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Originally posted by Renzo I don't see it necessarily as racist, but it's probably fair to say the commercial does promote the stereotype.

Which stereotype is that? that Americans are stupid and feel the need to project their own issues onto other countries who do not share the same problems?

do abo's like chicken?

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Originally posted by Aesthetic They prefer regular unleaded

beat me to it.

Also alcohol, and young girls apparently.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN Which stereotype is that? that Americans are stupid and feel the need to project their own issues onto other countries who do not share the same problems?

Mind you, the advert is probably playing on an American stereotype, given how many African Australians there are

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Originally posted by Lira Mind you, the advert is probably playing on an American stereotype, given how many African Australians there are

No, it totally is not. The west indies is not in Africa. The advertisement was about cricket, not race.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN No, it totally is not. The west indies is not in Africa. The advertisement was about cricket, not race.

Fair enough, and where does a sizeable proportion of their population come from? West Africa. Even though immigrants from Britain, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal and Denmark also populated the Caribbean, and there are quite a few "West Indies", all of which are related to a particular European country, you don't really see a fair-skinned rowdy guy among them, do you?

I believe it was originally intended to be about cricket, no problem there, but it says a wee bit more than that, you like it (which I don't believe you do) or not.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN dont argue with the yanks nutter, they know best!

You can blame american white-guilt ridden liberals for banning it.

Yeah, sure. If the discriminated group is involved, it's totally okay!

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Originally posted by Lira I believe it was originally intended to be about cricket, no problem there, but it says a wee bit more than that, you like it (which I don't believe you do) or not.

Sorry lira, but that’s bullshit. People will see whatever they want to see.

Its ridiculous to argue that there was some intent on behalf of KFC to make a racist advertisement. It isn’t rational to argue that a business would deliberately go out of their way to lose themselves money, on either a canned ad or poor public relations.

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Originally posted by Lira Fair enough, and where does a sizeable proportion of their population come from? West Africa. Even though immigrants from Britain, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal and Denmark also populated the Caribbean, and there are quite a few "West Indies", all of which are related to a particular European country, you don't really see a fair-skinned rowdy guy among them, do you?

So what? When I think of the racial makeup of the windies, I think of black people. why should KFC be any different? The ad merely represents what your typical windie cricket fan looks like.