[Gary Lineker embroiled in 'fried chicken' race row for
being the sole visible white man in advert for
Walkers' new KFC crisps
Gary Lineker stars in a new advert promoting crisp
firm Walkers' tie in with KFC
The advert has been described as racist
for perpetuating negative stereo types
Has connotations of black people and
fried chicken date back to slavery in USA
Walkers says the 'casting for all of our
advertising reflects diversity of the nation']
[Social-media users accused Walkers of racism
the owner of the diversity-championing
modelling agency which supplied the extras
has described the advert as ‘controversial’]
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