Burger King’s ‘Texican’ Ad Causes Uproar

April 15, 2009

Fast food phenom Burger King apologized Tuesday for an advertisement featuring a short Mexican luchador draped in his country’s flag standing next to a tall American cowboy. Mexico’s ambassador to Spain slammed the ad in a letter to Burger King and said it “improperly used the stereotypical image of Mexicans.” Jorge Zermeño asked Burger King to pull the ad and apologize for offending Mexican cuisine.



They should have used a gun-wielding cartel member and a stoner from the US. That’s a little more up to date and more PC.


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Danny April 16, 2009 at 6:55 am

I think they missed the point…’big taste of texas with a little spicy mexican…’ get a friggin clue!

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