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KFC pulls 'racist' cricket ad

SYDNEY - US FAST food giant Kentucky Fried Chicken said on Thursday it would pull a cricket-themed TV advert running in Australia, after furious online debate claiming it was racist.

The ad, which features a white Australian cricket fan appeasing West Indies supporters with an offer of fried chicken, sparked controversy in the United States after being posted on the Internet.

Some bloggers and journalists accused KFC Australia of playing on a racist stereotype that African-Americans eat a lot of fried chicken. One viral media site, Buzzfeed, posted the video under the subtitle 'What's a white guy to do when he awkwardly finds himself in a crowd full of black folks? KFC has the answer.'

KFC Australia issued a statement on Thursday saying it would immediately remove the advertisement 'to avoid the possibility of any further offence'. 'We apologise for any misinterpretation of the ad as it was not meant to offend anyone,' the restaurant chain said.

Prior to pulling the ad KFC had defended it as a 'light-hearted reference to the West Indian cricket team", and said it was unaware a 'culturally based stereotype' existed in the US relating to fried chicken.

.....So you can't tell the difference between a fucking west indian and an african american? So we should pander to YOUR racial triggers? FUCK THE HELL OFF.

This is wrong on so many levels. I don't give a shit what the US thinks, they are not our parents, and they certainly don't have any say over anything we do down here. Their own racist connotations with American blacks and fried chicken does NOT translate to an instant slur of anyone who is not a specific, special shade of white, in a country ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FUCKING PLANET.

I think the reaction to this ad has actually exposed who the real ignorant fucksticks are. And surprisingly, it ain't KFC.

We have our problems, but trust me, a bucket of KFC is not going to be encouraging them.