomes a "free for all" hickville i can tell you that
asian gangs is often seen to be a source of the problem/ solution