still am having trouble understanding all the hype over this. So in the name of greater understanding I'll shift my eye over to the USA and try to see it from their point of view...dam can't see a thing, blinded by bigotry!
if that add is racist perhaps all KFC should now only sell to white people, and just for a start maybe you should change the name of the redskins since the racial overtones there are incrediable
seriously people some things are just what they are...a bloody joke!

I don't think this is meant to be racist. He's just "stuck in an awkward situation" because he's wearing an aussie shirt and he's surrounded by West Indies fans.

It would be more awkward if you were a Crows fan at the footy and surrounded by Port Power fans, even if all were white...

Originally posted by Enrikez
I just wanted to point out how obviously racist this was from one point of view, while being totally innocent from another.

Very true, it is very interesting.
I said in my first post in this thread (yesterday, day before?) that although i personally don't find it racist, i can see why some would.

Personally, I don't understand the australian perspective but that's because I'm ignorant of the culture and so forth. I trust that they do not find this racist.

I think the Australian (perhaps world?) perspective is that the guy is at a sports game (it's cricket but we'll say sports) and he's sat with opposition fans... they're making a lot of noise and banging drums and perhaps his team is losing.... he's annoyed...so to calm it all down and make everything a little better... he pulls out a meal which is called "The crowd pleaser".. everyone eats and the crowd is pleased... it's all good.

If it was say English fans and Australians... and they were mainly or all white... this thread wouldn't exist.


I'm not Australian and i don't find it racist... although i CAN see it from both points of view.

I'm not really trying to argue anything with you, I agree with most of what you've posted.

Me too and we're not arguing, we're discussing/debating/conversing

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Personally I dont find this racist.

Although, I can see what people mean.

To me the white guys are saying basically that when they find themselves in an awkward situation, KFC can take you out of that awkwardness by simply sharing your food with those around you.

Imagine if it were British Soccer.
Replace the white guys with people in Manchester United Soccer Jerseys, and replace the (afraid to be labeled as a racist here) black males and females with people in Manchester CITY Soccer Jerseys.

Its exactly like the WALKERS CRISPS advertisement in the UK.

You see, the people who made this KFC advert know that a majority of the world still feel uncomfortable being surrounded by people that are not of their race. Its like when my father and my uncle traveled to America (white guys), they walked and walked and ended up in a neighborhood that was black people ONLY. My father and uncle were approached by a local (black male) who said:

"Guys, what the hell are you doing here you shouldn't be here, get the hell out of here before you get yourselves killed"

My father and uncle spoke and said:
"What do you mean? We are just looking around, why whats wrong"?

Then the black male said:
Ahh your Irish (he heard their accents), that explains it, listen guys you gotta get out of here this is a black hood around here and the local gangs will attack you since you white, you shouldnt be here guys, go back to where you came from, Im trying to save your ass

I forget the rest of the story, but my father and uncle actually ended up in the guys house and had a party with him and his mates.

It goes to show you though, although myself, my father and my uncle are not racist and although the black male was not racist; they all knew that the world is still uncomfortable with the whole situation. Hell, we are what?...40-50 years from the legendary Martin Luther King Jr made his speech? Here in Ireland, Catholics and Protestants still feel awkward walking into each others areas.


Its common knowledge.

I actually found that KFC advert funny because it "shoots from the hip" and tried to make the fact that its not racist, and that people should actually stop being racist and enjoy the different qualities of life and share that quality with a big chunk of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Its like Wrigleys chewing gum, its even better to share and it unites people

People are so damn quick to shout "Racism". People need to also not feel uncomfortable if someone says "white" or "black", because for example... A policeman knows you witnessed a crime being committed, and it just happens that the guy is black...what do you say to the cop when he asks for a description? You obviously cant say hes an African American, because you dont know that. My next door neighbor is a Nigerian Irish man and is black. So, basically you say to the cop "he was black", or if he was white you say "he was white".

Touchy touchy people ehh?

I sensed the black guy on the left hand side on that video on TYT felt the same as I did only he just went along with the story. You could see him kinda smile and "hmm and hamm" about it, he just agreed it was racist because it was a story for their news video.

KFC advert is not racist.

i'm american and i don't see it as racist as i'm sure 99% of americans do not either.


this is where PC is screwing up everything.

it is a commercial to promote a product. WTF?

besides, if that guy can get a delivery there then he should have had a better seat!