‘Did You and Your Team Really Think About This?’: KFC Canada Executive Gets Put on Blast for Campaign That Seemed to Reinforce Negative Stereotypes About Black People
Social media was hot as cooking grease after an executive from KFC shared a new advertisement campaign for the brand. Black people associated the photos with the long-held stereotypes about African-Americans and chicken, blasting the creative for being short-sighted and culturally dense. Photos of billboards featuring KFC’s new campaign in Canada. (Photos: Twitter/@AzimAkhtar_) Azim Akhtar,…