Last summer, KFC ran advertisements in Canada featuring Black people eating fried chicken and licking their fingers, their faces reflected in unused silverware.
Critics called the images racist, but the campaign was not canceled.
Instead, it was submitted this spring for a prestigious industry award in New York.
Nate Nichols, the founder and creative director of Palette Group, a creative agency in Brooklyn, was one of the few Black members of the panel of judges reviewing submissions.
“It just means not enough of us have been able to make it into the room.”
Persons:
Nate Nichols, Mr, Nichols
Organizations:
KFC, Palette
Locations:
Canada, New York, Brooklyn