# is this a "racist" oz KFC ad **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 6, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-racist-oz-kfc-ad/523970 "2010-01-06T22:43:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-racist-oz-kfc-ad/523970/1 "2010-01-06T22:43:26Z")
> **[KFC ad blasted as racist in US](https://www.theage.com.au/national/kfc-ad-blasted-as-racist-in-us-20100107-lum3.html)** > > An Australian KFC advert depicting West Indies cricket fans has been blasted as racist in the US. > [@](#): > > An Australian KFC advert depicting West Indies cricket fans has been blasted as racist in the US. > > In the advertisement a white cricket fan tells viewers it is “too easy” to calm an unruly mob of Windies fans by sharing a bucket of fried chicken with them. My view as an aussie: We do not have a racist stereotype of black people eating fried chicken here _and_ the black people in question are _West Indians_ not African Americans. So what do you folks think ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-racist-oz-kfc-ad/523970/2 "2010-01-06T23:25:52Z")
> [@madrabbitwoman](#): > > the black people in question are _West Indians_ not African Americans. Americans aren’t smart enough to figure that out. When Deep Space Nine came out, people called Tuvok an “African American Vulcan.” So if they’re black, then by gar they’re “African American.” Why we in America would care about a KFC ad in Australia, where the stereotype (apparently) does not exist, I couldn’t tell you. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-racist-oz-kfc-ad/523970/3 "2010-01-06T23:26:42Z")
> **[No, you ignoramuses, this \*isn't\* racist (or, "Here we go again..")](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=546686)** > > A few months ago it was the Jackson Jive skit that appeared on Australian TV show Hey Hey It’s Saturday (I started a thread about that one at the time, too). Now, a KFC cricket commercial airing in Australia is being labelled racist because if it... ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-racist-oz-kfc-ad/523970/4 "2010-01-06T23:28:16Z")
No it is not. It is much more clear cut than that black face hoopla from Red Faces. As you say, there is no stereotype here of blacks eating fried chicken (I’d never heard of that before), the “blacks” are West Indies cricket fans and the West Indies team have just toured Australia. The same advertisement would’ve been made with English cricket supporters if the English team had been here at the time. Reading it as racist is just stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-racist-oz-kfc-ad/523970/5 "2010-01-06T23:30:51Z")
This is just stupid. I’m pretty sure that the majority of Americans bitching about this don’t know jack shit about Australian west indies culture. (Neither do I. But I think it’s a fair assumption that if the locals over there aren’t getting in a twist about it; than it probably isn’t racist.) These folks need to find themselves a new hobby. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-racist-oz-kfc-ad/523970/6 "2010-01-07T05:19:07Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > [No, you ignoramuses, this \*isn't\* racist (or, "Here we go again..") - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=546686) Yup, there’s already a thread on this topic in Great Debates, so I’m closing this one.