Is this burger king commercial racist?

brainhulk

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http://youtu.be/XukHU8y5GRQ

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/mary-j-blige-slams-burger-king-offensive-ad-140654615.html

Mary J. Blige is biting back against Burger King.
The 41-year-old singer, who appeared in a new commercial for the fast food chain touting their fried chicken wrap, is apologizing to her fans after the spot was yanked amid charges of playing on racial stereotypes.

"I agreed to be a part of a fun and creative campaign that was supposed to feature a dream sequence," Blige tells Us Weekly in a statement of the spot, which was slammed by critics and subsequently yanked from the airwaves after going viral earlier this week.
 

Crono

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That is ridiculous.

So what, black people can't sing about chicken now?
What's next, Indians can't sing about curry? Japanese people can't sing about ramen?

Who cares if that's even a stereotype? As black comedians have pointed out, who doesn't like chicken?
 

Xcobra

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lol we need to grow up about racism...how retarded this is.
 

RavenSEAL

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Her voice is horrible, she can't hit those high tones for shit.
 
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RavenSEAL

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Tap tap tap

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zinfamous

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Fuck me.

I didn't know you had to be black to like fried chicken.

I thought I liked fried chicken because it is fucking delicious.
 

WelshBloke

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So only white people are aloud to sing about chicken?

But...but...that would be racist wouldn't it? :confused:
 

RavenSEAL

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Depends. If white people made the commercial, then its racist.

I think if the director/producer was indeed black, this wouldn't be happening. Therefore the people pushing for it must have been white.
 

SandEagle

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wait one cotton-picking minute, i made a thread about racist commercials awhile back and got trampled on by the ATOT trolls. the mods topped it off by banning me too.

i am sure this wont happen here. :rolleyes:
 

classy

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I don't think its racist, but to see a person of Mary J's caliber doing a stereotype commercial ain't to cool, IMO.
 

corwin

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Depends. If white people made the commercial, then its racist.
I guess white people don't make the Church's chicken commercials then...I've only seen one of them ever with a white person in them, the rest are all black...but damn they have the BEST spicy fried chicken on the PLANET:biggrin:

Oh and there's not a damn thing about that commercial that's racist