Commercials hold a lot of weight and power as sellers try to entice consumers into buying a product. But in the quest to appeal to the consumer we think McDonald's is going a little too far. If you've seen the new "Chicken Select" commercials you might know what we mean. One commercial features a Black woman on a plane with her significant other eating her chicken selects. Everyone's bending over his or her seats salivating over her chicken. Her chicken also mesmerizes her significant other and as he reaches for the box she gets offended. "You betta don't!" the Black woman shrieks with oh-so-much stereotypical "Black woman attitude" when she realizes that this man is going to take her precious chicken. Another commercial features a dark Black woman with a short natural and pseudo-African garb. She's at home talking to herself about how she's not going to share her chicken. "I ain't sharing with you, I ain't even gonna share with your daddy!" she says swinging her neck. We really think that these commercials are over the top! There's something out of pocket about watching a Black person get volatile and ignorant over a box of chicken! Besides the normal "Black people love their chicken" stereotype these ads are just offensive. Some of the phrases, namely "You betta don't" aren't English, heck, they're not even Ebonics! [more]
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