KFC steps in a big bucket of racism

By GottaLaff

My pal Greg Skilling, over at the Examiner, had some fun with KFC's attempt to scramble for cover after airing an ad on Australian television portraying an obvious racial stereotype.

It featured supporters of the touring West Indian cricket team, and KFC somehow forgot that the Webertubes have a way of bringing embarrassing moments to light in the viraliest of ways:

What they said -

"KFC Australia apologises unreservedly for any offence caused which of course was wholly unintended."

Translation -

We're sorry some idiot exposed the latent racism within our company - please, please, please buy our chicken.

What they said -

"We unequivocally condemn discrimination of any type and have a proud history as one of the world's leading employers for diversity.

In 2009 Yum! Brands (the owner of KFC) was named as one of Black Enterprise magazine's '40 Best Companies for Diversity' for the fifth consecutive year. Yum! also received The National Society of Hispanic MBA's 2009 Brillante Award for Corporate Excellence which is presented to a corporation which fosters Hispanic leadership."

Translation -

Despite our racial faux pas, the folks here at KFC have several friends of African descent - Look! Here's a picture of one. Please, please, please buy our chicken.

Please read the whole thing here. It's way tastier and a whole lot healthier than KFC products are. One might even say, finger-lickin' good.

UPDATE, here is the ad in question:

The current state of Republican humor

By GottaLaff

Thank you to Windy City Watch for directing me to a photo on Facebook that has since been removed.

Luckily, Windy City Watched grabbed it before it was deleted. Luckily, these racists are now exposed, again. Luckily, most of us don't think this way (Click on images to enlarge.):

Here's what you see when you go there now:

See that blank page? That's what the Rushpublics have been reduced to. Nothing. The Party of Nothing... and less.

Go to HuffPo for the full story. Here's an excerpt:

The photo has now been up at the site of the RNC -- Michael Steele's RNC -- for six days, posted as it was Oct. 20. In all that time, no one has thought to take it down. This is the Republican Party, where chicken-fried racism is so commonplace that an image like the above one, which offends the sensibilities of any halfway decent human being, can remain up and running, no questions asked.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-sweeney/republican-racism-example_b_333789.html

Oh, questions are asked, alright.... but not by them.

'Obama fried chicken' joints ruffle feathers in New York

By GottaLaff

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Did the owners of these places really think they would be ignored? They're using the President of the United States' name commercially, for one. And second, um, racial stereotyping? Hello?

I wonder if they would have put up a McCain Fried Chicken sign if J Sid, heaven forbid, had been elected:

Two New York City fried chicken restaurants in predominantly black neighborhoods are under fire for putting President Obama's name on their signs.

City Councilman Charles Barron said Friday that he would organize a demonstration next week outside Obama Fried Chicken in his Brooklyn district. Organizers said they also may target Obama Fried Chicken & Pizza in Harlem.

"People from the community were calling me and saying they were outraged by this racist connection to Barack Obama and fried chicken," Barron said. "If you think that free speech gives you the right to insult and degrade us and stereotype us, then you've got a battle on your hands."

At Obama Fried Chicken & Pizza on Friday, the "O" and the "A" had been filled in so that the awning sign read "Bam" instead of the president's name. [...]

[T]he owner promised the sign would change on Sunday. If it doesn't, McCall and Barron say, they will rally on Monday.

The White House did not comment on the racial controversy over the New York restaurant names, but spokesman Ben LaBolt said the administration disapproves of using "the president's name and likeness for commercial purposes."