The Mexican ambassador to Spain has written a letter to Burger King objecting to a new ad campaign for the "Texican Whopper." The print ads and commercials, which appear only in Europe, feature an unlikely pair of roommates--a tall cowboy who travels by horse and short Mexican who answers the front door wearing a lucha libre wrestling outfit. The Mexican ambassador, Jorge Zermeno, has said the ads "improperly use the stereotyped image of a Mexican."
The television commercial praises the symb
Kroger will do anything to lure African-Americans inside their stores. At least according to one former African-American employee who is accusing the grocery store chain of repeatedly airing a TV commercial that he starred in -- aimed at buttering up a black audience -- well after the company had fired him.
According to a lawsuit filed against Kroger earlier this month in Harris County District Court, Russell Richard was fired as the company's Houston community affairs manager in September, but