Seris 
im asian so this is totally not racist and also the easiest way to cut a chicken nugget in half is to karate chop it
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heyitslozeau being Asian doesn't mean you determine what is racist.
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Seris yes it does, i am a supreme asian level 3 and that means i get to declare what is racist to asian culture and what is not
and also i was joking GOD
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gazebo
Here I was expecting some "ching-chong" action or maybe something with buck teeth.
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Seris it's pretty much the same thing.
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TeenerTot
No, that's how Kung-Fu Panda eats McNuggets.
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sosage
I'm offended. They're portraying Chinese people doing awesome shit...wait...what?
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BOOSH
well thats a misleading description if i ever saw one
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Camonk
But yes even though McDonalds are all over the fucking place and even though 12 McNuggets cost like 40 cents, there are constant kungfu fights over them in that godforsaken land.
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IrishWhiskey Which is why its racist. The message is that Chinese people are stingy midgets. Those are meant to be adults.
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Blandwiches
Kung Fu is a real thing, not a stereotype. This isn't racist. This doesn't even imply every Chinese kid does Kung Fu. This is like showing Hawaiians surfing or South Americans playing Jai Alai or white people... What do white people do? Fly kites? Yeah, this is like showing white people fly kites.
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a flaming monkey LARPers are predominantly white, so we've got something there.
Also, you ever see how they catch fruit bats in Sulawesi? They attach hooks along the length of kite strings and fly them at dusk. Now that's a kite sport. Fruit bat is disappointing though, it tastes like chicken.
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IrishWhiskey Note to self: Don't take any pictures of Shaq if he's at KFC
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Blandwiches Showing black people rapping, playing basketball, and eating fried chicken isn't racist. Do you know why? Because there actually are black people who rap, play basketball and eat fried chicken.
Making a broad generalization that's all black people do, that's racist.
I know what a stereotype is but this video isn't one.
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allcaps It's racist because once South China kept the kung fu in bondage. But a great Master, Lin Coln, emerged to do battle with their Grand Dragon. Lin Coln triumph, and kung fu was set free!
Directed by Ang Lee.
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fluffy
I CALL FAKE
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Chet
Racist? Is this some meta joke I don't understand?
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Cena_mark Racist is a dreadfully overused word.
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heyitslozeau the commondification of a culture into 1 dimensional stereotypes has it's roots firmly in racism.
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IrishWhiskey That's arguable. And even granting that, just because it shows two Chinese kids who are good at martial arts, doesn't mean its affirming this of all Chinese people. If they show Americans playing football, or Australians throwing a boomerang, its not racist. Just showing people doing something identified with a nation (in this case the Crouching Tiger references) doesn't make it a stereotype.
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Goofy Gorilla It's a 2-dimensional stereotype! The metaphor is that the characters are flat.
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Cena_mark Advertising requires stereotypes. A 30 second ad doesn't have time to give these kids a back story to make it PC. The kids are Chinese, they do Kung Fu, Bam you have your commercial.
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Frank Rizzo
Prickly Pete is a moron or oriental and easily offended
racism is when you believe that your race is superior to all others and that all other races are inferior to yours.
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Cena_mark Exactly. Not PC, yes. Perhaps offensive, but not racist.
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Xenocide
Still waiting on that racism delivery. All I've got now is a couple of kids doing cool flips and stuff.
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Cube
No dipping sauce? Barbarians.
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joffe b
It's not RACIST in the overtly evil or stupid way people like to laugh at, but it is pretty basic Orientalism and all the white people going "OH MANY WHY ARE THEY COMPLAINING? KARATE IS AWESOME" are kind of missing the point.
I mean, yeah kung fu is cool and I don't think this commercial is offensive in any way, but when its the only thing Asians are allowed to do on Western TV I'm not going to get all up in some Chinese person's face if they get offended.
+1 star because of the very tangible racism in implying Chinese people will just eat anything no matter who's filthy feet have been kicking it
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Comatose2 They should be solving math problems while doing kung fu.
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boba.
not racist
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Prickly Pete
What about the mammies on all the Church's Chicken commercials? They do anything for ya?
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boba. are there not allowed to be an asian kung fu movie reference or does it have to be non-asians doing the kung fu in the asian kung fu movie reference? or is the kung fu movie itself racist?
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spikestoyiu They originally casted white kids, but the activity caused them to have heart attacks and they died.
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allcaps Hey, I did some research.
http://www.china.org.cn/business/2009-01/05/content_17056043.h tm
"McDonald's keeps growing through crisis."
"McDonald's opened it's 1000th outlet in China in Dongguan, Guangdong province in November and plans to add 175 new Chinese outlets this year. The company said the 2009 plan will create 10,000 restaurant jobs and 1,200 manager positions."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_fu_panda
"Kung Fu Panda was also well-received in China. It made nearly 110 million Chinese Yuan by July 2, 2008, becoming the first animated film to make more than 100 million Yuan in Chinese box offices. The Chinese director Lu Chuan commented, "From a production standpoint, the movie is nearly perfect. Its American creators showed a very sincere attitude about Chinese culture." With the film's success at the Chinese box office, some people within China have questioned the quality of China's domestic animations. The fact that such a successful film based on Chinese culture was created by the American movie industry has led to some Chinese introspection."
You're going to have to do better.
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TeenerTot Thank you allcaps.
That's what I meant.
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prang
Boy, that Yuen Woo-ping sure is a racist motherfucker.
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UnderANeonHalo
Starred for managing to troll the front page.
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ProfessorChaos
Good to see they get exercise to work off grossly unhealthy food, at least.
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Big Beef Burritos Supreme
Please remember that history is racist and all references to culture, negative or positive, imply stereotyping and racism.
In future adverts there should be nothing but lists of technical information in all popular languages.
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allcaps Given the state of advertising, this might not be a bad idea.
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Rape Van Winkle
Yeah, I'm pissed there aren't any white people in this also.
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Rodents of Unusual Size
It's stereotypical but not racist. It's no Jerro.
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Evilhead
one star for making me watch 15 seconds of a McDonalds commercial. fuck you.
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kennydra
This commercial is pretty cool. -1 for stupid title and description though.
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Prickly Pete
Whenever someone posts a clip from an anime with a really stereotypical American guy in it, you all think it's funny and wacky. But when we do the same thing to someone else, suddenly it's "Wow, that was really well done and really celebrates other cultures!" Maybe not full on "racist," but just as absurd as a Chinese commercial with a white guy in a red white and blue military uniform having a baseball bat sword fight with someone over a hamburger.
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Prickly Pete Actually I guess they'd still have to be fighting over a McNugget, since there's nothing inherently Chinese about McNuggets. Even so...
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Slim Jim ha.
Prickly Pete. When will you learn?
I bet you're a bouncer.
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numb
How do you eat them? With your hands?
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