Comments on: KFC vs. KGC: WTF???

By: alienation

alienation — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:05:55 +0000

This is a great thread!

I grew up eating Kentucky Fried Chicken. My family would make an effort to get it in East L.A., over by the King Cole Pizza. It was way better than the Kentucky Fried over in MPK and up in SG. I don’t know why, but it was. What’s racist is that you don’t have some Chicanos and J-As eating the old style fried chicken in the varrio.

What’s also racist is that the one in Monterey Park started to suck, and eventually closed down. Some quality control would have kept that shit alive.

Also, what’s really racist is that Colonel Sanders is white. Or more to the point, there have been little black-owned chicken restaurants, and fried chicken is soul food, but, the man who made a fortune on this soul food, often by selling to the black community, was a white man. That is racism and capitalism in action. together. Colonel Sanders is the Elvis Presley of chicken. He’s a hero to most, but he doesn’t mean shit to me anymore (to paraphrase Chuck D).

I’m now a vegetarian and denounce KFC and their poultry holocaust. They grow these chickens in pens, cut off their beaks, and then kill them by shocking them in electrified water baths. The mass murder of fowl must be stopped, whether grilled or batter fried with 11 herbs and spices.

By: 8Asians.com » Asian American Commercial Watch: Dad & Son in Comcast Ad

8Asians.com » Asian American Commercial Watch: Dad & Son in Comcast Ad — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:50:48 +0000

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By: 8Asians.com » When is Chicken not Chicken?

8Asians.com » When is Chicken not Chicken? — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:50:05 +0000

[...] Grilled Chicken (KGC) that’s made with beef. While 8Asians has already complained about racial stereotyping in KGC commercials, this brings KFC down to a whole new level. Many unsuspecting Asians for whom eating beef is [...]

By: 8Asians.com » Japanese McDonald’s Ad Campaign Makes Fun of White People

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:38:47 +0000

[...] this is an example of the tables being turned: after all the talk about the role of two sushi chefs being portrayed in an American KFC commercial, a McDonalds ad campaign in Japan is drawing criticism after featuring an ad making fun of white [...]

By: vru

vru — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:22:54 +0000

I wrote to KFC expressing my concerns about the commercial reinforcing unfair stereoptypes and they said the two Asian men in the commercial were legit Sushi chefs (although they didn't provide names.). Plausible? I'm highly skeptical of it.

date Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 6:03 PM
subject KFC Information

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UNTHINK COMMERCIAL ASIAN CHEFS

Thank you for contacting KFC regarding our UNTHINK advertising campaign. The opinions of our customers are very important to us.
KFC works very hard to ensure that our advertising and promotional strategies reflect our corporate priorities of sensitivity and concern for all of our customers, and we're grateful you took the time to contact us.

Throughout our Kentucky Grilled Chicken ad campaign, we have used real chefs in our commercials, in addition to actors. Both Chef Sandra Lee and Chef G. Garvin have appeared in previous KGC commercials. The Japanese men who are featured in our current Kentucky Grilled Chicken commercials are professional sushi chefs; they are not actors. The clothing that they wore in the commercial is the same clothing they wear while preparing sushi for their customers; they were not provided costumes for the commercial.

We love the energy these two chefs brought to our commercial, and we enjoyed working with them.

We thank you for voicing your opinion. Please be assured we value your patronage and look forward to serving you again soon.

By: 8Asians.com » Racist 1960s Jello Commercial Shows How the Chinese Were Introduced to Spoons

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:10:56 +0000

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By: Lolz4reelz

Lolz4reelz — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:58:25 +0000

That is ridiculous! I saw that commercial on t.v. and searched google to see if anyone else shared the same sentiment. I am literally sitting here laughing out loud about how blatant this ad is. (I'm not asian either)

By: cinzikun

cinzikun — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:46:11 +0000

PS: who cares how asians or japanese are perceived. only people who care are people who have low self-esteem. you shouldn't have low self esteem about your ethnicity. last time i checked reigning lightweight champion of UFC was Lyoto Machida… a karate black belt. he wears a hachimaki as well. does that make you feel better?

By: cinzikun

cinzikun — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:38:25 +0000

Initially I thought it was sort of strange. BUT, the energy that the 2 japanese men were exhibiting was fun and playful. It was not mocking japanese people, it was actually including japanese in the american lifestyle. It was more of a acceptance and fusion of different cultures accepting each other rather than one looking down on the other. I am japanese-american. I can tell these 2 were from japan, not raised in the US.

By: McQuinn

McQuinn — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:22:45 +0000

i thought it was racist both what the guys were whering,the way at 0:06 when the guy walks up to the other guy and says “unn CHIKEN!!” in a slurry kinda accented kind of way i have a lot of asian friends and when i saw the comercials i was like they dont even do that there normal people