The Hall of Fame receiver already got in trouble over the last few months when he said "All Lives Matter," which appeared to be a criticism of the Black Lives Matter movement. Now he's caught people's attention again with this commercial, which featured him wearing a Popeyes football helmet with a rotating chicken wing on the facemask.
This obviously plays in to the "black people like fried chicken" stereotype, and it angered a lot of people. The comments on the YouTube page of the commercial are littered with people criticizing Rice for participating in this ad.
"Jerry just set black people back 437 years," one user wrote. "Thanks, Jerry. We're slaves again."
The commercial made its way to Twitter, too, where users were especially harsh.
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