Rap Mogul (Russell Simmons) Speaks Out Against KFC

Oh no, not another one of the coloreds speaking out against animal cruelty!!!My whiteous indignation alarm is on overload!!!! /sarcasm

With all the Al Sharpton-bashing that went on in the last announcement about this campaign, I thought this might be a nice follow-up.

http://cbsnewyork.com/finance/finance_story_044100741.html

NEW YORK (AP) Hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons is joining other celebrities and activists in a call for boycotts against Kentucky Fried Chicken.

He called slaughter practices used by the fast-food chain’s suppliers “grossly inhumane” and has filmed a commercial “showing some of the very worst abuses chickens undergo” before they are served to customers, the Daily News reported Sunday.

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“When a company targets our community, disrespects us as consumers and sells us products ridden with negative energy and laced with toxins, that is our business,” said Simmons.

Into human rights, voting rights, animal rights, and he's a fellow vegan, as is, I believe, his wife.

If only he and the Beastie Boys would patch things up. So much common ground...