There is a bit of controversy surrounding Acura’s Super Bowl ad starring Jerry Seinfield and Jay Leno.  Yesterday, TMZ reported that the casting for the commercial requested a “nice looking, friendly, not too dark” African-American man to play the car dealer.  Acura later issued an official apology for excluding dark-skinned blacks from the casting.  This revelation comes barely two weeks after the release of a controversial ad campaign that resulted in Burger King issuing an official apology to Mary J. Blige.  In turn, Mary J. Blige issued an official apology to her fans for agreeing to sing about chicken in the first place.

This series of apologies is great and all, but one would think that people would be able to exercise better judgment.  After all, it is 2012–nearly 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation abolished slavery.  I guess we still have a long way to go.

Let me know what you all think.

Acura’s Super Bowl Ad

Mary J. Blige Singing About Chicken

Bonus:  Hilarious Second City Parody of Mary J. Blige Singing About Chicken

Second Bonus: General’s Fried Chicken from Undercover Brother

About Spencer

Spencer T. Clayton is a typical millennial who believed his mother when she told him that he was capable of accomplishing great things (and as a result has amassed a large amount of student loan debt). When he isn’t blogging, he is either out with friends, writing and performing music, or busy working as an Executive Pastor and Consultant while simultaneously pursuing a PhD in Public Affairs.

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