Subscribe
Hellobeautiful Featured Video
CLOSE

UPDATE: In the past 24 hours 276 Black Planet commented on this story and approximately 78% did not think the commercial was racist.

I recently saw this commercial for Popeye’s featuring their newest spokesperson, Annie the Chicken Queen and it kinda bothered me, but I kept it moving.  Seems like this commercial has everyone in the blogosphere claiming racism.  We all know black people love fried chicken, the staff at HB is known for our chicken run from our favorite Korean spot.

Peep the video and tell us what you think:

How do you talk to your kids about race?

Just Curious: Can you spot the racism?

For 2024’s iteration of MadameNoire and HelloBeautiful’s annual series Women to Know, we knew we wanted to celebrate the people who help make the joys of film and television possible. To create art is to create magic. This year, we spotlight Hollywood Executive’s changing the face of cinema.