Is This KFC Ad Racist?

YouTube ^ | 11/28/2019 | KFC Australia

[Drew68]

KFC's BBQ Bacon Stacker

And if it's not racist, would it be if the races of the three participants were reversed? Imagine if you will a black couple seeing themselves on "kiss cam" only to have the black guy turn around and his girlfriend is making out with a white dude. But it's all OK because he gets some chicken at the end.

Notice the comments have been turned off but look at the ratio of thumbs up to thumbs down.

[Drew68]

Am I racist for even thinking about this?

[trisham]

Weird. I wonder whose bright idea this was?

[Drew68]

Weird. I wonder whose bright idea this was?

They turned off the comments for a reason. They know.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Is This KFC Ad Racist?

No.

If the ad said "this white girl kissing a black guy is wrong", then that would be a racist ad. If it showed the white guy kissing a black girl and the ad pronounced that to be wrong, that would be a racist ad.

As it is, it just shows two guys and one girl, one guy gets lucky, the other gets chicken. Or one guy gets lucky, and the other gets a kiss, depending on how much one likes KFC.

The obsession with finding racism behind every fence-post and under every rock really needs to stop, from all sides.

[Hugh the Scot]

Kenosha murder.

[olesigh]

I am boycotting because the guys didn’t kiss.

[duckman]

“Am I racist for even thinking about this?”
Not in the least. That’s the way things go these days.

[Craftmore]

yes racist

[all the best]

Without even looking at the ad I say it’s racist. Has to be. Case closed.

[Big Red Badger]

Sounds Funny,

[RoosterRedux]

Why in the world would that be racist?

[BookmanTheJanitor]

No...it accurately reflects the average white liberal beta male.

[right way right]

How does it sell sandwiches? It's just dumb, nothing to think about.

[Perseverando]

I don’t know. I couldn’t tell what race the chicken was.

[Drango]

I am boycotting because the guys didn’t kiss.

LOL

[BenLurkin]

Exactly

[Snook79]

It isnt racist. But it is a terrible commercial.

[Larry Lucido]

What, they couldn’t get a “thruple” going?

[Drew68]

As it is, it just shows two guys and one girl, one guy gets lucky, the other gets chicken. Or one guy gets lucky, and the other gets a kiss, depending on how much one likes KFC.

The obsession with finding racism behind every fence-post and under every rock really needs to stop, from all sides.

I would agree that this ad is not racist except that we all know they would never make an ad where the races are reversed and it’s a cucked black guy eating a chicken sandwich at the end. This leads me to believe that the racial roles were deliberately chosen by the ad company. And then they turned off the comments.

[ClearCase_guy]

I think advertisement push inter-racial relationships to an odd degree. I don’t think it’s “racist” (I think it’s trying to be the opposite) but it’s artificial and forced and doesn’t make me want to buy anything.

However, I did hear an ad the other day on the radio that I thought was racist. Just a guy talking. About chicken. He was excited about his chicken. It sounded like a 1930s parody — He sho’ ‘nuff was gon’ git him some chicken! Hmmm! Hmmm! Hmm! Dat chicken be tasty!” and on and on and on. It was like ol’ Stephin’ Fetchit was back from da grave and selling de chicken.

I was just thinking, “They found a black actor who would do that?” Because 20 or 30 years from now, that’s going to be considered hate speech.