The Minnesota Independent reports that local Hmong have not been pleased with the Burger King “Burger Virgins” commercial in which a Hmong villager from Northern Thailand is never supposed to have even heard of a hamburger before. From a letter by Seng Vang: This is obviously a false, as the specific people in the ads (who are our relatives) HAVE seen burgers before, lots of it. Almost every Hmong Thai villages in Thailand have a TV. Thailand has how many BK franchises? How many commercials in Thai have these franchises run in the past several decades? Even the most remote Hmong villages in Thailand, like the ones in your ad, drive Toyota Tundras, talk to their relatives in St. Paul on their cell phones, and watch CNN and BBC on their satellite TVs. Never seen a burger? Pure fiction.
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