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Australian basketball TV spot racist?

Discussion in 'NBA Draft' started by Carl Herrera, Sep 17, 2010.

  1. Gakatron

    Gakatron Member

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    I remember the wash up from this one, was rather funny... basically had a heap of Americans calling us racist for an ad about a sport(cricket) they know nothing about in a market which is not theirs. It came across as almost racist in itself that African Americans think that any black person pictured in anything means its about them. Anyone who knows anything about cricket(the entire Australian market) would know if you're at the cricket in the West Indies the crowd is going to be 95% black! Like has been mentioned it was part of a series related to cricket by KFC. The sad thing is KFC bowed down to the minority that complained.. just like everyone else!
     
  2. SternSuckS

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    You can eff him all you want, but he is not far off. I've been to Australia a handful of times, and found Aussies to be racist in general.
     

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