Burger King in New Zealand has removed an advertisement showing diners eating burgers with oversized chopsticks
The fast-food giant posted the short clip on social media with the caption:"Take your taste buds all the way to Ho Chi Minh City with our Vietnamese Sweet Chilli Tendercrisp." On Tuesday, there was no sign of it on Burger King New Zealand's Instagram, Twitter or Facebook pages -- although the burger was still on the menu on the company's website.A Burger King spokeswoman told CNN that the company had asked its franchisee in New Zealand to remove the ad immediately.
— 마리아. Maria. April 4, 2019 Maria Mo, a Korean-New Zealander, described the ad as"Orientalism.""I couldn't believe such blatantly ignorant ads are still happening in 2019," she told CNN."I could not believe that such a concept was approved for such a big, well-known company."Read MoreMo said that chopsticks had been used for centuries, so it seemed"foolish and insulting" to portray them as an awkward, oversized utensil.
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