BBC raises anger with 'black people, fried chicken' video
Social media users find video released by BBC 'extremely racist' saying trying to "attract clicks" by using stereotypes
The BBC has become the target of anger after publishing a 'racist' video it made called “Is it true all black people like fried chicken?"
The video, which was released on the last day of Black History Month, features a number of young people discussing a stereotype about black people eating fried chicken.
Social media users slammed the BBC for producing such a video as a female social media user tweeted “This was unbelievably racist. Why treat a racist stereotype like some kind of reasonable discussion point? What for?"
“This is repulsive. BBC Newsbeat exploiting racist and dehumanizing anti-Black stereotypes to attract clicks," another said according to Independent.
One user accused the BBC of “just perpetuating stupid stereotypes".
"Are you going to apologize for your previous headlines? It's not edgy or provocative. It's wrong," another said.
"You ought to be ashamed. This is the best you could come up with for Black History Month and someone signed off on it???" another comment stated.
The short films still remain on Twitter and Newsbeat's social media accounts.
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